art
Craft box essentials for parents
Most children enjoy some form of art and craft occasionally. Some children love it and would spend hours drawing and crafting, while for others, it’s more of a quick art session before moving onto something else. Some parents love crafting with their children, while others loathe it. Whatever category you fit in, I believe it …
Painting spring flowers
My children love painting, they get very excited when I suggest we get the paints out, so when I heard about the Center Parcs and Tots100 challenge of painting flowers, I knew they’d love to take part. I read Emma Hull’s tips for getting creative and was inspired by her suggestion to “Find materials around …
Spaghetti art
Children love messy play. Messy play is good for them, it teaches them about texture, exploration, imagination, fine/gross motor skills and art. But above all, it’s FUN! However, many mums out there I know are cringing at the thought of all the mess. It can be difficult enough keeping on top children’s mess, let alone …
Fireworks art
As it’s nearly Guy Fawkes night, I thought it would be nice to do some fireworks pictures with the children. Firstly we did some wax crayon pictures….. Wax crayon fireworks pictures The children enjoyed colouring the bright wax crayon colours and then scraping off the black, to reveal the colourful fireworks underneath. It was just …
