Create DIY stamps with cardboard and other items from your recycling bin. Then make print after print! Art activity and post by Joanna Walker of The Blue Barn. Hello, Joanna here from The Blue Barn. I’m so excited to be back at The Artful Parent to share more simple ways to create with your children! If […]
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Make DIY Stamps with Cardboard (+ A Spring Art Project)
30 Spring Activities for Kids
Here are 30 fun and creative spring activities for kids including spring craft projects, art activities, recipes, and garden ideas. Plus list of picture books all about spring! It’s spring! The leaves are unfurling, the flowers are blooming, and the lambs are frolicking. Actually, I don’t know about that one. Are the lambs frolicking? I […]
31 Easter Crafts for Kids (+ Art Projects, Easter Activities & More!)
31 Easter crafts for kids including egg decorating ideas, arts and crafts projects, and other Easter activities. Easter is coming up! It’s on April 1st this year, which also happens to be my birthday and our first day in our new home! So it’ll be a full day for us. But I digress… We like […]
Mini Easter Baskets Made with Paper Plates
Mini Easter baskets made with paper plates. I wanted to share the sweet DIY mini Easter baskets we’ve been making out of paper plates. We’ve all been rather obsessed with them, in fact. Daphne made a half dozen of them to give as gifts to teachers and family (and insisted on adding candy to each […]
How to Paint Wooden Easter Eggs
Learn how to paint wooden Easter eggs with this easy technique. Want to learn how to paint wooden Easter eggs that will last year after year and withstand heavy (kid) use? These painted wooden eggs will long outlast the hard-boiled kind and are so much nicer than plastic eggs. They can be brought out Easter […]
Styrofoam Printmaking with Kids for Easter
Learn how to do this easy styrofoam printmaking project with kids. Have you tried styrofoam printmaking with your kids? It’s a remarkably easy and rewarding printmaking technique! You can do this project with styrofoam trays from the grocery store (free) or with styrofoam sheets from the craft store (inexpensive). To make your printing plates, you […]
How to Set Up a Kid Friendly Backyard for Active Play
A kid friendly backyard encourages active outdoor play. Here’s how to set one up plus 11 key elements to consider for your outdoor play space, such as sand & water, privacy, toys, and plants. I’ve been working on making the backyard at our new house enticing for the whole family, but especially turning it into […]
How to Use Papier Mache to Make Giant Easter Eggs
Learn how to make large papier mache Easter eggs using balloons and newspaper strips. So, if you follow me on Instagram, you know that we’ve been making papier mache Easter eggs. This isn’t the first time we’ve done this. Maia and I made a giant papier-mache egg when she was a toddler. And we’ve used […]