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Kids Activity: Snow Spray Painting

Painting with Snow Spray is no different from Painting in Shaving Cream. We'd sprayed shaving cream over glass doors, and mixed in paints too!Read more »

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Kids Science Activity: Eno Explosion

I *really* wanted to make a lava lamp, but the only giant beaker type thing I have is a Sangria Jar, and I *really* didn't want it to get all mucky with oil. We also didn't have Alka-Seltzer tablets....

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Kids Activity: Spray Painting for Pebble Silhouettes

The last time we spray painted, we had used bigger bottles. Not that they aren't fun, its just that the holes for spraying are a tad big, i.e., a little spraying was enough to soak the paper and...

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Kids Activity: Paint with Ping Pong Balls

Materials reqd for paint with ping pong balls: ping pong balls, paints, paint bowls, drawing sheets, tongs, tray.Read more »

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Kids Activity: Lemon Wedge Flowers

Stamping isn't just for toddlers! My 3.5 year old loves it when I give some occasionally! For Lemon Wedge Flowers, all you need is a lemon and paint. Color choices were his: red & grey, which...

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13 Non-Traditional Art Supplies for Preschoolers

By traditional art supplies I mean items that can be bought at the art & stationary section of the store, which we have stocked up at all times: drawing sheets, brushes, roller brushes, sponge...

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Preschooler Art With Watercolor Masking Fluid

I came across some Watercolor Masking Fluid (aka Rubber Cement) at my stationery store and was quite kicked about it. We painted pages, and pages over a period of few days! So let me take you through...

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Process Art for Kids (Art Studio Diaries # 1)

I have a hundred stories and a thousand pictures from my Art Studio that I have been conducting this Summer! But the laptop crashed (which is actually great, cuz I have a brand new one now!) and being...

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Teaching the Art of Sharing (Art Studio Diaries # 2)

My 3.5 y.o. been going to preschool for two years and the only three questions I've asked repeatedly whenever I bump into his teachers and supervisors are: is he happy and enjoying school? Is he...

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Setting up a Simple, Inexpensive Art studio for Kids (Art Studio Diaries #3)

We didn't have a designated Art room. We don't even have a designated kids room! He sleeps with us, plays in the living room and till recently painted in the breezy balcony (!!!). But once we got a...

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Painting Leaf Strings & Stones (Art Studio Diaries #4)

Kids are crazy obsessed with stones! If they are at the playground, they spend quality time picking stones to take home. They even remember exactly which one is theirs! So I had to include stone...

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Paint a Giant Cardboard Box (Art Studio Diaries #5)

Like I had mentioned earlier, I cleared out a lot of space for my Art Studio, which also meant a lot of big ol’ empty cardboard boxes, that I preserved for the Art Sessions.I had many interesting...

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Exploring Sgraffito Art with Kids (Art Studio Diaries #6)

sgraffito is a watercolour technique, simply put, it means scratching the surface before or after painting it to create a a design. It could be done on paper or canvas, but since I'm exploring it with...

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Mural Art on Glass Doors (Art Studio Diaries # 7)

I was looking forward to Mural Art with little kids in my Art Studio. The idea was to give em a *BIG* canvas to do their thang. They're 3/4 years old so figured the most convenient mural are the glass...

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Book Based Potato Stamping: Tiny Seed & Germs Journey

We've done some potato stamping& lemon wedge stamping. So its good to have a potato or two in stock. These two times I carved out a face of a germ on a potato half as in the book A Germ's Journey...

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Paint a Cardboard House

I'm not too crafty. And neither were all those cardboard boxes in our house crafty worthy! (Damn you online shopping!). But then while clearing out the clutter, I saw this AMAZING cardboard piece in my...

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Kids Activity: Paint with Bubbles

Painting with bubbles is integrating the two most fave things kids love: bubbles and paint! It never gets old! We just need to pour in some bubble mixture in the paint mix and blow them on paper! When...

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Paint with Spinning Tops

I love combining toys with painting! My 3 y.o. used two spinning tops to good use one fine day, and created a few good results!Read more »

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16 Easy Summer Projects for 3 year olds

Summer is officially over in this part of the planet, there was our Art Studio, summer camp, visiting grandparents, playground, parks, chasing cats, eloping to the neighbours house (any neighbour will...

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Paint with Yarn

We have been having a lot of fun lately, painting with yarn. So here are a few pictures from what went down!Read more »

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