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…
Open-ended Crafts for Kids
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…
Dollhouse Camp: Part Two
Shannon from Hatch is back to bring us Dollhouse Camp Part Two!! Read Dollhouse Camp Part One first. And Dollhouse Camp Part Three is now out, which includes a FREE printable guide to setting up your own dollhouse camp! Hello, friends! I’m finally back with more dollhouse DIYs. It’s been absolutely amazing to see this…
Kids Crafts Tables for Large Groups
This weekend I will be setting up four kids arts & crafts tables in Brooklyn at the Shop Up New York event hosted by the fabulous Babyccino. If you happen to be local, please come by and shop and say hello, I would LOVE to see you! [ UPDATE: See photos from the event here! ] I…
Dollhouse Camp: Part One
Do you have any special childhood memories of playing with a dollhouse? Dollhouses are probably one of the most essential, open ended, imaginative toys any child could play with. What if you could build, design, and play with your very own custom dollhouse? Let me talk you through all the ways you can make this happen right in…
Glitter Star Mobiles
I have an abnormal obsession for mobiles. I love all things dangling from the ceiling (that aren’t insects). Mobiles make me feel like a kid again. These glitter star mobiles remind me of my favorite lullaby , and bring back all sorts of childhood nostalgia. Cue Twinkle Twinkle Little Star. ♬ Making these mobiles required a healthy amount…
Cardboard Rainbow Collage
I’ve been wanting to post this project for a year. This rainbow collage invitation was presented to my art camp kids one year ago today, which just happened to be the same day as the Pulse night club shooting in Orlando. My little kids obviously didn’t know anything about this, their happy faces a stark reminder that…
Yarn Wrapped Cardboard Letters
I’ve been wanting to share these cardboard letters for so long! My art camp kids made them back in July. The other day, as I was going through these photos, I realized that four of the letters spelled C.A.L.M. Boy, did I need this message. If there is anything that I am not these days,…
Wintery Mobiles with Kids
I’ve been wanting to make these wintery mobiles for years and years, ever since I saw them on the Purple Twig blog back in 2014. Samara always has the very best ideas. She did them for an arts fair in her California community, and I wanted to set this up for a book event I…
The Best of Art Bar 2016
This is my favorite part of the year, when I get to go back through all of my posts and analyze which ones did the best. It gets me so excited and geared up for the new year, because now I know what you want more of – colorful and simple ideas with few supplies,…