Fun Learning Activities Kids
Printables can make crafting for our kids so much easier. Instead of having to labor over how to draw an alligator or a rocket ship, we can just find someone who has already done it and is willing to share. Our best blog feature from this morning, Learn Create Love, is showering us with free printables [...]
Crayon resist art has been around since us moms were kids. It is a timeless craft for kids because all kids love this secret art project. Kids Activities Blog is curious to hear about how your child’s creativity is expressed through the use of a white crayon. Crayon Resist Usually when my kids are making [...]
Preschool art activities can be inspired from anything! Kids Activities Blog loves these two simple preschool art activities created with something that was left over from summer. Isn’t it grand to find something to do with things that you already have at home? Check out how strawberry baskets end up teaching both art and math… [...]
When children are painting they’re learning to express themselves. Selecting colors and deciding where to place paint on the paper is about communicating how they feel and think and builds a child’s confidence in their own choices and opinions. The sensory nature of the actual process of painting is beneficial too, being both relaxing and [...]
Painting never seems to get old for my kids, but sometimes it’s nice to break out of our routine and try alternative painting techniques and materials. Sponge Painting fits the bill nicely. What I love about making Sponge Prints is that it’s cheap – all you need to do is use a spare kitchen sponge [...]
Do you remember our post with painters tape and stripes? We went through a painting kick for several weeks… my hubby had a large strip (about a foot wide and 8 feet long) of painted plywood 1/4th an inch thick. He saw trash, I saw fun! We chopped it into 5 different pieces and the [...]
Sidewalk chalk is fun, painting is fun, making things fizz is also fun! Let’s do all three! This is a really simple recipe to create sidewalk chalk “paint” out of food coloring, baking soda and cornstarch. We have made the standard sidewalk chalk paint before, but this recipe is better – it fizzes when you [...]
Play with aluminum foil is a great way to learn about our sense of touch, texture and spatial reasoning as kids can ball the foil up into shapes, cover items and make imprints of them, all while exploring textures. Here are some great ideas of ways you can use aluminum foil to teach your kids [...]
These were originally going to be bugs, but then my daughter began naming them after her pretend friends. At least her pretend friends now have “faces”. Maybe you can have fun creating pet rocks, pretend rock friends, or paperweight bugs. … Needed: Rocks Old Toothbrush (to clean the rocks) Paint (acrylic is best) Embellishments (pom-poms, [...]
