Father’s day is nearly here so we thought we’d put up a wee ones craft that could make a good gift. Or this would be fun for Dads and wee ones to make together. An adult or older sibling will probably need to help do most of the folding of the actual shirt but then …
This is one of our favourite activities in the art boxes we’ve been giving out so we thought it would be fun to try this week. We are using materials from around the house to make interesting ‘brushes’. It is fun to add some variety to what we use to make marks with the paint. …
Today we are repurposing some toddler toys to make interesting marks with paint. This activity is nice to do together with wee ones as it lets them make art in a playful way, you can roll cars back and forward to see what happens and make loud stomping sounds as you both make footprints. You might have …
We’re doing more art works with materials found around the house today and this time we’re raiding the recycling to use up cardboard tubes. These make fun printing tools for doing daisies (or they could be nice sunshines) and they are easy for little ones to hold on to and experiment with. This is an nice simple …
This is a nice activity if you don’t feel like getting too messy but still want to help wee ones be creative and explore colours in a different way. You need: Some thin papers – tissue paper shapes are ideal or thin coloured paper but you can also add in others from home, like kitchen …
This is a fun way to bring something different to painting with little ones. Doing a contact print from paint on a surface rather than straight on to the paper gives a different effect to the finished painting and you can do several from one surface to get a set. Wee ones seem to like …
Sometimes we know that wee ones like to use every drip of paint out the bottle and it just keeps getting thicker until it pours off the paper. We want to find a way for them to explore the thick, drippy paint without it getting too chaotic. So if you find painting with your wee ones …
This week we are trying making life size paintings by drawing round bodies on to paper. Children usually enjoy the attention they get as you draw round them and it’s also a fun game not to wriggle as it tickles. It’s also nice for children to get to step back and look at themselves and it’s a fun …
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 …