Last year, I was amazed by the beautiful drip painting pumpkins that The Imagination Tree family made, so it's not surprising that they were the inspiration behind the Pumpkin decorating that Dimples and I spent time on today when we created Glitter and glue pumpkins! Rather than paint, the request was made for glitter. So I figured I could substitute PVA glue for the paint, which we dripped and dribbled all over the top of our squash. … [Read more...]
Fingerprint Pumpkins in a field
I had such fun making these fingerprint Pumpkins in a field last year with our girls that I thought I'd revisit them, in advance of our big day. We made a long line of them which we put up around the room like a border. Easy and colourful, this festive decoration looks really pretty. You need an orange ink pad, paper and some markers. Simply get your child to make clear finger and thumb prints on the paper: make various shapes and sizes … [Read more...]
Introducing Art to Kids: Hockney
A while ago DH and I got all romantic and headed to the Royal Academy- scene of our blind date- to see the David Hockney exhibition. It was wonderful, beautiful, brilliant, breathtaking. And we have talked about it a lot since then. … [Read more...]
TP Didgeridoo and Australian dot art
Our recent (online) trip to Australia got DH to talking about his year in Sydney. The word didgeridoo had them both giggling, so I found an image online to explain what one was. Then we were required to demonstrate the sound it made. Quite frankly the easiest thing to do was to make a didgeridoo from an old toilet roll tube. … [Read more...]
Drawing competition
LBG's ability to draw recognisable figures has improved immeasurably over the last academic year. Actually, I have all her drawings so it's probably not immeasurable at all, but DH and I have certainly been astounded by her efforts of late. She is such a little art bug, always drawing and writing. So when The Handpicked Collection told us about their drawing competition, she got busy with her felt tips. The competition is open to under 10's … [Read more...]
40+ ideas for how to keep children occupied on long journeys
I recently travelled with two pre-schoolers to Arizona: that's a seven hour flight followed by a five hour flight. Twelve hours in a limited space where sound carries really well. But we survived (I'm drafting this before our return trip so may yet need to edit!) and this is what I packed to keep the Girls occupied on board and on our week-long road trip in the middle of our holiday. mini pots of Playdough stickers: so many stickers, … [Read more...]
5 fun Olympic Logo crafts
...specifically the logo of the 2012 London Olympics. Did you know that this will be the first time that the same essential logo is to be used for both the Olympic and Paralympic games? Nor me. I love Wikipedia! It would have been helpful if someone had pointed out to me slightly earlier that the logo is not just a bit of mindless graffiti, but actually the numbers 2, 0, 1 and 2. Anyway, since the whole 'spherical objects' crafts have been … [Read more...]
