Category Archives: Art and Craft Ideas

Make your own Learn to Draw Book

Posted on May 6, 2017 by ofamily

It is no secret I love “How to Draw” pages and my kids have been using them for some time now.  But I have never really stored them somewhere so often the individual pages would get packed away in-between other … Continue reading →

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Easter Eggs on our sliding doors

Posted on April 7, 2017 by ofamily

Yes the title is correct we have Easter Eggs on our sliding doors. We have done a version of this activity a few times already but it is such a great activity for a number of reasons so we had … Continue reading →

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Practicing shading with flower colouring pages

Posted on March 21, 2017 by ofamily

My daughter loves colouring in using abstract colours (eg flowers where every petal is a different colour) but lately she has been wanting to make her pictures more realistic.  We have been talking a lot about how objects are never … Continue reading →

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London Landmark Art activity

Posted on March 5, 2017 by ofamily

Over the weekend we were in a local shop (suppose to be there so I could get a much-needed cup of coffee) and the kids spotted some stunning pictures of London.  My daughter loved the bright backgrounds and wanted to … Continue reading →

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Kids Mardi Gras Masks

Posted on February 23, 2017 by ofamily

The past week the kids have been going through a mask making spree.  The kids just recently watched Rio for the first time so they liked the idea of making some masks like the ones some of the people were … Continue reading →

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