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Have you seen the sale that Atly is having a back-to-school sale on ALL of their online classes?!! 20% off all classes today and tomorrow! And that includes my online Kids Craft Camp Class! Woohoo! And good news! For all of those who have asked for a curriculum for the Kids Craft Camps I put on over …
Morning friends! I just wanted to pop in and let you know that the interview about my book Playful that ran in the Bloesem Gazette Kids Issue is now up on the Bloesem Kids site! I talk a bit about why play time is so important and the behind the scenes scoop on working with other creatives, …
In our August session of Kids Craft Camp we added an Animal Unit (to replace the painting unit – which we blended together into all the other units) and the kids loved it. We had a bird piñata, complete with colorful wings, in this session as played cat and mouse with fun paper masks the kids …
A little while ago Camille Styles asked me to be a part of her Entertaining With series and as I always love a good excuse to celebrate i say yes of course! Deciding on a fanciful kids House Party as the theme, I put together a spread of fun finger foods, fruits and salad and finished it all off …
Time for another Playfully Made by YOU! post. I get so giddy and happy when I see your little ones exploring the world of creativity, art and play through my book Playful: Fun Projects to Make with + For Kids. Like how perfect is little Miette in her twig crown? I love that she collected dried rosemary …
I’m so excited to share a recap of our first local summer Kids Craft Camp with you! Starting with our first day/unit – CAMPING! We had seven of our nine campers arrive on our first day, suite up in their make-a-face aprons and get right to work getting messy and creative. To start things off I thought it would be fun …
I’ve been working on my series of oversized craft-along dolls and have been having lots of fun! I’m planning on three different hair styles, starting with this two bun version – so we’ll see how it goes. Each face is hand painted, so each are different, and I’ve loved getting to know these dolls in the process. I …
As I mentioned yesterday, we held our fist local Kids Craft Camp this week! It was a hit complete with four units, 1) Camping, 2) Nature, 3) Portraits 4) painting/printmaking. The kids sewed their own sashes and created a badge each day to go along with the unit of that day. With finished off with a bang …
It’s seriously impossible to pick a favorite project from my book Playful: Fun Projects to Make With and For Kids, but i have to say that this cardboard brownstone doll house just might be a crowd favorite. I’ve absolutely loved seeing all the houses you are making from this pattern! Have a look on instagram under the hash tag #playfulbrownstones …
Jon is a super fan of watches. Whenever we walk by a watch store he stops and has to go in, check out all the inner workings, picking out his favorite style, etc. He’d own one for every day of the week if he could I’m sure. SOoooo the kids and I decided to make him a watch! …