There is not a sweeter art activity than these cupcake liner wreaths for Spring. Great for honing skills such as beading and pom-pom making (fine motor), sorting and patterning (mathematics), and design. These can also just as easily become crowns (see below) or mobiles. Fact is, cupcake liners are one of my fave materials ever!…
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Mother’s Day Portraits: “Queen Mom”
One of my favorite seasonal are projects that I do with my students is making Mother’s Day Portraits (and Father’s Day coming soon!). This year, as the kids were drawing with their Sharpie before painting, one of them added a crown. She said it’s because her mom is the queen of the house. Well, yeah…
Dollhouse Camp Part 3: Free Guide to Dollhouse Camp
Shannon from Hatch is back to bring us Part Three of her Dollhouse Camp series, featuring her Free Guide to Dollhouse Camp! She will answer all of your most urgent questions about running a Dollhouse Camp, and share with you her very own, personal guide to how she sets up her camp days. Be sure to catch Dollhouse Camp…
Cinco de Mayo Garland from Coffee Filters
If you’ve never used coffee filters for crafts before, now would be the time to start! These colorful and super festive “Papel Picado” garlands for Cinco de Mayo were made by 8 & 9-year olds and would be the perfect craft for teens. And of course, grown-ups. I loved making them! It felt like a Spring version…
Make Wire Nests
I had originally planned to set out these wire nests as an art invitation for my kindergarten class. I usually don’t try a project first because most of what I do it process art which is completely open-ended. But sometimes I do something closer to a craft so then I will try it out to…
Wooden Eggs Painted by Children
I was so excited when I discovered wooden eggs at our local craft store, I knew exactly what I wanted to do… paint them! The kids were so excited to see the set-up when they came to art class, their eyes almost popped out of their heads. They love painting on wood. This is a…
Oil Pastel Cardboard Cupcakes
We looked at painter Wayne Thiebaud, an American artist known for his still-lifes of edible treats and everyday objects, before embarking on these oil pastel cardboard cupcakes. This is a very simple art project which uses cereal box cardboard, a pencil, and some oil pastels. Look at all the amazing colors! [ I am a…
Sunburst Paintings
Revamping this popular Sunburst Paintings post today because I had a lightbulb moment during a sleepless night recently… make them with a heart! [ This post was originally published on the blog Small for Big. ] There is something so satisfying about an art project that combines painting and math. It probably has to do with the…
Model Magic Slime: Two Ways
My resident slime expert, Ava, has come up with a new Model Magic slime! Actually, she uses both Model Magic and the new Japanese equivalent (which is a bit softer with deeper colors), Daiso Clay. I will give you step-by-step instructions for both, and then compare the two at the end. Are you ready to…
Folded Paper Hearts
I’m not sure why I’ve never made these folded paper hearts before. They are so quick and easy to make! I wanted to make an origami heart, so I searched on Pinterest. I really wanted something that was simple enough that even young children could manage. I found these hearts which looked very doable. Let…
