Flowers are a great spring theme. Painting with cookie cutters makes a fun flower template that is great for this spring craft. Kids can paint flowers in different colors on watercolor paper. You can work on fine motor skills while waiting inside the cookie cutter. You can do this with kids in preschool, prek, and…
Dragons are a great mythological theme for kids. And this dragon cookie painting is a great way to make a dragon painting for all ages. You paint inside cookie cutters for this great dragon watercolor painting. This painting project for kids is great for any theme that does a dragon. And you can do this…
Every season we have had fun using the cookie cutters to do watercolor paintings. We are excited that we have reached December and are into the Christmas Season at our house. We have loads of Christmas books that we really love to read. You can have fun making this fun painting of evergreen threes with…
There are so many great ways to do art. I know we are always looking for different ways to do it. One fun way is to use cookie cutters. They are great projects for kids of different ages! You can all do the same project but everyone can do it their own way. Nothing has…
Sharks are loads of fun for a lot of kids. We love doing shark activities. And this is a super simple way to do a shark painting with kids. They can have a blast painting sharks over and over on the paper. Plus this shark watercolor painting is great for shark week. The Shark Watercolor…
Ocean books are a favorite at our house and we love reading the books and talking about the ocean fish. The Watercolor Fish is a great painting idea to go with the book Swimmy. And kids of different ages can do this craft and paint their own fish from the story. And painting inside cookie…
Easter always sneaks up on us and this is also an easy Easter watercolor painting project that multiple ages of kids can do together. One of my girls favorite painting projects has become the cookie cutters! This is an easy and open ended project for them to do. This can make this any way they…
Cookie cutters are a great way to do a shaped painting for different themes. And fire safety is a great theme to do with kids. This fire safety cookie cutter painting has lots of firefighter themes with hat, hydrant, dog, firefighter and fire truck It is super simple to set and so kids can have…
Cookie cutters are a great way to do a shaped painting for different themes. And back to school is a great theme to do with kids. This school cookie cutter painting has lots of school themes with apples, crayons, pencils, and scissors! It is super simple to set and so kids can have loads of…
The beach is a favorite theme for us before back to school. And shells are so much fun to gather and collect. This simple and easy to do shell painting with cookie cutters is super fun. Kids can be creative and have loads of fun painting shells in their own unique way. This is a…
Watercolor pencils are great for painting. And these watercolor pencil fireworks are super easy to color and paint for kids. Plus they work great to make for fireworks at home. This painting craft can work with different ages of kids. It is a great open ended art project that works great for the Fourth of…
Bugs are a great spring theme. And bugs are super fun to paint! This simple bug watercolor painting with cookie cutters is a great bug painting project for kids. It lets you paint and see the bugs on the paper in a fun way. Kids of different ages can have fun painting with the bug…
Rain is a great spring theme and using cookie cutters to make a rain painting is loads of fun. You have a simple way to paint with cookie cutters that makes a great spring painting with raindrops, lightning, and umbrellas. Kids can have fun painting with the cookie cutters and enjoy making fun art. We…
The Lunar New year has so many great themes. And the lanterns are part of that theme. This is a simple watercolor and oil pastel project for kids to do. This can be a very flexible art project for kids. The lanterns take very little prep time and are super fun for kids of many…
Painting with cookie cutters is a simple and easy way to make a watercolor painting of Hanukkah themes. Kids can enjoy watching their paintings come alive with the cookie cutters. It is also a simple way to introduce some Hanukkah themes while doing a painting activity. This is also a twist on stamping with Hanukkah…
Transporation is a very fun theme for kids to explore. You can have loads of fun for kids with different art projects. Today I have a fun transportation painting activity with cars and planes. This is a fun mixed art project that could be used with many different ages with simple changes. You can have…
I love changing up the art projects that we do. And watercolors have been favorite for us! And today we have a fun watercolor pencil painting! It was a great way to change up using watercolor! The Rainbow Watercolor Pencil Painting was loads of fun and a super-easy painting to do! You get to see…
Groundhog day is a great activity to explore shadows. And I love using cookie cutters to make great shapes with paint. Which works perfectly for a groundhog shadow activity! It is simple and easy to do and makes a great craft for kids to do! We have included links to some of the products and…
Snowflakes and winter is a favorite for me! I love it! I could just watch snowflakes fall from the sky all day long. This snowflake q-tip painting project is a fun way to make snowflakes falling from the sky. And I love when you can mix in different ways to make the snowflakes. We have…
We did some Christmas lights a few years ago and loved it. Today we have a new twist on that painting with a mixed art Christmas Lights painting that different ages can do. Christmas happens to be one of my favorite times of the year! I really enjoy having new art projects for us to…
Jack-O-Lantern crafts are super fun to do around Halloween! We love doing mixed art crafts and this one mixes old pastels and watercolors! You can have a lot of fun making your own jack-o-lanterns or just a fun pumpkin patch. We have included links to some of the products and resources we have used with…
Pumpkins are a favorite fall theme. And we love doing crafts with pumpkins. Today I have a great pumpkin watercolor and paint mixed art project with cookie cutters. This pumpkin painting is great for fall, Halloween, and Thanksgiving. It is a super simple fall art project that a mix of ages could do at the…
Fall happens to be a favorite theme for us! We have loved doing different fall activities over the years! And we have just loved fall tree activities. We do at least one or two every year! And it is fun to do them. Plus there are so many great fall books to go with the…
I love doing new space projects. We love adding them to our growing collection. And today we are adding Mars to the list. This is a great mix art project which we love. You have watercolors and oil pastels together to make this a fun painting project. These planet projects have been one of the…
Ocean animals are always a summer favorite theme. We love having different activities with them. And sea turtles happen to be my youngest favorite ocean animal. They are so much fun to watch them swim. Sea turtles are always loads of fun to learn about. This is a simple way to make an ocean painting…
After building our volcano for our Magic Tree House activity. We decided we would do a little more study about volcanoes. We looked into the shapes and sizes of volcanoes and where you can see them today. After that, we deiced we would paint our own volcanoes erupting! The Volcano: Watercolor & Q-Tip Painting is…
The beach and collecting shells is a favorite activity but some times you can’t visit the beach but you can remember the memories with this fun beach watercolor and q-tip shell painting. You can create a fun beach scene with these easy to do painting activity. I know so many people love these because different…
A campfire is a great summer theme for camping. It is always fun to add crafts and activities with printables for each theme. I also love it when you can let kids decide what a project should look like and how you do it. I love this watercolor process are idea. It gives kids a…
I love seasonal activities. It is fun to have changes in my house and plus it is great for kids to have fun things to do. Today I have a great heart painting activity. It is a bit of a mix medium art project and we love these. They are super simple and easy to…
Penguins have always been a favorite theme for us in the winter. We love doing activities with them. They are loads of fun for kids to learn about. Today I have a simple and easy penguin watercolor painting that many different ages can do. It is simple and easy. You will have a blast making…