Handcrafted fun and fast ways to love your kids to bitty-bits!
That’s right, folks, you heard it here first. Just two ingredients is all it takes to make this impromptu squirt paint. And I bet you have the ingredients already in the house! Ya ready for it? Glue Food coloring That’s right, folks, that’s all ya need. Mix up the paint in squirt bottles and let […]
So awhile back I wrote about learning pointillism and practicing with the kids. Bean is now taking it one step further! He wondered if he could paint with water over it and wanted to see what would happen. It turned out beautifully! I wonder what he’ll think to try next. He’s gotten very creative lately–as […]
Why “twice the fun” you ask? Because it’s fun to free paint, but even better when it’s easy to clean up afterward! And it’s definitely cleaner when you just pull the hose out afterward and spray them down! I let them use whatever they want: hands, fingers, brushes, rolling pins, cars… They were so creative! […]
We’ve found the most amazing show! Creative Galaxy is on Amazon Prime and it is so much fun! It’s like Reading Rainbow, but with art! Each episode has a story surrounding an art project—like something you’d find on Pinterest. Now, 1/4 the fun comes from watching the show, but 3/4 comes when you attempt to […]
It’s been a rough couple of weeks here. I try to keep positive on this blog to encourage other mothers, but I’m gonna take a Real Mom moment here and just share what’s been going on lately. Even though tomorrow is Valentine’s Day, in the midst of making decisions about our future–jobs, house, hobbies, downsizing, […]
Chalkboard paint is all over Pinterest right now; I’ve been pinning ideas for a year and only just finally got around to doing some! I bought a can of chalkboard paint ages ago at Hobby Lobby. I actually bought it to paint a table top, but there’s so much and now that I’ve opened it, […]
We’ve been busy decorating the house for my favorite season: FALL! I could hardly wait to break out the fall decor, pumpkin spice (see our early fall cookies post!), sweaters, and pants. September is the beginning of fall to me, and I keep the decorations up till Christmas, which I decorate Thanksgiving Day because I […]
The prompt: simple. The experiment: worthwhile. The outcome: pretty incredible. I was looking for something to keep the kids busy that wouldn’t be too messy. I thought it was about time to finally try the Pinterest craft of painting in a bag, thereby creating a mess-free work of art. The idea is to put a […]