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Cool Summer Art Made Easy with Frozen Paint

Sarah White September 19, 2018 Kid Crafts and Activities / PaintingOne 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

Paint on a Map {Craft Challenge, Day 99}

Sarah White April 8, 2016 Painting / Paper Crafts and DrawingLeave a comment

I was cleaning up the girl’s room the other day and happened across this sheet from an atlas that I’d given her last year when we did her dragon egg hunt. She won’t miss it, so I decided to use it as a background for a project. You can paint …

Watch Paint Dry {Craft Challenge, Day 80}

Sarah White March 20, 2016 PaintingOne Comment

This is a project that takes more than one day to complete, but the active part of it is only a few minutes. I was inspired by some paint that I accidentally left in the bottom of a bowl recently. When it was dry it peeled up in a cool …

Homemade Paint Recipe and Experiments

Sarah White November 3, 2015 Art / Crafts / Kid Crafts and Activities / PaintingLeave a comment

It’s always fun to make your own craft supplies, whether for your kids or your own use. I’m still enjoying the homemade gesso I made a few months ago and need to make a new batch soon. I decided to try making some paint, not because we need more paint, …

Peg Dolls: An Easy, Collaborative Craft

Sarah White January 7, 2014 Crafts / Fabric Crafts / Kid Crafts and Activities / Kids / PaintingOne Comment

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 …

Craft Stick Snowflake Craft {Iron Craft Challenge}

Sarah White November 19, 2013 Crafts / Holidays / Iron Craft / Kid Crafts and ActivitiesOne Comment

The Iron Craft challenge for this week was white, and I’m not really ready to contemplate snow, but I did have a lot of craft sticks lying around the house so I thought why not make some classic craft stick snowflakes? We actually made several of these — the girl …