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Match Stick Mini Rafts (Another Simple Wine Cork Craft for Kids)
Match stick mini rafts: What you need: What you do: For more rafting fun check out: Have fun! Ciara xox
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Ice Lolly Sticks Rafts (Simple Wine Cork Crafts for Kids)
These ice lolly sticks and wine cork rafts are so much fun and simple to make! Lollypop stick rafts: What you need: Wine corks Paper Cocktail sticks or wooden skewers Ice lolly sticks Blue tack or playdough PVA glue What you do: Place two lolly sticks slightly apart. Cover both sticks in PVA glue Place more lolly sticks across these two, press down to make sure they stick. Leave a little gap between the two middle sticks. Leave to dry. Cut out a sail from scraps of coloured paper. Pass a cocktail stick or skewer through the top and bottom of the sail. Pass the skewer through the small gap…
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10 Snowman Art Projects for Cold Wintry Afternoons
Fun and easy snowman art projects to keep children creative through the winter season.
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Sparkly Winter Art Based on Jack Frost by Kazuno Kohara
The sparkly beauty of frost and ice is the perfect inspiration for a winter art project and when paired with the magical book Jack Frost by Kazuno Kohara you have all the perfect elements for a wintery masterpiece!Now that the decorations have all been packed away and the children are back at school the real winter has begun! Personally I love this time of year. I love the cold, crisp weather (not too fond of the rainy days though!). I love opening the curtains most mornings to find a blanket of sparkly frost covering the garden and surrounding fields. I bought the book Jack Frost by Kazuno Kohara a few…
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Summer Butterfly Collages: An Invitation to Create – using materials as a stimulus
I love to wander around “Euro” or “Pound” shops looking out for bits and pieces to use in art projects or play activities. On one such trip recently I found these card butterfly cut outs. I’m not a huge fan of using templates and cut outs but I find if they are used in the right way they can be very useful for creative process art projects. Often I use some sort of a stimulus for our art activities – a book, an item, a picture, or even a piece of music. I also use the actual art materials as a stimulus, which is what I did for this…
