Printmaking and stamping projects are a favorite in our home. These processes are both fascinating and fun and they are great for the young and the old. Simply enjoy watching the shapes, lines and textures transfer onto paper or turn your prints and stamps into animals, flowers or a unique piece of art. Look around your house and outdoors for inspiration and printing materials. Experimenting and exploring different textures and surfaces is fun. Here are a few wonderful printing and stamping ideas to get you started.
Search Result(s)
"nature dough"
Stick and Stone Winter Crafts
The winter is officially here and we enjoyed a couple of snowy days this week to welcome the start of winter. We played outside in the snow all day yesterday and took in all of the beauty of the season. Watching the snowfall and looking at the snow-covered trees was enough to inspire some winter crafting.
We love working with clay and nature items. We have a collection of sticks and stones set aside for occasions just like this.

Potpourri Christmas Tree Craft
We recently inherited a large bin filled with potpourri fillers. My daughter & I were so excited at the opportunity to use them in our crafts. We started a few days ago by using them to make salt dough and nature wreaths. We also formed some lovely winter wonderlands. While making our wonderlands and playing around the potpourri, we came up with another idea for the season.
*This post contains affiliate links*
The potpourri that were used were cinnamon pine cones, cinnamon sticks, star anise, pink roses and some other items that I am not sure of, but I am sure many potpourri fillers or herbs will work nicely.
Holiday Gift Ideas For Young Builders
Engineering activities are wonderful for improving your children’s fine motor skills, problem solving abilities and their imaginations.
*This post contains affiliate links. I received product in exchange for this post. All thoughts and opinions are my own.*
My daughter loves to build. She can and will construct out of anything. We build with recyclables.
We build with nature.
Pine Cone Pets
A fun thing happened the other day. I found a huge bag of pine cones in my basement.
20 Awesome Backyard Ideas For The Kids
I don’t know about the rest of you, but I have been really enjoying the beautiful weather that we have had the past few days. The summer is coming fast. It is time to pull out our shorts & swimsuits and spend less time cooped up in the house. There will be trips to the beach, the park & the zoo, but there are so many great activities that you can do right in your own backyard. Here are some awesome ideas for a fun, creative & educational summer.
Coffee Cups & Crayons – Sun Melted Crayon Art
Learn Play Imagine – Water Play With Balls
Nurture Store – Color & Nature Learning Match Game
The Pinterested Parent – Mining For Gemstones
Fireflies & Mudpies – Squirt Gun Painting
Housing A Forest – Rainbow Bubble Snakes
And Next Comes L – Alphabet Learning With Chalk Rocks
P Is For PreSchooler – Backyard Car Wash
Play Dough To Plato – Exploding Pop Rockets
Fun At Home With Kids – Painting With Your Feet
Preschool Inspirations – Easy Baking Soda & Vinegar Volcano Eruptions
I Heart Naptime – Soap Boat Races
Just Laine – Water Balloon Baseball
Learn Play Imagine – Toddler Color Hop
The Pinterested Parent – Nature Painting
Reading Confetti – Frozen Popsicle Chalk
Developing The Whole Child – Pool Noodle Obstacle Course
The Pinterested Parent – Soda Bottle Boats
Discover Explore Learn – Balloon Rockets
Thank you as always for stopping by. Please follow us on Facebook as well.