Painting Crafts for Kids

Black balloon spider. Easy craft!! Black balloon, black create paper & tape, 8 legs are actually 4 lengths devided,taped and trimmed to taper.Tack balloon 1st thru rim above knot. I made my first balloon spider by accident while decorating ceiling for my son's 7th birthday. Happy accident! I hope you all have a Safe and Happy Halloween!! ~Denise A. Wells The instructions for how to paint pumpkins is at the bottom of this post... ♥♪ ♥¸.•*´¨´¨*•.¸ ♥♪ ♥♥♪ ♥¸.•*´¨´¨*•.¸♥♪ ♥♥ You can 'like' my…

Publisher: Puffin ISBN: 978-0141383514 This simple art activity was an opportunity to combine two painting techniques with bold, contrasting colours. But our fantastic children took it to a much higher level! After sharing Polar Bear, Polar Bear, What Do You Hear? by Bill Martin and Eric Carle, the children gathered images and watched videos of polar bear families on the Arctic ice. As expected, this eventually led to a discussion about the decline of the species due to global warming and…

The children have really been enjoying working with the blow dryers as paint brushes. In fact, it has become an almost daily brush of choice. We have spent many hours working on our ever evolving melted crayon art. Who said that the blow dryer art needed to be limited to crayons and wax? What happens if you try it with tempera paint? The children decided that they wanted to try some "fall" colors, So we filled our pallet (an old microwave dish) with a variety of fall colors to scoop with…

My kids are always wanting to paint, so I thought I would change it up a little by letting them make this marbleized paper that I found on Unplug Your Kids. Now I can’t lie…this was me…

Spray bottle painting with liquid water colors in spray bottles on poster board! Fun and messy! Kids will love it. #painting #kids #kidscrafts

My kids are getting older now and the days of making fun crafts with them is pretty much over. We still do some projects together, but they are much bigger and much more time consuming then when they were younger. If you have younger children here are some great crafts to enjoy with them. (click image for source)

Crayon Freckles supports making the most of childhood with creative play and learning activities.

Material utilitzat: Full de cartolina blava Full de cartolina blanca Cd's Taps de plàstic de 2 mides diferents Retoladors permanents Ceres grasses Vernís Pintura blava de 2 tonalitats Tisores Punxons i pelfes Pegament Elaboració: Estampar en la cartolina blava les siluetes dels dos taps amb els diferents blaus i deixar eixugar. Dibuixar en la cartolina blanca la forma del peix i pintar amb ceres el cap, les aletes i la cua. El cos és el cd i per tant, no cal pintar. Decorar el cd amb els…

I came up with an idea this morning that I'm pretty sure I haven't seen anywhere before.... Taking your paper rolls cut 1" slits up the bottom (or top), fold them out right, cut each "tab" to make a petal shape. You just made some super fun (and MESSY) flower stamps! After they dry we will be adding stems and leaves!

I am a bit of a hoarder sometimes. If I find an interesting looking toy I wonder, "Would that be fun to paint with?" I have a cupboard in my kitchen filled with things I

Celebrate the National Cherry Blossom Festival by making cherry blossom artwork using a recycled 2-liter soda bottle.