DIY Masa Play Dough
What? You’ve never heard of Masa Play Dough? Oh yeah, me either! The dough has a crumbly texture and leaves your hands oily, although they felt more moisturized than greasy (the base is coconut oil, which is used in beauty…
Category Art Activities
What is Tinkering?
What does Tinkering mean? Tinker /ˈtiNGkÉ™r/ n. to make small changes to something, especially in an attempt to repair or improve it (Cambridge Dictionary) You may have noticed this quaint little word that’s at the heart of my blog title, and today I’d like to talk a bit about tinkering. …
Easy Peasy Rock Painting
This is such an easy project and my kids (almost 4 and 20 months) have gone crazy for it. And I have to confess that I really enjoyed it too. Very addictive. I chalk their enthusiasm (and mine) up to…
DPS Sketchbook Challenge, Made Easy
Are you participating in the DPS challenge? You can join at any time and your sketches can be as basic or complex as you like. My friend, Aude, told me that some of the entries I shared last week intimidated her. These weren’t her…
Explore Modern Artists: Paint like Jasper Johns
Today on Explore Modern Artists, we’re taking a close look at the work of American Artist Jasper Johns. For the art historians out there, Jasper Johns is technically a contemporary artist, but the piece that my four-year old and I looked at…
How to Press a Flower
Do you have a bounty of flowers in your garden? Have you ever wanted to press a flower, but weren’t sure where to start? Pressing flowers just requires a little bit of patience for the flowers to actually dry, but the…