In honor of Black Friday, I thought I’d put up a special little surprise for you all today! I have a great stocking stuffer giveaway Pick and Draw! It continues to be a favorite in our home. If you haven’t heard about this yet, keep reading, I’m sure you’re kids…
Looking for a fun Thanksgiving craft you can do with your kiddos? Look no further, this is a simple fun craft you can do and the great part is you probably already have most of the supplies close at hand! Supplies: Brown, orange, and red for turkey body…
Welcome to our World’s Greatest Artist study on Van Gogh! Vincent Van Gogh was born in 1853 in the southern Netherlands. He had many jobs, but was most noted for his work as a Dutch post-impressionist painter. He was known for the emotional impact created by the use of…
As I mentioned this week in our Road Trip USA Maryland post, we learned about the Maryland Skip Jack boats, then made our own version! The Skipjack was designated the official state boat of Maryland in 1985. Skipjacks are the last working boats in the US, they are used…
We’ve finally begun our Road Trip USA curriculum this past week, and Delaware was one of our first stops. Aside from a trip to Joe’s Crab Shack for some crab legs, the Delaware memorial Bridge craft was one of our favorite activities! The Delaware Memorial Bridge is the…
Welcome to our World’s Greatest Artist study on Picasso! Pablo Picasso was born in Spain on October 25, 1881. He is one of the world’s best known painters and helped to create a new style of art known as cubism. His father was also a painter as well as…
We’ve had so much rain lately that I had the bright idea of bringing out the sidewalk chalk! It’ll just get washed away tomorrow anyway! It hasn’t rained since. I’m not sure why, but kids absolutely LOVE this stuff! The Teeny Tot in particular was intrigued. Sadly she’d chosen to…
Welcome to kids soap whittling 101! After learning about all of our fun Arctic friends, we did a super fun soap carving project that was one of our favorites for the year according to my son. I guess whittling is kind of a manly thing. We made a penguin…
Welcome to another fun Arctic Kids Craft! Today we learned about the Snowy Owl, then watched Owl Babies on You Tube. After that we made a fun Snowy Owl Craft. What supplies do you need? 3 paper plates per student white craft glue paint brush orange construction paper for beak…
Want a fun arctic polar bear kids craft? We learned about Polar Bears from KidZone and National Geographic this week. Then I found this idea of mixing tempera paints and chalks on Deep Space Sparkle! It’s one of my favorite resources for kids art. Pastel chalks and tempera paints mixed…
