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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Art and Play Activity Guide for Learning at Home / Week 6
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…
Earth Day Signs with Repurposed Materials
It’s almost Earth Day! We made theseĀ Earth Day signs with repurposed materials just in the nick of time. I’m hoping my art students will do a little march around their neighborhood on Monday š I save many of our old clothes that have ripped or are just worn out and I cut them up into…
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…
Sock Caterpillars
Hello! It’s been a while. I am busy writing a book (more to come on that later) and it’s taking all. my. time. I’m sorry for the inspiration gap. But today’s post is worth the wait! Last November, I interviewed Samara Caughey, owner of the famous children’s art studio Purple Twig, and one very creative…
