Category Archives: Art

Make One-Cut Paper Stars from Kids’ Artwork {Iron Craft Challenge}

The Iron Craft challenge for this week was to craft something using paper, and I went through a lot of ideas before I came upon the plan to do some simple paper cutting. I remembered from long ago that you could make one-cut paper stars with some fancy folding, so …

Embossed Texture Plates DIY {Iron Craft Challenge}

Sarah White May 26, 2015 Art / Crafts / Iron Craft / Kid Crafts and Activities / Kids1 Comment

The Iron Craft challenge this week was to make something involving the letter E. I was thinking about embossing, and then I remembered a big stack of cardboard sheets I’d recently acquired (they were used as packing material in a box of books) and decided I really wanted to make …

Found Object Print Making with Kids

Sarah White April 21, 2015 Art / Kid Crafts and Activities / Painting1 Comment

Sometimes it pays to have a really messy playroom. Recently the girl asked me to paint with her, which she doesn’t often do. She’s usually content to create by herself, which I love, but it’s fun to work alongside her as well. We each got a piece of paper and …

DIY Dragon Egg Tutorial

Sarah White April 8, 2015 Art / Crafts / Painting6 Comments

The girl has lately become really interested in dragons. We picked up the book Dragonology rather at random at the library. It’s written like an early 20th century guide book to dragons, and it’s really cool. She decided she needed her own copy, and, later, that she needed a dragon …

My Favorite Upcylced Craft Supplies

Sarah White April 1, 2015 Art / Crafts / Frugal Family / Kid Crafts and Activities / Kids8 Comments

This week I’m taking part in the Natural Parenting Blogger Earth Month Blog Hop. Today’s posts are all about natural parenting, green toys and crafts. Making things out of things that would otherwise be considered trash or headed to the recycling bin is a lot of fun. The girl loves …

Turn a Junk Mail Collage into Fun Spring Decorations #junkplay

Sarah White March 25, 2015 Art / Crafts / Kids / Paper Crafts and Drawing0 Comments

I’m back with another post in the 60 Day #junkplay Challenge. This time around we’re looking at fun things to do with junk mail. This is one of those projects that could go a million different ways and once you start playing with it you’re sure to develop different ideas …

What is Gesso and How to Make Your Own Gesso

Sarah White February 10, 2015 Art / Painting56 Comments

This page includes affiliate links for your convenience. As I have been doing more painting and mixed media type projects, I have found myself delving into art supplies I didn’t know much about before. One of my most-needed supplies right now is a white pasty substance called gesso. Gesso is …