Kids Art & Family Creativity
Create vibrant cardboard masks perfect for imaginative play! Art-making activity and post by Danielle Falk from Little Ginger Studio. Mask-making is a project I’ve done many times with children. I love watching students individualize their designs. The masks created in our recent vacation workshop are examples of the sort of kooky over-the-top aesthetic only kiddos […]
A big thank you to Dixie Crystals Sugar Kids in the Kitchen for sponsoring this post! As always, all opinions expressed are my own. We’ve all seen the photos of sugar skull cookies with the perfect icing that is painstakingly piped out by a master baker and decorator, right? (Or maybe that’s just me spending […]
Carving pumpkins is a Halloween tradition, but it’s not terribly little-kid friendly. Plus you need to wait until practically Halloween Eve if you want your Jack-o’-lantern to look good for the big night. These process art pumpkin decorating ideas are different. They are great for little kids (and big!), look great, and are long lasting […]
October means autumn is in full swing with fall leaves, sweater weather, pumpkin patches, and, of course, all things Halloween. It’s an exciting time of year, especially for kids. Since my 30 Days of September Activities was so popular, I decided to do the same for October. Would you like some ideas of creative activities […]
Want to decorate a pumpkin with a Lite Brite effect? I don’t know about you, but I loved Lite Brite as a kid. And when I saw a commercial “Fright lights” pumpkin decorating kit for sale at a drugstore, my mind was blown. I pictured a finished Lite Brite-like Jack-O’-Lantern and thought about how amazing and colorful […]
We’ve been doing Halloween scratch art on a variety of surfaces, including paper plates (perfect for spider webs!) and even pumpkins. We like our scratch art and always have. Before we figured out how easy it was to do it ourselves, we bought ready-made scratch art sheets (and frankly, still do, especially the awesome mini scratch […]
Last month, I shared with you some easy ways to listen to music and respond with art. Now that October is here and Halloween is right around the corner, I’m going to share some pieces of extra spooky music to get you in the Halloween spirit and inspire some art making! My own kids are […]
The magic of Fort Magic is that the tubes and connectors in this construction kit can be used to create virtually anything children want to and BIG. As a parent, I like kids’ toys and tools that are open ended and can be used a variety of ways. I want children to be able to […]
