Miscellaneous nineteenth and twentieth century illustrated and photographic postcards, showing architectural details and scenes. Mostly from Great Britain and...

You will love these Olympic-themed party ideas, from food to backyard games and lots of kid-friendly crafts! Who else is super excited about the Olympics starting? We cannot wait! Especially since it's now been 3 years since the last Olympic games. As a family, we decided that we're going to have an Olympic-themed party for the opening ceremonies, and my kids are already brainstorming ideas. There are so many fun ideas that we found, we just had to share with you guys. Which one of these ideas is sticking out to you? I want to make them all! This isn't

Good morning / evening everyone (depending where you might be reading this ! ) and a big welcome to 2015 on Fishink Blog. I hope you have had a fab festive break and are now ready to embrace the ne…

Learn how to integrate art into your plant science activities by having students make chlorophyll paintings. Similar to leaf rubbings, this simple science based art project is a fun and creative extension for teaching kids about photosynthesis.

Paul Schick's abstract twig art is not only beautiful, it's inspirational too.

List of 22 easily searchable websites offering free knitting and crocheting patterns. Classic and modern designs for making handmade sweaters, hats, mittens, scarves, blankets, dolls, puppets, and toys.

The Artists and the Elements is a year long art curriculum that combines the elements of art, art history, and hands on art projects that make art fun!

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Wow! I would guess at some point in our lives we all made a house or something out of a recycled cardboard box but this artist took it to an amazing extreme! Pop on over to Annalise Rees’ sit…

Create a coat of arms with your kids as a literacy, art, and activity with a read-aloud, or as a family bonding craft.

BEST funny CRAFT memes on everything from glitter to craft rooms to craft hoarding to shopping at the craft store and life as a crafter and maker!

This is the BEST paper tube Koi Fish, and one of several other Lunar New Year Animal inspired art lessons that we offer. This fun DIY craft is an original idea from ART CAMP Studio. It's a great year round project for all ages.

Time again to highlight excellence in creativity! The world is a better place because we create. It takes time and dedication to master these various art forms and I am so very grateful for all of you that show up day after day to create. Credit: @nysaceramic Credit: @ahmer_aleem Credit: @dotpebbles_knits Credit: @sallyblakeartist Credit: @anchorball Credit: @national_archaeology Credit: @_katiebramlage_ Credit: @heegeldab Credit: @betsyyoungquist Credit: @tempuradesign [...]

I have put together 50+ arts, crafts and activities to do with kids at home. Perfect for summer or even in the middle of a long winter. So many fun craft ideas for kids. I have been slowly putting together a list of arts, crafts and activities to do with kids at home. Some of these could totally be done outside or for a break from the hot days of summer or even during the long days of winter. Either way, so many great and fun options for all sorts of different ages. I have included a few from here on Sisters, What and many others are from some great blogs on the internet. Enjoy! You may also enjoy this roundup: 15+ DIY Pencil Cases and Holders Crafts and Art Projects to do with Kids: Marbleize Rocks and Wood OR Marbleize Jenga Blocks. My kids loved making these with me. Shrink Plastic Art is always a win craft idea. Kaleidoscope Craft: Another great one with kids and you probably have all the supplies. you can never go wrong with homemade Play Dough and this is our favorite recipe. Pineapple String Art or Word String Art would be great for older kids. Drum Musical Craft perfect for music loving kids. Fabric Towel Painting could be done with all sorts of ages. DIY Fabric Covered Notebooks (older kids) Paper Bug Paper Craft for the bug lovers. Water Resist Art Glue Art great for all ages. Dried Flower Face Mask perfect nature craft DIY Pressed flower bookmarks Bath Paints are always a fun idea Edible Chocolate Dirt great for little kids Kindness Rocks Nature Scavenger Hunt Printable Frozen Dinosaur Eggs is a summer favorite here Pencil Wands is so fun to do with older kids How to teach kids embroidery the easy way How to finger knit Wooden toys kids can make Watercolor Craft Wheel Yarn Wrapped Cardboard Letters fun for any kid THese clay beads are fun and easy for older kids to make. Tic Tac Toe Rocks Painted Sticks Nature Craft Bead Wood Chimes STEAM Projects to do with Kids: Kinetic Sand Paper Dragon Puppet Gum Drop Engineering Paper Plate Maze Balloon Hover Craft Project perfect to use old cds Popsicle Catapult Project make with your kids I spy Slime Recipe without Borax Magnetic Tangrams for older or younger kids Sewing Projects to do with Kids Fabric Scrap Bookmarks to teach beginning sewing skills Make these fabric covered Notebooks with kids using simple sewing skills. Fabric Memory Game (this one includes the ABS, but you could do just scrap fabric) Teaching Kids to Sew 5 Weeks of Summer Sewing School Pencil Roll

This Roll-A-Kandinsky art lesson will help you learn all about Wassily Kandinsky and the Expressionist movement he was a part of. You'll also make your own Kandinsky-style art using the free printable and a pair of dice to guide you in which colorful elements to add.

This fire breathing dragon made from a toilet paper roll is an easy kids craft that uses simple craft supplies. When you blow into the end of the tube the tissue paper looks like flames coming out of the dragon's mouth! Fire Breathing Dragon Craft Add this activity to your crafty bucket list, because it's SO MUCH FUN! And it's ridiculously simple to make. Kids, toddlers and preschoolers will love to see the dragon blowing fire! The photos make me smile, just looking at them. Watch the Video Tutorial Here: (Or scroll down for the step-by-step photo tutorial and printable

Nalbinding is a Scandinavian fabric-making technique which pre-dates knitting. Learn about nalbinding pattern directions, and how to make York and Oslo stitches.

This fire breathing dragon made from a toilet paper roll is an easy kids craft that uses simple craft supplies. When you blow into the end of the tube the tissue paper looks like flames coming out of the dragon's mouth! Fire Breathing Dragon Craft Add this activity to your crafty bucket list, because it's SO MUCH FUN! And it's ridiculously simple to make. Kids, toddlers and preschoolers will love to see the dragon blowing fire! The photos make me smile, just looking at them. Watch the Video Tutorial Here: (Or scroll down for the step-by-step photo tutorial and printable

Hi! Today, I wanted to share some of my favorite crafts to use for teaching digraphs. I try to make my blog posts useful for teachers in the classroom, and […]

In this STEM activity, kids make their own musical instrument- a straw pan flute! They can even create their own songs and record them on the free printable recording sheet!

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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!

Dutch multidisciplinary artist Vera van Wolferen (previously) produces miniature balsa wood sculptures, architectural objects that are either incorporated into animations or left motionless to tell their own stories. Her static works are often displayed beneath glass bell jars, leaving the audience to imagine that the tiny tree houses, cottages, and campers are neatly contained within their own universes. Van Wolferen also uses simple craft materials like cotton to enhance her sets, making it appear as if her sculpted homes are resting amongst the clouds. More

Invite kids to create art in the style of Leo Lionni to go along with the book Pezzettino.

Spring is finally here! Maybe it's been spring for awhile where you are, but I live in Canada, so it takes a little bit longer to warm up where I am. And my oh my, have I ever missed the flowers and the leaves! I love walking my 6 year old daughter to school each morning and seeing the magnolias just ready to bloom, the buds on the trees just ready to burst and the bright yellow forsythia flowers highlighting our backyard. I love this time of year! And since I've been in such a wonderful spring mood, I decided to make

Imagination Workout Printable Click the link above to download Attalie’s Imagination Workout free printable art worksheet.

Here are some ideas for Spring Art – covering trees, […]

Philip and the Ethiopian activity to accompany the story in Acts 8, full instructions and downloadable templates. Part of a whole lesson onsite.

If the coronavirus has you sheltering at home with your kids, this art and play guide will help promote learning while staying creative!

Easter is fast approaching and kids would be so much interested and eagerly waiting to prepare crafts for Easter. This year as of 2015, Easter falls on

I have enjoyed crafting my own natural bug repellent for me and my family with essential oils for years and with great results. Recipes included!

There is less than a month and our festive New Year spirit is rising again. Just like a sleeping fire dragon, who is raising from a volcano. Yes, it is

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! :)

In 1806 Elizabeth Cobbold (1767-1824) and her husband John Cobbold hosted their first St Valentine’s Day ball in Ipswich, Suffolk UK. Elizabeth made papercut St Valentine’s cards for unmarried guests. Each card she inscribed with an original verse. The event became a mainstay of the social calendar, continuing for 20 years. In 1814 a collection … Continue reading "Elizabeth Cobbold’s Papercut Invitations to her Annual St Valentine’s Day Ball – 18th Century"

Build a craft stick launcher that shoots Q-tips. This fun STEM project is a blast for kids to build as they develop their engineering skills.

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Make your own cloud viewer with this easy Cloud Spotting Learning Tool! A wonderful weather craft for preschoolers and elementary kids.

Apps for the Art Classroom. I’ve been teaching with iPads for a number of years now & I thought I’d share what Apps I’ve been using & found success with.

During winter we don't have so many outdoor activities because temperatures here are constantly below zero. But luckily there are tons of winter crafts and arts activities to make with kids and have cold winter days amusing. I especially love seasonal Waldorf activities inspired by nature, followed by Waldorf books that are helping us understand

When I was going through my stickers to find a teensy heart for 'The Kissing Hand' raccoon, I came across some opossum (possum?) stickers I'd forgotten I had. There aren't a lot of opossum (possum?) crafts out there, so I decided to make one. I'm always on the lookout for topics that aren't represented on Fun Family Crafts and a quick search determined we had neither opossums nor possums on the site. Once I did the research to learn the difference between an opossum and a possum, I proceeded, confident that the stickers were opossums and that's what I'd be making. Cardboard Tube Opossum Materials: cardboard tube grey paint scissors white cardstock grey cardstock glue pink colored pencil pink mini pom pom (or white pom pom + pink chalk) googly eyes pink pipe cleaner tape Start by painting the cardboard tube grey. While it is drying, cut a narrow, elongated heart from white cardstock. When the paint is dry, glue the heart onto the end of the tube. A rubber band holds it in place while it's drying. (See the opossum stickers?) Cut a pair of skinny arms and a pair of skinny legs from the grey cardstock. Cut two rounded ears from the grey cardstock and use the colored pencil to add pink shading to the centers. Bend them up slightly. Glue the arms, legs and ears in place. Add the googly eyes and the pink pom pom nose. Finally, bend the pipe cleaner to make a tail. Secure it inside the tube with tape or hot glue. A completed opossum! I'm glad it's an opossum and not a possum because that means it goes in Letter O which is more sparse than Letter P. It's the little things.

As a kid, I loved the idea of being a detective or a secret spy. They got to wear cool clothes, go on adventures, and solve mysteries. A couple of weeks ago I tried playing a detective game with Chuck. I hid his favorite stuffed pig and then left 5 clues for him to follow. The clues were all written as secret messages. We had to do something to the paper to revel the hidden words. 5 Ways to Write Secret Messages (This post contains affiliate links. Thank you so much for your support!) Chuck was onboard with the game. We've recently been gobbling up Nate the Great books from the library, so he really enjoyed being a detective and solving the case. 5 Super Easy Ways to Write Secret Messages: 1. Use White Crayon and Watercolors We've used crayons and watercolors before to make lovely designs for our DIY magnetic fishing game, handmade notebooks, and watercolor photo frames. This time I thought it would be a great way to write secret messages too! I simply wrote a message on watercolor paper with a white crayon. Then, we used watercolor paint to reveal the hidden message. Chuck loved seeing the words magically appear when the paper got wet. 2. Press down to Write Clues I used to watch Matlock as a kid. (Did anyone love that show too?) There's one episode where Matlock rubbed a pencil on a notebook to reveal a previously scribbled note. So I thought we could try that here too. I placed 3 sheets of paper on top of each other. Then, I wrote a note on the top sheet of paper, making sure to press really, really hard. It left marks on the second sheet of paper. Then, we revealed the clue when we rubbed crayon over it. 3. Lemon (or lime) Juice and Heat I've seen this method before on countless other sites... but it never worked for me. This time, I upped the heat and voila! Secret message revealed! To write secret messages with lemon (or lime) juice, I used a paintbrush and painted a message onto a sheet of watercolor paper. Then, I waited for the message to dry. (This took a lot longer than I expected.) To reveal the message I used a pair of tongs and held the sheet of paper over our kitchen stove. The heat turned the invisible lime juice brown! (Using a blow dryer definitely did NOT work for me.) 4. Write Really Small Ok. So this method seems a bit lame compared with the others. But we enjoyed using a magnifying glass to read the clue. And last, but not least.... 5. Write Backwards! Da Vinci did it to throw off those who read his work. So we thought to try it out too. Using a mirror, I practiced writing on another sheet of paper. (Boy, was that hard to do.) Once I knew which way to orient the letters, I wrote the clue out cleanly for Chuck. We then used a mirror to reveal the letters in the right orientation. This activity was really, really fun and Chuck's already requested that we do it again. It's pretty cool seeing hidden messages "appear" before your very eyes. If you liked this activity, then you might also like these too: Make Straw Quill Pens Blow up Balloons with Baking Soda Make Your Own Paint By Number Pages DIY Halloween Rubbing Plates And you can always find other fun ideas on my Pinterest, Facebook, Instagram, or Twitter accounts! Have fun!

This is a perfect craft for big kids or older children - cardboard monster jaws. Made from cereal boxes, this is a fun, easy craft activity for summer.