If you find this content useful, please consider helping me keep the site ad free by making a contribution. We always make a special card for the very best mamas/grandmas in our lives for Mother’s Day. We live far away from our dearest loved ones, so it’s extra important to us that they get something… Continue reading Mother’s Day Cards with Wet on Wet Watercolor
Month: April 2020
Roll Painting!
If you find this content useful, please consider helping me keep the site ad free by making a contribution. Okay, folks, this painting method is just about as fun as it gets! It is surprisingly low mess, sensory satisfying, and results in some beautiful products. Your 1.5+ kiddos will love this project—and babies will love… Continue reading Roll Painting!
Make Beads with Air Dry Clay
If you find this content useful, please consider helping me keep the site ad free by making a contribution. This project is so simple and meditative. Your 3+year olds will love to make their own beads from this clay. After they dry, they can be painted and strung into lovely handmade jewelry. Your little one… Continue reading Make Beads with Air Dry Clay
Window Drawing
If you find this content useful, please consider helping me keep the site ad free by making a contribution. Window art with Crayola window markers and masking tape This is fun and exciting art play for 2+ year olds. Even adults like to join in the process! Materials Window crayons or markers (we use Kitpas… Continue reading Window Drawing
Textile Design for Littles
If you find this content useful, please consider helping me keep the site ad free by making a contribution. Designing clothing, either for a loved one or for themselves, is an empowering experience for a young person. It’s simple to facilitate this kind of art play at home, but given the permanent nature of fabric… Continue reading Textile Design for Littles
Pizza Play Dough Invitation
If you find this content useful, please consider helping me keep the site ad free by making a contribution. Making your own high quality play dough is easy, fast and fun. This play dough invitation is great for your 3+ kiddos. Loose parts can be modified to make appropriate for 1.5+, but the littles will… Continue reading Pizza Play Dough Invitation
Car Painting
If you find this content useful, please consider helping me keep the site ad free by making a contribution. This process based art play is a great way for your 2-6 year old to play with printmaking and color and experiment with painting using something other than a paintbrush. Materials 3-7 different washable tempera colors… Continue reading Car Painting
The BEST Bath Bomb for Kids
If you find this content useful, please consider helping me keep the site ad free by making a contribution. We love bath bombs over here. We love making them, we love using them, we love playing with the toys hidden inside them. They make bath time more fun, and creating them is a creative process… Continue reading The BEST Bath Bomb for Kids
Moon Phase Collage Play
If you find this content useful, please consider helping me keep the site ad free by making a contribution. This week, we’ve been exploring and reading all about outer space. This project was a fun way for Mr. 3.5 to play with the idea of moon phases. I think this project holds a great example… Continue reading Moon Phase Collage Play
Rocket Design Play with Contact Paper
If you find this content useful, please consider helping me keep the site ad free by making a contribution. Contact paper is one our favorite tools to facilitate design play. It is such a fun, easy way to engage your 1.5+ year old with art. Loose parts can be modified to make this process fun… Continue reading Rocket Design Play with Contact Paper