Last New Year’s Eve, I printed out one word resolutions and created a fringe wall as a little takeaway for my neighbors who were coming over to celebrate. It was so interesting to see which word people picked. Everyone picked something different, it was an insightful peek into their inner selves. My daughters and son picked…
Archives for 2017
Winter Vacation Crafts for Kids
Christmas is almost here, your kids will be home for at least 10 days, and you have nothing planned because you spent the last two weeks making magic at home. Art Bar to the rescue! I gathered a list just for you with the best winter vacation crafts for your kids. These are not really…
Coffee Filter Snowflakes + More Artsy Snowflake Ideas
I can’t stop making these gorgeous coffee filter snowflakes!! The coffee filters soak up the paint in a way that makes them look ombre, and cutting them is easier than cutting paper, plus they are stronger than paper. How did it take me so long to discover that coffee filters and one of the best art…
Simple Wine Cork Stamps
I can’t believe I never wrote about these awesome wine cork stamps? I made them last year for the start of my book tour. One of the art activities I presented on my tour was making garland. Sometimes I had the teeniest spaces with hardly any space for making art, so I needed an idea…
Blind Contour Drawings with Kids
Blind contour drawings are the most fun you can have drawing with another person. Have you ever tried them? The rule is that you can’t look down at your paper and you can’t lift your pen. This makes for the most hysterical – and quite honestly the most exquisite – abstract portraits! So I got…
Printable Banners for the Holidays
Yesterday, I was inspired to whip up these free printable banners for you. I started to cut out letters from colored paper, and then I thought that there has to be a way to make a printable banner look like the letters are hand cut. I adapted the Paper Cuts font by drawing over it by…
Pinecone Pom-pom Mobiles
It’s hard to believe that these pinecone pom-pom mobiles were made by children. They did everything, from painting the pinecones and beads, to making the pom-poms, to stringing it all together. (I just did the very last part tying them onto the ring.) Children are so capable. And these mobiles are just stunning! This post…
Art Bar Holiday Gift Guide: Kids
I’m literally in shock that next week is Thanksgiving… how did this happen? I have been working on collecting the best kid gifts for my holiday gift guide, so don’t panic. I got you covered. Everything from books to clothes to toys to bedroom, your cuddly baby and hipster kid will be prepared for 2018….
Recycled Materials Art Wall
My young students constructed this art wall from recycled materials, and then they mixed all of their own colors and painted it!! Kids are so capable. It’s no wonder that everything my students design and create makes me want to open a children’s art museum. Can you imagine how cool that would be? Artists from…
Leaf Printable Placemats
I’m so excited to share my leaf printable placemats with you!! I actually drew this pattern two years ago when I was working on some wallpaper ideas. Just recently a lightbulb went off in my dim brain and I though, hey – I should make this pattern a printable! And voila, now they are FREE…