Make a Place for Ideas

how to make a place for ideas

I was going through a basket of stuff over the weekend, that was supposed to be a place to keep important things and ended up being a place where everything I didn’t want on my desk ended up. Amid six months of knitting magazines, bank statements and random stuff from school, there were notes.  Ideas. […]

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Rock Painting

rock painting

Yesterday I told you while you were out gathering leaves to paint that you should pick up a rock, too. We’re going to use it today in a simple rock painting activity. All you need for this one is a rock, some paint and a paintbrush or two.  I decided mine kind of looked like […]

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Make Art with a Leaf

Making art with leaves is fun and simple.

The girl likes to pick things up outside, like most kids do, and I sometimes have trouble just throwing them back outside even though she doesn’t ever notice if I do. Which explains why this giant magnolia leaf has been in our house for a few months now. I decided I wanted to do something […]

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Finger Painting

Break out the finger paints (or any paints!) and have fun painting with your fingers.

This morning I just needed to do something fun. Something playful. Something there’s no possible way could be wrong, or messed up or anything other than just what it is. So I pulled out my daughter’s now quite neglected finger paints and went to town. About Finger Painting If you have a little kid in […]

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Found Object Drawings

Use random everyday objects as a starter for a drawing

Today’s challenge is all about seeing common things in a different way. And you can do it wherever you are. Pick up a couple of things from your desk, bedside table, junk drawer, countertop. I picked a paper clip and a flat circle magnet, both on my counter from when husband cleaned out the junk […]

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