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…
I love wreaths crafts. They are so many fun to do! We have had a blast making different Christmas wreaths over the years. We love this new ornament wreath! It is a fun and easy way to make a wreath! And wreath crafts are perfect for Christmas! We have included links to some of 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…
I love fireworks but I know not every child loves to hear them. For years we never went because of the noise bothering one of my girls. But firework art has always been fun to do! Today’s art is super easy to make oil pastel fireworks that you can do just about anywhere. Plus I…
Spring is here and flowers are going to be blooming soon. And it is a favorite time for me to walk around and see the flowers. We thought we decorate the house a little with some fun paper plate flower to help cheer us up at this time. They are super easy to make and…
There are many different books we read during our yearly Dr. Seuss Week. And there are so many books it is hard to pick just one. But But we love a few books edited by him and so we are adding this into our activities this year. We had fun coloring and painting with oil…
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…
Winter has so many great themes that we just love. We are always doing some theme for our activities. This week we are doing a few polar themed activities and I thought it would be fun to do one of our favorites polar bears. I have a very simple polar bear chalk picture that you…
We love Jack-o-Lanterns. They are always a fun part of Halloween for us. For years I could not get my girls to carve a pumpkin to save their lives! It was just not happening. So we started the tradition of doing a pumpkin of some kind jack-o-lantern at home that was not carving. We have…
I love mixed media art projects and this is a great one for Halloween. Ghosts can be scary but some kids love them. This is an easy art project that can be done in any way that works for kids. We have always love different Halloween themes and this project turned out to be so…
Fall is a favorite time for us! We love the changes in the leaves. I love just watching the changes outside. It is a great time to be a kid and play in the leaves. I also love that there are so many fall activities and crafts that we can do. Today I have a…
I love getting creative with our art projects. We have done so many fun ones over the years. And we have always had a blast with the fall ones. Apples seem to be a favorite for us. I like that apples come in many colors and sizes. It allows kids to be creative in how…
Space has always been one of our favorite activities over the year. We are always doing something for it. I’m always happy to get a chance to guest post on other blogs. Today I have a great post on a mixed art project with a great space theme! It is a change up on an…
I love it when the blossoms come out in spring. We have had a long winter and suddenly it is spring and there is color all over. We love looking at all the signs of spring. We have been seeing robins outside more and more. Plus a few of the flowers are starting to grow….
There are always themes we do for spring and that is rainbows! I think the one sign of spring for me has always been rainbows. I love to look for them everywhere! This past summer we saw a wonderful double rainbow while we drove cross country. It was amazing to see how wonderful they look…
Hearts are always a great theme for Valentines. We love having different activities around them. We have made loads of wreath during the different seasons. They are always fun to make. We enjoy changing up the decorations and I love having stuff my girls have made. Plus who says wreaths just have to be at…
We love doing panting activities. We enjoy mixing the oil pastels and watercolors. I love that doing this type of process art each of us can do something different. This is an easy painting activity to do at any time of the year. But with our heart-themed works great for Valentines. We had a blast…
Winter is always such fun to do activities for. There are so many great winter themes. We have been enjoying doing our fun winter activities. It has not been as snowy for us this year. We have been having fun doing snow painting and craft projects. It is fun to bring winter inside when you…
We love doing watercolor paintings. I’m always looking for something different and fun to do them. Christmas it a favorite time of year for us. We are always doing crafts and activities. Today I have out watercolor Christmas Trees! These were fun to make and one that many can do and enjoy. It is a…
Fall has to be one of my favorite times of the year! Every year we are doing something different with a fall theme. I love that I can have so many fun ideas I also know we have had a few fun projects lately. It has been fun to see what my girls can come…
Fall is one of our favorite times of the year! You can play in leaves, go apple picking, get a pumpkin and so much fun. We are always decorating our house in fall crafts and paintings. Today I have a fun watercolor and oil pastel activity that can be adapted for many ages. We did…
It has been a cold for a few days here, and we have been looking out at the winter scenes outside. It has been amazing to watch snow just pile up higher and higher! One of my favorite parts of winter is watching the different trees outside. Birch trees scenes are among some of my…
We have been doing some small activities with space. Today we learned about galaxies. There are many different types of galaxies out there. They come in 5 different types. We had fun learning about them and doing this galaxy painting. The Galaxy Oil Pastel Painting is a great addition to the space activities on the…