Photographing Children’s Artwork
All of the ‘bespoke’ children’s artwork for Artful Kids starts with a photograph, or copy of the original work. But as you can imagine, the finished product derived from that artwork is only as good as the original photograph. For the wall-art products which Artful Kids offers, customers can either scan in the artwork themselves [...]
Pin ItChalkboard Stones
There’s definitely a trend for all things chalkboard at the moment, and it’s a trend that I love. After completing my chalkboard gallery wall last year, I had a little bit of paint left over, ideal for small projects but nothing more. So far I’ve used it to paint chalkboard labels onto my kitchen storage [...]
Pin ItFlower Fairy Fashions
Warning – if you don’t like fairies, then look away now, as this is an unashamedly girly post. As the mother of boys, I don’t often have the opportunity to indulge my well hidden girly side, but today I’m going to do it. I confess that I’ve always had a soft spot for flower fairies, [...]
Pin ItChildren’s Artwork Bunting Mural
Yet another way of using some of the piles of children’s artwork that you can accumulate, this is a cheap and easy way to add some colour to a child’s room, using their own artwork. I’ve been meaning to do this project for weeks now, because my elder son’s room has never been properly decorated [...]
Pin ItSeasonal Confetti Shakers
I have to confess, that I wasn’t sure what to call these – they’re not quite sun-catchers, and not really snow-globes, so I decided on Confetti Shakers in the absence of any other ideas. These were born when I accidentally discovered, in one of those ‘Eureka’ moments that you have now and then, that the [...]
Pin ItHalloween Scanner Art
As the days grow shorter and the weather gets colder, the shops start to fill up with Halloween related products. In the UK this is a relatively recent phenomenon – when I was a child, although we were aware of Halloween, it wasn’t much ‘celebrated’ as such – there were few parties, and no trick [...]
Pin ItWatercolour Spray Inks
Ever since I first heard about watercolour sprays, I’ve been wanting to try them out. The ones you can buy ready-made are I discovered quite expensive, so I decided to create my own using the new powdered water-colour inks I’ve recently treated myself to. That way I can control the dilution I want, mix the [...]
Pin ItForest Critters
We were inspired to take part in Mommy Labs Forest Fiesta blog-hop to create some artwork which celebrates the forest. I love trees, and miss them hugely when they’re not around. (I once lived somewhere with very few!) I am now lucky to live somewhere with lots of mature trees around, and find them a [...]
Pin ItScanner Art
Some of us may have fond memories of photocopying parts of our anatomy in the office in days gone by (do people still do that?), but the fun and games don’t end there, as the humble domestic scanner is an important piece of art equipment these days. You’ll often see scanned textures used in children’s [...]
Pin ItCreating Splat Monsters
This is a really simple, yet fun activity which I was inspired to try after seeing the ‘splotch monsters’ created here. It’s a great way for kids to exercise their imagination and can result in some fabulous artwork. There are no doubt numerous different ways in which you might create your monsters. The ‘splotch monsters’ [...]
Pin It
