Category : "Crafting Ideas"
Drawing Faces
Our little one just started drawing faces a few months ago, and they have been daily fascinating me. Before she was able to draw them, one of her teachers told me - don’t ever draw a person for your child until they draw their own. Let them create one out of their own imagination. Being a painter, [...]
experimenting with sculpey
Yes, that is a teeny tiny hamburger. Experimenting with Sculpey Firefly, very soft clay which hardens in the oven in 15 minutes. More of this to come, I think :)
How-to: Peg Doll Wedding Cake Toppers
We finally have an EXTENSIVE how-to make your wedding cake toppers post. Here are a few of the steps, but you can find the full addition here on the Etsy Wedding Blog. Big thanks to Julie from Etsy for inviting us to do the post! Supplies: wooden dolls, paint, brushes, top coat, tortillon, sandpaper, a good [...]
A Creative Solution to Business Cards
We recently came up with this idea for our business cards for the Renegade Craft Fair, and had such a great response that we wanted to share it with you! Supplies you’ll need: Acrylic Enamel Paints, Blank Dominoes or some other wood, two stamps size 1″ x 2″ – a line design representing your business [...]
A Mozart Painting – DIY Kids Craft
To introduce Mozart to a preschooler, here is a quick little project: A Mozart Painting. First step: Tape off a rectangular area on a large piece of paper (the little ones will love to put the tape on)… Have them paint the background, going over the tape to define the borders. Gluing on some old [...]
How-to Toddler Educational Craft – The Three Little Bears
The story of the Three Little Bears provides many teaching opportunities – size relationships, story-telling, and not to mention the moral lesson that little goldilocks goes into a home and uses things that don’t belong to her! This little activity should entertain your little one for at least 45 minutes. After making the props, tell [...]
Baby Shower Gift – How to Make Infant Flash Cards
Here’s an easy idea for a quick baby shower gift. These cards are made with black images in order to stimulate an infant’s imagination and peak their interest. Supplies needed: Card-stock, pencil/eraser, ruler, black paint, contact paper. Step one: Draw your images. Shapes and animal outlines work well. Last step: Paint your image, let it [...]
How to dye wooden eggs
Dying wooden eggs is just as easy (and fun) as dying fresh hard-boiled eggs. What you need: 1. Boiling Water [...]
Kids Craft: How to Make a Noise Maker
We have some friends who are having a baby, so we recently worked on this project in preparation for some baby toy-making. This is a very simple project that can be made as easy or as difficult as you’d like it! Supplies: A Wooden Canister, Wood Glue, Lentils or Beans, Wooden Hearts, Paint and Brush. First, [...]
Folk Art Inspired Kids Craft Project – Art Lesson
After a recent visit to the Folk Art Museum here in NYC, (it is a small museum, but a definite recommendation for NYC museums, and is free) we were inspired to this little craft project. Our child loved looking at these bottle cap sculptures that I thought I’d let her work on her own bottle [...]
