Today we were revisiting the classic kids painting technique of butterfly prints. But this one is too good not to keep coming back to. Because the outcome is a bit random it means there is no pressure to do beautiful painting so wee ones can enjoy the process and the surprise of what they get. …
We are still thinking about activities that can be made using recycling from round the house. If you are able to save your egg boxes there are loads of craft ideas for little ones. A quick google will find you millions. Here are a few that we’ve been making this week. We started with daffodils …
We are continuing our ideas for art supplies around the house with some home-made paints. These are good if you are stuck at home as you might have some of the ingredients already but they are great at any time with little ones because they are safe to taste, being made with ingredients from your …
We were thinking about art ideas to try at home and we know that it might feel tricky to have all the art supplies to hand at home, especially when you weren’t planning to be stuck inside! But we want to reassure you that art can be made from anything! So today we are raiding the house for some art …
We have sadly had to take the decision to postpone all our Art Therapy groups, home visits and public messy play sessions for the time being to help social distancing in the Coronavirus pandemic. We are really sorry to all the mums and little ones but of course everyone’s health and wellbeing is our highest priority. If you are …
We were really sorry not to be able to run our art therapy group for Homestart today. Our plan had been to make some crafts for Mother’s Day with the little ones so we decided to put some ideas up here that you could try together at home instead. They are all very flexible so …
This week in our Homestart art therapy group we decided to create a dinosaur swamp. Last week we had been a bit less messy making salt dough clay so we wanted to give wee ones the chance to get good and sticky today. This sensory tray idea was very easy with a little planning the …
We got a bit carried away with the pink at our group with Homestart Dundee this week. This sensory tray had lots of different textures to explore and it was nice to watch how the different ages of wee ones used it. Babies were just feeling the pink snow and the feathers while the toddlers were moulding cup …
We’ve been doing giant paintings on the floor at a couple of our art therapy groups recently. We stick big rolls of paper to the floor and let the babies crawls or roll around and use the paints. They really enjoy the freedom it gives them and it’s nice for parents too as they definitely …
At our messy play session in DCA on Friday we were exploring Alberta Whittle’s exhibition with the parents and little ones. We made stormy seas for some sensory play and then created some buildings and trees from recycled materials to create our own Island. Here it is after the hurricaine (otherwise known as the babies!) …