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Amazing Uses for Gesso You Might Not Have Thought Of

Sarah White July 10, 2019 Art / PaintingOne Comment

Gesso is more versatile an art supply than you might think, as these common and more unique uses for gesso will display. What is Gesso? If you are not a painter, you might not have heard of gesso. It’s a substance that can be purchased, or you can make your …

Homemade Paint Pouring Medium Recipe

Sarah White July 2, 2019 Art / Painting2 Comments

Acrylic paint pouring art is a lot of fun to make, but the pouring medium can be expensive, so I wanted to develop a homemade pouring medium recipe. What is Acrylic Paint Pouring? Acrylic paint pouring art is a kind of trendy technique in which you add a pouring medium …

Cool Summer Art Made Easy with Frozen Paint

Sarah White September 19, 2018 Kid Crafts and Activities / PaintingLeave a comment

Frozen paint is a fun sensory experience that comes out more like chalk than paint — at least when you freeze it for years. Affiliate links included for your convenience. Years ago I started making liquid watercolors for the girl, and sometimes I will freeze liquid watercolors for a fun …

Cool Summer Art Made Easy with Frozen Paint

Sarah White September 19, 2018 Art / Kid Crafts and Activities / PaintingLeave a comment

Painting with Shells and On Shells

Sarah White August 10, 2016 Kid Crafts and Activities / Painting4 Comments

There are so many different ways to paint, things to paint with and to paint on, that you could really do a different painting activity every day of the year. If you don’t believe me, check out more than 200 painting ideas at Emma Owl’s Paintathon page. We’re excited to …

Marbled Paintings with Shaving Cream

Sarah White June 10, 2016 Kid Crafts and Activities / Painting2 Comments

We’ve been doing a lot of fun crafts while the girl has been home, so much so that I haven’t had a lot of time to write about them. But one thing we’ve done that was super fun, easy setup, great for kids and adults (and super messy!) was making …

Her Daily Craft: Color Mixing

Sarah White May 25, 2016 Kid Crafts and Activities / PaintingLeave a comment

It’s funny what happens to the kids of bloggers. These are kids who will do something cute and ask if you’re posting it to Facebook (well, that’s probably everyone’s kids these days), who take pictures for their own pretend blog posts or play making videos because that’s what their parents …