Create a canvas of color with this popular tissue paper craft! We've created a fun craft pack that combines crayon resist with tissue paper painting art.
Make this fun papyrus paper for your next art project! The texture adds a unique touch!! Great activity while studying Egypt
Sun prints are so easy, fun, and exciting to make with kids. They are also called cyanotypes and can be made on fabric as well as paper.
These Destination Dig VBS Craft Ideas are a roundup of ideas that fit the theme for Lifeway's VBS for 2021 and are sure to make your VBS a blast!
Make a rainbow paper craft that changes colors as the paper is tipped back and forth in sunlight! Create gorgeous rainbow patterns and designs while teaching children the basics of thin film interference. Add this rainbow paper experiment to your list of simple experiments for kids and creative art and STEAM projects!
Super easy paper bird finger puppets. These can be made from recycled paper. A simple origami project for kids. Great doodle art project too!
Try thois fun magic paper towel science art! The children will love seeing magic pictures coming to life!
Hattifant Kaleidocycles - such a fun paper toy to color, craft and play with. Also called Flextangle, its a papercraft free to download.
Make some adorable sea otters with some brown paper lunch bags and our free printable sea otter template. Perfect for an ocean or sea life unit!
The Fat-Quarter Bag is a fast and fun project. It goes together so quickly you’ll want to make one for everyone on your gift list. Free DIY Tutorial
Calling all you 'quill' seekers, here's a fun project for you to try. Paper quilling a heart! Seeing as Valentines is just around the corner, how about making a loved one a quilled heart rather than a boring card this year? And the best thing about this project is you don't need any specialist equipment either, boom!Quilling is the art of rolling up lengths of paper, shaping them and sticking them down to form a picture or pattern. It's super easy and the results can look pretty impressive!I ori
Learn how to make a gorgeous art print made from your favorite fresh blooms. Our simple flower pounding technique makes it easy to transform fresh flowers into a gorgeous art piece you can hang, display, or gift.
Easy Matisse Art Project for Kids - A Henri Matisse art idea for kids of all ages with inspiration shape templates to inspire, draw or cut out.
Use these Disney Planes paper airplane templates to print, fold and fly the best paper airplanes.
You can grab these geometric art printable...and let your kids imaginations run wild! A perfect free printable to let the creativity flow.
Make beautiful nature art using sun print paper and natural items you can find in your own backyard. We'll show you how to create these gorgeous prints.
Learn how to make a gorgeous art print made from your favorite fresh blooms. Our simple flower pounding technique makes it easy to transform fresh flowers into a gorgeous art piece you can hang, display, or gift.
Figuring out the first art project of the year with my kids is always a daunting task for me. This is why I was so excited when I found this pin of suncatchers on Pinterest (links back to the blog Make, Do, Play). I really wanted to do something that my students would have fun with and could easily be started late if new students joined my class throughout the week (I see mine for an entire week.. then rotate to the next class). My students absolutely LOVE origami and even though I'm not particularly skilled at it, the folds in this project were very simple.. so it was a easy choice! I started this project by reviewing both linear and radial symmetry with my students. We talked about the difference between the two.. then sorted a number of images based on their type of symmetry. Once I was sure my students had it down, I moved on to demonstrating two folds that they could use for the project. I folded two different examples on my document camera, while my 5th graders followed along on scrap paper. After showing them the two folds, they decided which one of the two radial suncatcher designs they wanted to create... then picked out their colors. I originally intended for this to be a color wheel lesson.. but you need to have 8 different colored papers for these designs and not 6 like a standard color wheel has. So instead they had free reign on their color choices (either way they were getting some color mixing lesson). **The paper we used was a semi-transparent colored origami paper . It think these really turned out beautifully and they were very simple to make! On Friday I hung them up in the cafeteria windows.. they look stunning in the morning light! :)
Using a few items from IKEA make a DIY wall mounted easel that your whole family will love. It is a space saver and looks great, from lifestyle blogger Arin Solange at Home.
How to make plantable paper. Craft directions for Seed Paper Hearts made with flower seeds. Fun activity for Earth Day, Mother's Day and more.
Please Note: All images seen below are of my students artwork only. These photos/lessons are not posted in any particular order regarding the flow of my curriculum. Abstract Self-Portrait Paintin…
Free Printable Graph Paper. Half inch, quarter inch, and eighth inch grid paper in blue or black for school, math class or cross stitch.
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A perfect kid craft. This paper project is just a fun kid activity to do at home. Have fun make these children crafts on the cheaper side and make crafting an activity to enjoy with the whole family.
We have another fun project for your kids (or you) to do during the hot summer months, this time we are sharing a fun summer agamograph template with you. Making an agamograph is really, really
FREE printable Paper Hats that kids can color and wear when learning about community helpers, occupations, or when doing dramatic and pretend play. Great for preschool and kindergarten!
perfect for the paper hoarder in you!
FREE printable Symmetry drawing activity for preschool and kindergarten kids. A fun art and math activity in one! Kids will complete the symmetrical pictures by drawing the other half.
How to Make Paper: Make beautiful paper with easily found items and recycled paper!
Looking for a fun DIY project that even younger kids can help out with? Check out these colorful bookmarks made using bleeding tissue paper!
Made with items you probably already have around the house, this hot air balloon craft is a wonderful project for kids.
The best and most fun pen and paper games to cure the boredom blues. Solo, two player and three or more player pencil and paper games for kids and adults!
Need a fun, engaging, last minute lesson for your sub? This NO PREP needed Crumble Paper Abstract Art drawing tutorial is perfect for middle (6-12), high (9-12), homeschool and upper elementary (3-5th) grades. Compatible with students of any art skill level from beginner to intermediate to advanced. Perfect especially for that crazy week before winter, spring or summer break. This product includes: PDF student handout with color images and instructions PDF tutorial for teacher instruction led PPT version of teacher instruction led
Learn how to fold these easy origami lucky stars from a single strip of paper. These cute little 3D stars are also known as wishing stars and are supposed to bring you luck. Arrange them in a glass jar and display them on a shelf, give away to a friend or string them together as a garland. A fun a
Watercolour paper, salt and watercolour paint come together to create some incredible results. What makes the best results? That's what you'll need to explore! My clever friend, Asia, from Fun at Home with Kids has been at it again and produced her 2nd fabulous children's book, "The Curious Kid's Science Book." We were thrilled to receive our copy and began pouring over it immediately. The book is set out beautifully with bright, bold imagery, just waiting to entice you and the kids into creating, exploring and experimenting. Whilst specific recipes and experiments will lay out all the step-by-step instructions that you need, I love that much of the book encourages you to actually do the experimenting and exploring yourself, which is so important! We were drawn to the beautiful salt and watercolour exploration and decided it would be our first activity from the book. With this style of activity, we had the material list and a basic idea of what to do. As for an exact method, well, that bit was up to us and required us to actually think about the different ways and amounts of water and salt, in order to achieve different results. It also allowed us to talk about and reflect upon our observations whilst creating and formulate our own conclusions. All very scientific and more interesting than being told exactly what to do to create an exact result. Here's what we came up with. Materials: Squares of watercolour paper, salt, watercolour paint (we used liquid watercolour here), brushes. "Where to start Mum?" "Just go for it! Use the materials, see what happens." Should you put the watercolour/water down first or the salt? My kids discovered the answer to that pretty quickly. What if you use barely any water? Why do you think it doesn't work? What is happening to the salt? My kids remembered the word "absorption" here! Yes, it is absorbing the liquid. Can you use the salt to draw certain colours across your pattern? What colour changes do you see occurring? What is happening? How will they look when they dry? Beautiful! Time to reflect on what gave our favourite results and what method we used to obtain them. The Curious Kid's Science Book. 100+ Creative Hands-on Activities for Ages 4-8, would make a fabulous gift (especially if you combine it with a few goodies required for creating and exploring some of the scientific concepts covered in the book). It's available worldwide and you can get it with free delivery here from the Book Depository. (Or look out quality bookshops near you). Check out the fun we had this awesome activity from Asia's first book, "150+ Screen-Free Activities for Kids." Happy playing, Debs :) Disclosure: I was sent a complimentary copy of this book to review. All thoughts and opinions are, as always, my own. This post contains affiliate links. (Book Depository) Thanks for your support. Look where else we are. Are you following along? :)
Here’s what we used How to make our paper chain snakes Cut out several equal sized strips from the coloured card. You’ll probably need at least 6 plus to make a long enough snake. Create a loop with your first strip and then continue paper chaining your strips until you reach your desired length Now […]
What are the dos and don'ts of gel printing? It's all here along with gel printing resources, a downloadable guide and free videos!
I LOVE these flowers!!! I also think this may be my new favorite art lesson to teach! 2nd Graders did such a fabulous job creating them– SO proud of their work!! Step-by-step directions with…
You and your kids will love putting together these simple helicopters and watching them fly! *Video below
It's so fun to make a DIY spinner toy! These spinner toys are so bright and colourful, and they're so cool to play with! Watch the colours combine as the string spinner whirls through the air. This is such an easy craft to make, especially when you download our free spinner templates (find the links below!). Decorate and colour your spinner disc however you'd like, and create hours of fun for mere pennies! This post contains affiliate links. If you use these links to buy something we may earn a small commission which helps us run this website. DIY Spinner
