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DIY Crayons! Keep reading to learn about this great crayon activity to make a cool new tool for your child’s art supplies. Kids Activities Blog wants to point out that this activity is for parents to make and for kids to enjoy. DIY Crayons Does your art center need a bit of a pick me [...]
Wax rubbing is a classic art project for kids that is easy and fun for kids. Crayon art ideas like these are great for fine motor skills development, recognizing textures and colors, and they are just plain fun! We at Kids Activities Blog love this simple craft with crayons and we hope your kids do [...]
Add bling to play dough and make it shine. Here are a few fun things for kids to add to play dough. Kids Activities Blog loves finding ways to create new and exciting ways to use everyday play dough for kids. Make It Shine Our kids love things that shine and glow… They also love [...]
One of the things that I love about the kids blogger online community, is the insane amount of talent that we are surrounded by! To prove that {again}, we are super excited to feature an interview with Jean Van’t Hul. She has an amazing new book out, The Artful Parent: Simple Ways to Fill Your [...]
There are so many fun and creative ways to make paint. We are excited to bring you 2 dozen of them right here. Kids Activities Blog has been combing the net finding paint recipes for kids. Thanks to everyone who linked up ideas to our weekly Kids Meme, It’s Playtime, every Wednesday afternoon. I have [...]
Kids can have a blast painting an Easter bunny with this cute idea. This Easter craft uses just a bingo dauber to make dots of paint and some markers to draw on accents. We hope you love this idea as much as we do here at Kids Activities Blog. Easter Craft What do you find [...]
Heart art is an expression of love and it is the perfect way to decorate these adorable greeting cards. The cute hearts on these cards are special though because they are made with finger print art! Kids Activities Blog hopes that you and your child will enjoy some special time together as you make these [...]
Looking for something to do with Easter Eggs? Here are more than a dozen suggestions! Leave a comment at the end of some of your favorite “eggy” activities. Thanks to all the It’s Playtime participants who contributed these ideas last season – Easter is a month away and we can’t wait to see the activities [...]
How to draw cartoons is something that artsy kids often want to learn. How to draw cartoon faces can be challenging even when broken down into a grid or segments. Kids Activities Blog loves when a simple solution to answer kids’ questions is available {even if mom and dad aren’t great artists}! Drawing cartoons looks [...]
Looking for a quick, easy and quiet Christmas craft ideas for your kids? Instead of sending just a regular Christmas card in the mail, why not put one of these cute little creations with reindeer handprints on your cards? Kids Activities Blog loves bringing our readers adorable craft ideas for kids. Christmas Craft We are so [...]
Family games bring loved ones together for laughter and fun. This chalk game board is great for playing outside. Please leave a comment on Kids Activities Blog if you have some other fun ideas for using this giant chalk game board! Family Games Our family loves board games. They’re wonderful for bringing everyone together, having [...]
We still need some ideas for Thanksgiving crafts. Although I love doing hand and foot print crafts I wanted to refrain from doing the hand print turkeys, just because I know many people already know how to do them. So, I decided to do a “play” on the traditional hand print turkeys; we are making [...]
It’s about time for the kids to start making Thanksgiving crafts! Here is a simple way to make some colorful craft trees to decorate your home for the holidays and display the things that your family is thankful for. We hope you love hand print art as much as we do at Kids Activities Blog. [...]
November crafts aren’t just turkey related. They can be something that is just colorful, fun, and a wonderful family activity. Kids Activities Blog loves creative projects like this that the whole family can enjoy especially beautiful paper crafts like this. November Crafts One afternoon, my preschool twins N and M were particularly restless. Normally they [...]
Halloween crafts for kids is something we are seeking here at Kids Activities Blog knowing that parents, caregivers and teachers are searching high and low for the perfect one! The good news is that today’s Halloween craft, Make a Ghost is something that can be done easily with supplies you likely already have and it [...]
Halloween crafts for kids can often be scary! Kids Activities Blog loves this idea because it is simple, uses things you already have at home and you could create one or a whole room full of kids could participate in this Halloween crafts for kids. A simple child’s hand print is transformed into a super [...]
A handprint craft makes for a fun project for kids and a special keepsake for mom. Check out this cute way to make ships out of your child’s handprint. Ships Almost once a weekend we enjoy a nice relaxing family day at the beach. We like to go to the private beach, because it is [...]
It’s Hispanic Heritage Month! Let’s celebrate! We also get to celebrate Mexico’s Independence Day so we will kick off our celebration with a Mexican art craft! Hispanic Heritage Month Just a fun fact: Many people think that Mexico’s Independence Day is Cinco de Mayo but it’s actually on September 16th. Hispanic Heritage month runs from [...]
Crayon art goes beyond just coloring! Wax crayons are fun to color with – a staple of preschooler craft times everywhere. In addition to coloring and crafting with crayons, we have collected the best art projects from around the web for you to enjoy with your kids! Kids Activities Blog hopes that you will be [...]
Our kids love to draw and have literally hundreds and hundreds of crayons over here, many of them mere shards. We’ve melted the crayons to create “new” crayons, but today I had a new “plan” for our leftovers. Several months ago I saw a post by Suzy’s Sitcom where she melted crayons and then painted [...]
It is time for kids to go Back To School. Here is a fun craft made with crayons that you can make with your kids to help celebrate going back to the classroom. Crayon Magnets My children get crayon boxes as gifts all the time so we have our fair share of coloring supplies. I [...]
Printmaking Printmaking is a fun activity that can be done a lot of different ways. You can make prints from woodcuttings, carved rubber, styrofoam, and even a painting on plastic. Basically, any raised surface that can be painted or inked may be suitable for printmaking. This printmaking idea is a twist on traditional string art. [...]
Another fun hand print project! The past few months, Rory has been very into birds. She loves all kinds of birds; ducks, flamingos, roosters, eagles, and owls. Owls are one of Rory’s new favorite animals, she has a book called; “Say Hello to the Snowy Animals,” that she loves. One of the pages has [...]
Monsters. If we didn’t just have a reptile birthday party for the kids we would have totally had a monster bash – these activities look cute and fun. Thanks to all the bloggers who have linked up to our weekly kids meme, It’s Playtime. We glean most of the posts we feature here and on [...]
Monster trucks are all the rage at our house and have been for quite a while. Recently, my son Bear {4 yrs} and I created a fun new game called Monster Truck Bowling. It was a huge hit! So I expanded on this success with math and messy art activities. Prior to beginning the main [...]
What are your vacation essentials when you’re packing for a trip with the kids? Space is always limited in our suitcases but I always like to make sure I have something to keep the children entertained wherever we are, and whatever the weather. Packing for a Playful Trip My number one item I always make [...]
Dinosaur Pasta Craft My boys adore dinosaurs. They love they way dinosaurs look. They love dinosaur names. They love playing with their dinosaur toys. They love pretending to be dinosaurs. As I do our weekly grocery shopping, I spot dinosaur pasta. How could I resist? With so many varieties of pasta, the pasta craft possibilities seem endless. Make [...]
When the sun is shining and the children are feeling creative my girls love nothing more than heading out into the garden and creating some big, messy, joyful art. The extra space the garden offers, and the fact that tidying up is that much easier when you can just get out the garden hose to wash [...]
There are so many fun activities you can do with playdough! Remember our previous posts, Playdough and stencils and last years It’s Playtime with Playdough. Our older kids loved play dough when they were younger (and have since moved on to learning with legos). Meanwhile, the playdoh fun is having a rebirth with our youngest [...]
Your driveway can become the perfect canvas for creating a portrait. All you need is some chalk and a few treasures from around your yard. Chalk Drawings A simple chalk drawn oval in the color of your child’s choice is all that is needed to start the portrait making process. After drawing an oval for [...]
