play creatively
We had a fun time playing with some extra cardboard laying around the house (online shopping…you know the drill :0). I decided to make a little doll face mask for Miss M and my little performer loved it. She has her first ballet recital in a couple of weeks and I can’t wait. She’s going to be …
We’re always on the hunt for yummy wholesome snacks so when we heard that Annie’s came out with their new organic fruit tape called Really Peely we were thrilled!! Like stock our cupboards and always have a stash in my purse thrilled. If Miss M had her way, she would be peeling and eating these all day long (and i’m sort of in the …
This year for trunk-or-treating she’s going as a llama, but for tricks-and-treats come Halloween night, well she insisted on being a fairy. And being a huge fan of make-up (I mean really this girl is all out obsessed with all things pigment) we played around with some deer face painting (she was over the moon thrilled – not …
We have a collection of animal figurines (we have a tradition of acquiring one for each kid based wherever we go on vacation-read more about it here) and last week we decided to make a little habitat for some of them using play-dough, scavenged leaves, twigs, etc. This activity is great for toddlers and preschoolers but when my older boys …
We recently drove up to to visit my sister and her family who have left all semblance of urban living behind for the open fields of Idaho. They live a simple life on a farm with tons of room to roam and explore. Making it a perfect spot for us to play and get crafty with …
I’ve been wanting to do something with all the flowers and green leaves that are still blooming all around us in before they all died off or changed colors for fall. So I sketched a few little friends and thought it would be fun to decorate them as little garden sprites. Last week we had some cousins over (my …
We had a cousin playdate last week where the girls played cat + mouse in these little paper masks. It was the sweetest thing ever. They also played dollies and ballerinas which was all too cute not to document. We used the cat and mouse mask templates from our Kids Craft Camp Animal Unit, which you …
I love the sweet and comfortable kids clothing line Izzy & Ferd so when Cindy contacted me about how they used the tutorial from my Twig Crown, found in my book Playful, I was so super excited! And then she sent over this crazy adorable behind the scenes shot of this li’l guy wearing it and I was …
In our Kids Craft Camp painting unit we ending with putting together a lion piñata for a the last day of camp. We based it off of the Tiger piñata in my book Playful and had each of the kids help paint bright stripes onto the lions mane. I love doing both individual and group projects in …
For our Painting and Printmaking Unit in Kids Craft Camp we worked on becoming familiar with paints (primarily acrylic) while learning various fun techniques and processes such as using glue + pastels as a resist, a salad spinner for some fun spin art and even introduced the kids to printmaking by using foam and cardboard. Follow along as we share …