Category Archives: Art and Craft Ideas

A basic tree template can be an invitation for creativity

Posted on August 28, 2015 by ofamily

With both my kids, I have often found that a blank piece of paper can be a creativity destroyer, especially when they are younger.  My daughter often struggles to decide what to draw or paint on it, while my youngest … Continue reading →

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Animal Craft craziness

Posted on August 22, 2015 by ofamily

I printed off these Free animal colouring pages (Twinkl) a while ago and they have been lying around the house.  So when my daughter asked me if we could do some crafts together, considering I had only slept for a … Continue reading →

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Water colouring paintings using felt tip pens or marker pens

Posted on August 8, 2015 by ofamily

I do not know where my daughter got this idea from but I think it is great.  We have been doing a lot of water-colour painting lately but today my daughter used her felt tip pens (marker pens / Kokies) … Continue reading →

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Making some fun 3D Hama Bead pictures

Posted on July 27, 2015 by ofamily

This past week my daughter has continued with her Hama beads and we have been making some cute items including some flowers, a butterfly, trees and seahorses. We thought it might be fun to see if we could use some … Continue reading →

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We are offically 3D butterfly and 3D dragonfly obsessed

Posted on July 17, 2015 by ofamily

It is no secret that my daughter loves the 3D butterflies from Twinkl (part of the platinum package).  She has used them in a number of different craft projects in the past so it was no big surprise when she … Continue reading →

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