Tag Archives: children’s art

Fun, Easy, Colourful Paper Pictures

Posted on April 20, 2019 by ofamily

We have been having a super chilled few days and had some fun playing around with some new colourful paper that we bought. We started off with a few colouring pages (simple colour pages are easier) and we selected the … Continue reading →

Tracing is so much more than just tracing

Posted on January 26, 2019 by ofamily

My son loves tracing pictures. He will often stick a colouring page up on one of the sliding doors, stick a piece of paper over and trace the picture. Now I know tracing is NOT the same as drawing, it … Continue reading →

Posted in Art and Craft Ideas | Tagged children's art, free printables, home ed, home education, homeschooling, sharks, Twinkl | 5 Comments

Why I prefer printing colouring pages to colouring books

Posted on January 13, 2019 by ofamily

When we first had kids I fell into that mindset of buying colouring books and they were never used and then I would see another one in the store and think “Wow this is the one!” and buy that and … Continue reading →

Posted in Homeschooling | Tagged activity village, children's art, colouring pages, home education, homeschooling, Mrs Mactivity, Twinkl | 4 Comments

Chalk Pastel Autumn Leaves

Posted on October 29, 2018 by ofamily

A while ago my daughter was given some chalk pastel pencils. I immediately loved them but my daughter initially struggled a bit as they smudge and she has a tendency to drag her hands over her pictures while she is … Continue reading →

Posted in Art and Craft Ideas | Tagged activity village, Autumn crafts, children's art, home ed, home education, homeschooling, pastels, STABILO | 2 Comments

Fun Skeletons

Posted on October 18, 2018 by ofamily

The kids don’t know much about The Day of the Dead but they did have a childhood storybook which they loved –Funnybones: A Bone Rattling Collection – and ever since then whenever they have seen Day of the Dead colouring … Continue reading →