My seven year old has a default answer to almost any craft activity I ask him if he wants to do- NO. It’s just his personality to say no first and then decide. I think this is his defense mechanism, because at heart he is a perfectionist and he wants to get things RIGHT. Arts and crafts naturally [...]Continue Reading
4-6 year olds
Homemade Shrinky Dinks from Recycled Plastic
Beware- if you read this you will start compulsively checking plastic containers to see if they can be made into homemade shrinky dinks! You might remember making Shrinky Dinks as a kid, they seem kind of magical and when I discovered there are ways to make shrinky dinks at home using #6 plastic, I [...]Continue Reading
Balloon Printing | Exploring Negative Space
We've been printing with balloons again! Only this time my ten year old niece gave us the great idea to use the negative space. This is one of my favorite things about creating with kids- I get inspired too! Aren't you just tickled when you get blown away by a simple idea? She's holding up [...]Continue Reading
Tooting Balloon Art
Balloon Fart Art? Tooting, beeping, barking frogs, fluffing (yes, my husband had a friend whose mom actually called it fluffing.) It's all farts and anything that can make fart sounds ranks at the top of my boys' Awesome List. This week Leland asked to do balloon prints again, and I remembered [...]Continue Reading
