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Draw with Multiple Tools at Once {Craft Challenge, Day 77}

Sarah White March 17, 2016 Paper Crafts and DrawingLeave a comment

Here’s a quick and easy creative challenge you can do wherever you are with whatever tools you have on hand: markers, colored pencils, crayons, pens, sidewalk chalk, paintbrushes loaded with paint, whatever. Hold two or three or more such items in one hand and try to draw with multiple tools …

White Crayon and Watercolors {Craft Challenge, Day 70}

Sarah White March 10, 2016 Painting / Paper Crafts and DrawingLeave a comment

After yesterday’s playing with crayons and watercolors, I couldn’t resist doing another variation of that technique. This is a classic for kids but it’s fun for adults, too, because it’s like writing a secret message to yourself. Working with White Crayon and Watercolors Here again all you need is a …

Crayons and Watercolors {Craft Challenge, Day 69}

Sarah White March 9, 2016 Creativity BoostsLeave a comment

Yesterday I said something about trying a crayon and watercolor progress for painting flowers. While I was talking specifically about using the shadow flower technique, it’s fun to play with crayons and watercolors with any kind of drawing. And today was the perfect day to try it out. The girl …

Scribble Time

Sarah White January 22, 2016 Creativity Boosts / Paper Crafts and DrawingLeave a comment

Now that we have these great empty books, it’s time to get them from being empty to having something in them as quickly as possible. I find that when I have nice books, or even books I’ve made or that are made for the purpose of art journaling, it can …

Creating with Tape {Kid Craft}

Sarah White June 26, 2014 Art / Creative Every Day / Kid Crafts and Activities2 Comments

The other day I told you about the big container of wood pieces we got from the girl’s old school. Another thing that I really wanted and snagged was a giant tape dispenser. This thing is awesome. It holds a ton of tape and the cutter is actually plastic so …

A Colorful Valentine for Kids

Sarah White February 7, 2013 Crafts / Holidays / KidsLeave a comment

Last year I made chocolate playdough and cute animal-print cards for the kids at the Bit’s school, so I kind of felt like I had to do something homemade for them again. It’s fun, and I don’t like giving the kids candy, so why not? This year I decided to …

New Year, New Art Supplies

Sarah White January 3, 2013 Art / Crafts / Creative Every Day / Kid Crafts and Activities / Paper Crafts and Drawing2 Comments

My sister-in-law is amazingly great at picking presents for the Bit and me. Her job is working with preschools and early childhood education programs, so she knows all the best toys, great books and whatnot to get the Bit, but she also manages to do pretty well picking goodies for …