This week’s project is fun and creative for kids! We are using embroidery thread and glue to make abstract art patterns. Embroidery thread or “floss” is very inexpensive and comes in many colors like these. This simple project can help … Continue reading
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Watercolor Leaves Painting Tutorial
Hello friends! Time to celebrate Fall with beautiful leaf colors; along with warm drinks like coffee and tea and savory soups, fall leaves are so symbolic of the change in the air. This week, I have a super simple watercolor leaves project to … Continue reading
Watercolor Tutorial With Painters Tape
This week we have been going, what seems like, nonstop! My video for this watercolor tutorial, “Watercolor with Painter’s Tape” took me a little longer to edit then I had thought but it turned out to be so much fun! The … Continue reading
Halloween crafts for kids, tic tac toe
My kids love to get out the Halloween decorations and start playing with them all over the house and that’s what we did last week after school. I got inspired by their play and thought it would be fun to make … Continue reading
Watercolor Tutorial, Painting Clouds for Kids
Watercolor clouds are the perfect open-ended project for our kids of all ages. No two skies ever appear the same so our children are able to explore and express how they want their sky which is the goal of a … Continue reading
Sensory Suncatcher for kids
I was first introduced to the sensory suncatcher project idea in my daughter’s toddler class. In the class the project was done with smaller sandwich bags which was good for her age group but I wanted to duplicate the project … Continue reading
Basic Watercolor Art Supplies
In this week’s art lesson tutorial, I share my favorite basic watercolor art supplies for kids with you! In this video you will see all of my favorite picks for watercolor paper, brushes, pan watercolors and tube watercolors. All of … Continue reading
Watercolor Art Lessons, Blends for Kids
Good morning everyone! Last week, I was busy recording my first youtube video Watercolor Blends for Kids for a new series on art lessons for kids. These videos are designed for all kids toddlers to high school and can be done … Continue reading
Exploring Watercolor, the class
I’ve just finished my first class which ran for two weeks called Exploring Watercolor. It was a lot of fun and I think the kids really got a great introduction to watercolor which was one of my main goals. The … Continue reading