Category Archives: Painting

Painting with Shells and On Shells

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 / Painting1 Comment

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 / Painting0 Comments

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 …

Painting with Fingernail Polish

Sarah White May 19, 2016 Painting0 Comments

Over Mother’s Day weekend I decided I wanted to paint my toenails, so the girl decided she wanted me to paint her toenails. And her fingernails. And my fingernails, too. I don’t wear fingernail polish very often, because between typing and crafting it never looks good for long. And in …

Paint the Sky {Craft Challenge, Day 129}

Sarah White May 8, 2016 Painting0 Comments

We’ve been having some really great skies lately. Layers of blue upon blue, a bright cobalt in the highest reaches gradually lightening through layers stratified by clouds until the bottom is almost completely white with just a tinge of blue. It’s hard to capture in photography, so I decided to …

Paper and Spraypaint {Craft Challenge, Day 122}

Sarah White May 1, 2016 Painting / Paper Crafts and Drawing1 Comment

One thing that is a fun creative challenge is to combine different materials or genres of art or craft into the same project. I know somewhere once I saw a list of a bunch of different crafty mashups, and I’m pretty sure I pinned it, but of course now I …

Painting with Yarn {Craft Challenge, Day 107}

Sarah White April 16, 2016 Painting1 Comment

I have a lot of little bits of yarn. This is just a handful. It might seem silly to keep them, but I do use them. They’re great for stuffing projects with, and you can use them in art as well. Even if you don’t have a horde of tiny …