Kids learn to paint textures: Painting lessons (part 4)

Here are two images we used in painting textures with the children. View the short video and then read the post about it. So in case you didn’t get exactly what we did, here’s the scoop. I had previously worked with these kids on creating all types of lines. To take it further I showed [...]

A Great Art Activity for Kids: Painting without an easel (part 2)

Painting with kids is usually done at an easel. This type of painting was something called tray painting as we use a tray for the children to mix the colors on. They only get the primary colors and they mix them on the tray. When you don’t have a good tray, aluminum foil works great. [...]

Paint with kids: B&W line paintings (part 1)

Painting with kids can be a wonderful and also a frustrating experience. Kids who love art and painting often times burn out after a period of painting as a result of not having inspiration ” what to  paint This series on painting with kids is going to build on a series of  exercises in painting that [...]

Easy Crafts: Use Coffee Filters…. not only for making coffee

Easy crafts you want? Well this doesn’t get too much easier. If you are an instant coffee drinker than you may not have any of these coffee filters on hand but they are easily purchased. This first activity to do with these large, soft filters works best with eye droppers. If you don’t have any  [...]