We love layering projects and we like to experiment with different materials and this project let us do just that! My daughter said she wanted to paint a tree with presents under it but she is still a little young to paint a tree herself so I quickly cut out a tree stencil. Then we used our screen printer to apply the paint. *You do NOT need to have this though, you could easily just tape a paper stencil down and have your child paint on top. Once the tree is painted in you c

I've had air dry clay in my amazon cart for ages and I finally got some ordered, threw in some googly eyes and we went for it! My daughter would squeeze some clay and mold it into a blob (she is only 3), hand it to me, I would add some feet, give it back to her and she would add some eyes. And there we had it, the cutest little monster friends. After they dried she added some paint - and they became even cuter monster friends I think this project is extra fun and perfect for

I got this idea in my head for a new art project and we immediately tested it out and we LOVED the results! Materials: Watercolors + watercolor paper Oil Pastels Black paper Glue stick Scissors First I grabbed some watercolor paper and cut it in half (one for each kid) then I measured out some black paper to the same size. Then we started the art! We colored with some oil pastels to make some fun water resistant lines and then we water colored on top, filling up the whole pag

While browsing online I came across this project idea from a few creative moms and I got extra excited because we had all the materials on hand. If you have younger kids you are most likely going to want to get some plastic needles (I found these as Michaels on the beading isle), some string, breads, and it would be helpful to have an embroidery hoop to keep the fabric nice and tight. Then we strung beads, did another stitch, added some more beads, and so on. #activitiesforki