Flower 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 It3 Ways to paint with Bubbles
Bubble painting is a classic children’s art activity, and it’s easy to see why – it’s easy, cheap, kids love it, and the results are pretty good too, but bubbles are also amazingly versatile, we’ve tried 3 different techniques now, and each one has distinctively different results. Bubble Painting #1 The first [...]
Pin ItGraffiti Giftwrap
It’s heading towards mid-November already, and I need to start thinking about getting things organised for Christmas. Over the last 12 months or so, I have discovered that I love decorating paper – creating gorgeous effects with paper, paint, crayons, and whatever else I have to hand, so this year I thought it would be [...]
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 ItArty Parties
There are a wealth of parties for children available out there these days, with lots of different themes. So I thought I’d take a look this week at parties with an art theme, or ‘arty parties’. There are a number of suppliers out who will create a party of this kind for you, but often [...]
Father’s Day Cards
There’s not long to go now until Father’s Day, so we (or perhaps on this occasion I should say ‘I’) have been busy creating in readiness. This time I have produced a basic colouring sheet that can be used to create a simple A4 size card, which can be decorated however you like, depending on [...]
