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Hi Friends! I’m over on Studio5 KSL today talking about how to run your own Kids Craft Camp from your very own home! Last summer I held two Kids Craft Camps and it was a blast! We split things up into units such as Camping, Nature, Portrait, Animals, etc. I learned a lot such as how to …
TGIF friends! thought I’d pop in and share a few fun things that are inspiring me around the inter webs these days: first are you dressing the rainbow with Brittany? I played along and wore pale teal with her. so fun. Oh and She’s extended it for 10 days now! I need to get this children’s book …
I’m crazy about our portrait unit in Kids Craft Camp. It so fun to see the kids begin to understand that pretty much everything is comprised of shapes – including faces! I started off with a demo explaining how even our faces can be broken down into shapes. I asked the kids what eyes could be (circles, …
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 …
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 …
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 …
If you are looking to put on a Kids Craft Camp of your own tune into Studio 5 today to see some of my tips on how to make it easy and fun from you very own Kitchen table! And if you want to follow along with our Kids Craft Camp units, Camping, Painting, …
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 …