Mini-Masterpieces – December Link-up
Christmas is coming, and it’s time for December’s Mini-Masterpieces link-up. I’m sure many of you have already been getting into the Christmas spirit with lots of seasonal creative projects already, so don’t be shy – link-them up and inspire us all! I’ll be sharing some of our projects over the next week or two – [...]
Decorative Paste Papers & Cards
I came across this technique over at Art for Small Hands where there is a detailed tutorial for undertaking this as a classroom activity. It’s a traditional technique, which, like marbling, was often used in the 18th and 19th centuries for decorating the endpapers of books. As an activity it’s cheap, easy and a lot [...]
Pin ItCreative ways to recycle Christmas Cards
The easiest way to recycle your old Christmas Cards is to take them all down to the nearest recycling point, but there are much more creative ways of recycling them. Here are a few suggestions: Cut them along the fold, and use the blank side of each for shopping lists, notes etc. (This is something [...]
Christmas Card Factory
Inspired by the Madhouse and her project for stencilled Christmas cards, me and my 2 boys (aged 5 and 3) sat down to start our Christmas card production line. You can see some of our efforts in the picture above, which displays one card by each of us. You can’t really tell from the photograph, [...]
