Category Archives: Art and Craft Ideas

Complementary Colour Paintings for kids

Posted on July 27, 2017 by ofamily

We have been going through one of our painting phases lately.  Combination of trying out new paints, rainy weather and the fact the kids discovered a new book – Usborne Art Book About Colour.  I must admit I was actually … Continue reading →

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Colouring with Tissue Paper Detail

Posted on July 18, 2017 by ofamily

When my daughter was younger she was not a fan of colouring in but she loved crafting so we tried to combine the two as much as we could.  And one of the activities that stuck with us is colouring … Continue reading →

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Stained glass window paintings for children

Posted on July 14, 2017 by ofamily

We have been using our Paint Lab for Kids: 52 Creative Adventures in Painting and Mixed Media for Budding Artists of All Ages (Lab Series) by Stephanie Corfee (2015-12-15) book for a few weeks now and all of us love … Continue reading →

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Design a garden activity

Posted on June 10, 2017 by ofamily

With all the time the kids have been spending helping out in the garden I thought it would be a good idea to do a few garden designing activities. We had done the first activity before but I thought it … Continue reading →

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Minibeast Crafting

Posted on May 19, 2017 by ofamily

We seem to have been doing a lot of Maths lately and not much crafting so last weekend I did a search to try to find something to inspire us.  I ended up printing out some basic Mininbeast  shadow stick … Continue reading →

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