Posts Tagged by Arts & Crafts
Painted Snow Sculptures in 5 Easy Steps
| January 30, 2012 | Posted by mudpiemama under Arts & Crafts, Family, Play |
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Ever try paiting snow sculptures? This weekend we created some snow masterpieces with buckets, baking sheets, and water color. Along with having lots of fun we explored textures, temperatures, colors and shapes. Here are the 5 steps: 1. We collected snow in buckets and plastic containers. 2. Next we used water colors and a little…
Feathery Fun Turkey in 10 Steps
| November 12, 2011 | Posted by mudpiemama under Arts & Crafts, Play |
This week I was totally inspired by the Nurturestore’s “Let’s play dough book” and came up with these funny feathery turkeys made out of a chocolate tinted salt dough. 1. Whip up a batch of traditional salt dough (2cups flour,1 cup salt, 1cup water) Set half of dough aside for another project. 2. Add in…
Rain Sticks
| July 2, 2011 | Posted by mudpiemama under Arts & Crafts, Moving & Grooving, Parenting |
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Build your own Rain Sticks We’ve had a lot of rain so we thought we would make some rain sticks and make our very own rain shower symphonies. Older children can do this craft mostly on their own and you can help your little ones with the process of make it – the whole family…
Rockin’ and Rollin’ Paint – Part 2
| June 30, 2011 | Posted by mudpiemama under Arts & Crafts, Play |
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We had such a good time painting with balls and ramps – we decided to try another ball and paint experiment – this time painting a canvas inside a crate. Using most of the same start materials from part 1, paint, balls, plastic containers for dipping – we added a painters canvas and a plastic…
3 quick projects for Father’s Day!
| June 15, 2011 | Posted by mudpiemama under Arts & Crafts, Parenting, Play |
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Father’s Day is this weekend… ok no panic here are three easy projects to whip up in 30 minutes, 15 minutes and 5 minutes or less! Spoiler alert…to my favorite subscriber (aka hubby – stop reading now!) The 30 min Photo Mobile: All you will need is some card stock or construction paper, a few…
Gone (to play) with the Wind
| June 4, 2011 | Posted by mudpiemama under Arts & Crafts, Parenting, Play |
Windy Play…part of our summer fun series Windy days can make for some great fun – here are some of the wind projects from our 100 fun things we plan to do this summer list! Speedy Windsock A very easy project to make we have enjoyed making it each year with left over birthday decorations!…
Bubble Fun
| May 28, 2011 | Posted by mudpiemama under Arts & Crafts, Parenting, Play |
Bubble Fun Bubble time is practically a given on any day. We have a collection of wands and plastic containers we like to use. In our collection are, traditional wands, self made wands, straw wands and also a battery wand so that even before being able to work a traditional wand my children have felt…
vrooooom…car painting
| February 24, 2011 | Posted by mudpiemama under Arts & Crafts, Parenting |
I find this to be a fun activity for a rainy day. I Line a table with an old shower curtain or table cloth or lots of newspapers. Then lay out long sheets of paper or many smaller sheets of paper tapped together. I Place different colored paints on paper plates. Then place one or…
Just Ducky.
| January 13, 2011 | Posted by mudpiemama under Arts & Crafts |
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For the month of January we are doing a duck theme. Check our other themes on the book club page. Book Make Way for the Ducklings by Robert McCloskey Art Feather Duckies Materials: Construction paper or colored paper. Feathers, googly eyes, glue. Cut out a duck silhouette in Yellow, White or Brown paper. Glue onto…
Cotton Ball SnowPeople
| January 12, 2011 | Posted by mudpiemama under Arts & Crafts |
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Here is a project that we love making – usually on a snowy day. Materials: Construction Paper (Blue or any color really) Cotton Balls, Pencil. orange, black paper for details (or white paper and crayons), crafting pompoms or buttons. Any round bowls or small plate. Glue stick or Glue. 1. On a sheet of paper,…
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