Dec 24, 2017 | Arts & Crafts, Fine Art, Printables
Kids have quite the imagination, especially when it comes to art materials. Help encourage their creative side with free dough mat printable activity sheets to use with one of the most versatile craft materials, dough! Download and print our dough mat designs of an...
May 22, 2014 | Arts & Crafts, Father's Day, Fine Art, Seasons & Holidays
The kids and I love to make handmade gifts for my husband for Father’s Day. He always enjoys them so much more than he would a store-bought gift. Handmade gifts are super meaningful, and are always sentimental for years to come for the recipient. This year we tackled...
Apr 28, 2014 | Arts & Crafts, Fine Art, Mother's Day, Seasons & Holidays
Mother’s Day is one of my favorite holidays! It’s a chance to celebrate the joys of motherhood, a chance to truly reflect on the blessings we receive when we have children, and the opportunity to take a moment to thank our own mothers for the incredible love they’ve...
Dec 4, 2013 | Arts & Crafts, Christmas, Fine Art, Seasons & Holidays
One of our family’s favorites Christmas activities is decorating our home. From the lights on the outside of the house, to the Christmas tree, to the stockings on the mantle, wherever you look you’ll see a piece of Christmas. Each decoration holds a special part of...
Dec 4, 2013 | Arts & Crafts, Fine Art, Seasons & Holidays, Thanksgiving
In search of festive kids Thanksgiving crafts, we took out our Kid Concoctions Weird Wacky & Wild book and found the prefect project! See below for the “How-To” on making jewelry out of Indian corn. To make Indian Corn Jewelry you will need: Indian corn kernels...
Aug 1, 2013 | Arts & Crafts, Fine Art
My four-year-old is very confident in his colors, so I’ve decided it’s time to start teaching him about color mixing. You know, color combinations like “blue + yellow = green” or “red + yellow = orange”. Learning colors is one thing, but teaching color combinations...
Jul 31, 2013 | Arts & Crafts, Fine Art
Recently, I was gathering some art supplies to do a project with my four year old, Luke, and had an idea. Why not try something different today? I could tell that Luke was in a “messy” mood, and thought paints were the way to go. But what could we do that would be...
Apr 30, 2013 | Arts & Crafts, Fine Art
As an occupational therapist and parent, I love checking out new crafts. My favorites are the ones that keep the kids happily occupied, while working on their motor skills without them even knowing it. ALEX’s Doodle Cake Crayons delivered all that and more! The kids...
Apr 19, 2013 | Arts & Crafts, Fine Art
I fondly remember making spin art with a little machine when I was a kid. So it’s been on my list of toys to get the kids for some time. I knew they’d have just as much fun as I did watching the paper spin and the colorful paint splatter. And ALEX’s Fantastic Spinner...
Apr 6, 2013 | Arts & Crafts, Fine Art
It’s sometimes hard to get all the way through an art project with a toddler. My 2 ½ year old daughter is constantly bubbling over with excitement about wanting to do “a project”, but it’s not always easy to come up with something appropriate to her level of fine...
