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…
Make something with Plastic Bottles In honor of Earth Day, I’d like to raise a little awareness toward the enormous amounts of plastic bottles used around the world, coupled with some thoughts on recycling and upcycling those bottles into creative…
Make something with Rubber bands. (Or binders, laggy bands, elastics, elastic band, lackey bands, and laggy bands…what do YOU call them?). Rubber bands are generally used to hold objects together, but what else have you or your children used them for? Have…
Make something with Legos. Legos are great for building, but what else do you or your children use them for? Have they surprised you with a clever repurpose, used them for painting, or pretended they were play money? Or maybe…
Make something with pasta. Pasta! It’s a multicultural food that can be found in everything from Pad Thai to Mac ‘n Cheese. Kids love to eat it. It’s got an amazing shelf life. And most of us already have it…
To mark the start of the new year, I’m starting a project called Creative Challenges. A new challenge will be introduced every month or so, and you are invited to join in on the fun. The project should be executed by…
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