Easter Cards with Marbled Coffee Filter Eggs
March 11, 2013
These homemade Easter cards were easy to make, and I'm so happy with the way they turned out! We made the eggs by dyeing coffee filters with markers. To make…
DIY Scratch Art with Crayon and Tempera Paint
March 4, 2013
A few weeks ago, we were given a book called "My First Paint Book" from DK publishers (Amazon Affiliate link). One of the projects was to make scratch art with…
Pattern Block Snowflakes
December 9, 2012
Back in the fall, we made art with construction paper shapes made from tracing pattern blocks. It was a lot of fun, and I was very happy with how our…
Fall Tree Art with Tissue Paper Leaves
October 10, 2012
We've been having so much fun with fall crafts this year! The weather has turned cooler, and we've seen a few yellow leaves around. We're in Texas, so it's a…
Three Ways to Make a Fall Candle Jar
October 6, 2012
The boys were in the mood to do some fall crafts this week after I started decorating for the season! We started with Fall Leaf Candle Jars from Kids Activities…
Pattern Block Art
September 30, 2012
The boys and I made art with construction paper pattern blocks and had so much fun! To make them, I traced our pattern block shapes onto construction paper and cut…
Preschool Art: Stamping with Paint
July 18, 2012
Yesterday morning, Owen and I did some stamping with paints while the older brothers were at VBS and the baby brother was napping. Sometimes it's nice to have a chance…
Fourth of July Art and Fireworks in a Glass
July 2, 2012
We had some festive Fourth of July fun at our house today! First, we did fireworks paintings. We drew fireworks with glitter crayons on white heavyweight paper. Then, we painted…
Art Activity: Impressionist Paintings
May 11, 2012
After listening to Debussy's Clair de Lune the other week during music, I have been in the mood to do some Impressionist style painting with the boys. First, we googled…
DIY Gift Idea: Magnets Made from Glass Vase Filler Marbles
November 26, 2011
We are back after taking a Thanksgiving break from blogging! I hope that all of you had a great holiday! Aidan and I made these magnets as a gift for…
