July 2010

  • More Life-Sized Cardboard Silhouettes!

    When my five year old saw what his sister did yesterday here, he was anxious to make his own life sized body silhouette! Smart boy, I can't blame him! While his sister's artistic abilities allowed her to make a more literal painted copy of herself, I just love his abstract version! Before running out to…

  • Make Life-Sized Cardboard Silhouettes And Paint Them!

    Isn't this great? I have to thank Jean of The Artful Parent and her post here, for the inspiration. Jean has taught me so much about doing art with kids, and how to be much simpler in regards to creating with young ones! I'm so glad I got my act together before it was too…

  • Welcome To Craft Schooling Sunday!

    Hi Everybody, thanks so much for stopping by! Another week has passed and it's time to take a look at what some of you have been up to! Last week there were quite a few new faces at the party, which is so exciting, and the size of the party grew just a bit. I'll…

  • Create A World With Modeling Clay!

    Isn't this just the sweetest? My almost 8 yr old daughter arrived home with this little masterpiece the other day, and you can imagine, I was beaming from ear to ear! And it was her idea, and yes, all her friends tried to copy her, who in their right mind wouldn't? Look at those little…

  • Make Cottage-Style Rag Balls From Up-Cycled Sheets. (And Then Use Them!)

      These rag balls are made of 100% rags. No styrofoam ball inserts here, because you see, these are not purely decorative, they're also really useful! A few generations back women saved every bit of fabric and often kept them in the form of rag balls. The rags from the balls were then used for…