Make gorgeous drips and swirling designs by painting with straws. This is a wonderful preschool art activity, but fun for all ages. Materials: Straw Blown Painting Watercolor paper or card stock — we used 8.5 x 11 card stock from…
What is an Art Provocation? An Art Provocation, also called an Invitation to Create, is a thoughtfully set up prompt that provokes children to create, ask questions, test ideas, and think independently, all while exploring with art materials. The adult’s…
Today I’ll share how to make the easiest homemade finger paint from basic, edible ingredients: flour, water, and food coloring. Do you ever worry about the ingredients that come in store-bought paint? This is less of a concern now that…
Would you like to introduce your child to bubble painting? Yes? Awesome — I’ve got just the recipe for you. The bubble recipe I used in yesterday’s post didn’t live up to my expectations, so I went back to the…
“There are no failures, just experiences and your reactions to them.” Tom Krause, Author and Motivational Speaker Bubble painting is such a fun painting process art project with completely unexpected outcomes. I did this with my preschool child and our…
I love making playdough with my kids, and today I’m sharing what is easily the BEST playdough recipe ever. The recipe was handed down to me by a trusted preschool teacher years ago, and it can’t be beat. I’m so confident about this recipe,…
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