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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 …
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 …
Just had to pop in and share our little “Knowledge Gives You Wings” cake topper. I made this little guy last minute for the cake at our Back-to-School dinner and Little O claimed him at once. It would have been cute to do each child if I had had the time (it was getting close to …
Summer is flying away and it’s time for us to get set for another school year. In actuality I really love this time of year (if not for mourning summers end). It’s full of promise, new beginnings, slight signs of crispy fall on it’s way…and lots of fresh smelling school supplies! We have a …
It’s hard to pick which unit of Kids Craft Camp is my favorite but I really love the nature unit. Particularly our nature walk with kids adorned is self-made paper grass crowns and fabric painted cloaks. In our July session we made twig and leaf crowns but this time I thought it would be fun …
“Tenney’s tentative plans to tackle a tree house that towered high above the tree tops turned out to be a transcendent reality – a truth that only the birds and a few other lucky ones had dared to try.” If you follow me on Instagram you might have seen my Little Bits by Mer series where …
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 …
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 …