What Do You Want to Make Today?
Sometimes the easiest projects are among the most fun and interesting. Using bubble wrap as a texture for printing is about as easy as it gets, but the results are always exciting. The other day the Bit wanted to work on a project using bubble wrap, so I suggested she paint the wrap and use […]
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 […]
If you’re a mom with a child who likes to get into the art supplies, get in there and draw or paint or whatever with your kids. Even better, draw or paint something together. When you’re working with a younger kid, you can let of of some of the need to make something “good” or […]
I don’t know if you ever paint anything on your own, but if you or your child ever uses paint you’ve probably noticed there’s usually some paint left over at the end. Next time you have this issue, don’t toss the paint or wash it down the drain. Spread it around a bit on your […]
Before the week that the Bit had off from school, we had a few days off earlier in the month and I was looking for something fun and new to make for her to play with. I decided to go with sidewalk chalk paint, because I knew she’d used it at school, she loves both […]
The other day I went to Target, as I often do, and I cruised down the craft aisles, as I almost always do, just to see if anything great is on sale (they have really good clearance prices on stickers from time to time, for instance) and I came across the Kid Made Modern line […]
As I mentioned yesterday, as much as the Bit loves every kind of paint, she hasn’t quite gotten the concept of using cake watercolors. She usually plays with the water more than the paint, and when she does get paint on her brush she then dips it in the water instead of putting it on […]