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Celebrate Earth Day! 40 Ways to Use Nature and Recylables in Art with Kids

March 30, 2022 by Barbara Rucci Leave a Comment

Celebrate Earth Day! 40 Ways to Use Nature and Recylables in Art with Kids

Earth Day always sneaks up on me and sometimes I even miss it! But this year I am here to help you get organized and be prepared to celebrate Earth Day all month long, with 40 ways to use nature and recyclables in art and creative play with kids! The very best and most simple…

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Process Art with Plasticine Clay

January 2, 2021 by Barbara Rucci Leave a Comment

Shannon Merenstein from Hatch Art Studio in Pittsburgh, share with us her very favorite kitchen tools to use with plasticine, and why plasticine has become her favorite go-to material for process art at home with her two young children.

Shannon Merenstein from Hatch Art Studio in Pittsburgh is back to share with us her very favorite kitchen tools to use with plasticine, and why plasticine has become her favorite go-to material for process art at home with her two young boys. I invited Shannon to write a quick post for me when I saw…

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Art and Play Activity Guide for Learning at Home / Week 7

April 25, 2020 by Barbara Rucci Leave a Comment

This Weekly Art & Play guide for learning at home promotes math, literacy and science through creativity. Join us for Provocations week!

Week 7 of our Art and Play Activity Guide is all about Provocations! Provocations week will be a little bit different than our other weeks. Instead of asking children to act on an idea that we present, we will be asking them to take the lead and show us what they can do! This week…

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Art and Play Activity Guide for Learning at Home / Week 6

April 17, 2020 by Barbara Rucci Leave a Comment

This Weekly Art & Play guide for learning at home promotes math, literacy and science through creativity. Join us for Fabric & Yarn week!

This week we celebrate the fiber arts as we play around with FABRIC & YARN! Yay!! It’s also Earth Day on Wednesday so we’ll be honoring Mother Earth, too. Many of us are spending time decluttering and cleaning out closets. This week we’ll use some of our old clothes for fabric collage, or cut up…

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Art and Play Activity Guide for Learning at Home / Week 3

March 29, 2020 by Barbara Rucci 4 Comments

Learning at home with your kids because of the coronavirus? This Art and Play guide will help. Promoting math, literacy and science through art and play.

Welcome back to Week 3 of our Art and Play Activity Guide for Learning at Home! Shannon and I hope these guides have been helping you loosely frame your days. Children need routine because it makes them feel safe and more relaxed. And parents need routine because it allows them to find some time for…

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Art and Play Activity Guide for Kids in Quarantine / Week 2

March 22, 2020 by Barbara Rucci 2 Comments

Are you and your kids quarantined at home because of the coronavirus? Well this Art and Play guide will help! Promoting math, literacy and science through art and play.

Welcome to Week Two of our Art and Play Activity Guide for Learning at Home! Shannon and I were blown away by the response to Week One‘s launch of our “kids in quarantine” series. I wish I could share with you all of the incredible and heartfelt comments we received via email and on our…

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Art and Play Activity Guide for Kids in Quarantine / Week 1

March 15, 2020 by Barbara Rucci 25 Comments

When school is canceled because of coronavirus and kids are quarantined at home, this is the perfect guide that promotes math, literacy and science through art and play.

Ok, deep breath everyone. We are all in this together. As we lay low and practice social distancing at home due to the COVID-19 pandemic, my good friend, Shannon Merenstein from Hatch in Pittsburgh, and I have come up with an art and play activity guide for all the kids in quarantine who will be learning…

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Stacked Cardboard Sculptures with Kids

March 6, 2019 by Barbara Rucci 2 Comments

Kids use cardboard, beads, and clay to make stacked sculptures. A perfect process art experience that is great for toddlers through elementary age, and works both hand eye coordination and fine motor skills.

Shannon from Hatch is back with a wonderful, open-ended art invitation for kids: stacked cardboard sculptures! Also known as threaded sculptures. Aren’t these FABULOUS? What I love most about Shannon’s idea is that it can even be done with toddlers. It’s very process-art oriented and works those small motor and hand-eye skills. Here is Shannon…

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Embroidery and Stitching with Kids

January 23, 2019 by Barbara Rucci 15 Comments

Family friendly and fuzzy embroidery with kids using a an embroidery hoop and yarn.

Have you ever wanted to try embroidery and stitching with your kids? I have! I’ve always been drawn to textiles. In art school I was passionate about fabric design, and in my 20s I used to make children’s clothing and sell them to Barneys in NYC. With my passion for fabrics and yarns, it’s actually…

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Dollhouse Camp Part 3: Free Guide to Dollhouse Camp

April 25, 2018 by Barbara Rucci 5 Comments

Dollhouse Camp FREE guide for parents and teachers.

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…

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