What Do You Want to Make Today?
There are so many great crafty bloggers out there who share art and learning activities for kids, but one of my must reads is Jean Van’t Hul, blogger at the Artful Parent. Her site is full of great ideas for creating with kids and generally supporting families making together. Her book, The Artful Parent: Simple […]
The girl and I went to the park on Saturday, and while she was stalling about leaving she was checking out these big, pretty leaves on one of the plants by the creek. She picked a couple and I said, “when we get home we can paint those.” I said it to try to get […]
Most of the time when we have projects for our kids or they are coloring or painting, they’re doing it by themselves. But the girl loves to involve one or both of her parents in making something with her from time to time (and it was pretty much all she wanted to do on Saturday) […]
This morning at 6:17 a.m., the girl asked to paint. Sometimes it’s hard even for me to muster the enthusiasm for creativity. But I know that it’s important, so we did it. Make Your Life Easier If you have a kid who wants to create at all hours, make it as easy as possible for […]
Note: link is affiliate link I had every intention of making the girl some peg dolls for Christmas. I actually started them, getting so far as painting the heads, drawing on faces and making/painting hair onto them. Then the girl noticed them on my desk, said she thought they needed arms, and that was the […]
Not too long ago the Bit was looking at a book with me that was full of different little art projects to try (it’s an awesome book, and I promise to get around to reviewing it soon). She spotted a watercolor splatter painting and seemed like she’d be interested in trying it, so the next […]
I’m a huge fan of reusable paint palettes for projects for myself and the Bit — I even save plastic lids for this very purpose. But one problem with them is that you have to clean them. When you have a kid artist at home, both palette and brush can be pretty messy by the […]