Hot Air Balloon Suncatcher craft. Mixed media project for kids with watercolors and tissue paper.

Hot Air Balloon Suncatcher

I don’t know what it is about hot air balloons that make them so fascinating and beautiful. Maybe it is their bright colors or the fire dancing below them powering them up higher and higher. Either way, a sky full of hot air balloons is just mesmerizing. This mixed media suncatcher captures some of their […]

You're the tweetest!! card with printable template. Cute idea for Mother's Day, Father's Day or Valentine's. Kid's arts & crafts ideas.

You’re The Tweetest Printable

Forgive me for my corniness, but I love puns and we think this craft is the absolute tweetest. With Mother’s Day and Father’s Days coming, this is a cute homemade card idea. Print out the free templates provided to color and decorate the pieces or use pretty patterned paper to form your tweet birdie.

Wax Paper Bubble Art - a mixed media bubbles art project for the kids. Perfect for spring or summer. Watercolors and pastels

Wax Paper Bubble Art

The spring is here!! Hip hip hooray! One of our favorite warm weather activities is blowing bubbles. My little girl is crazy for bubbles. Bubbles are so beautiful and magical and just make you happy. These were enough reasons to make a bubble project for the spring. This pretty mixed media bubble project combines watercolors, […]

Paper plate four season spinner. Watch the winter, spring, summer and fall trees changing. arts and crafts for kids.

Paper Plate Four Season Spinner

We live in New England. It is not uncommon to be playing in the snow one day and then to be outside in shorts the next. The weather can be crazy and unpredictable. As much as we sometimes like to complain about the ever-changing weather, I would not change it for a thing. There is […]

Mixed media corrugated cardboard hearts. Valentine's arts and crafts for kids.

Mixed Media Cardboard Hearts

The holidays may be over, but all of our cardboard boxes left from Christmas deliveries remain. This is great news for us because we love to work with cardboard. With Valentine’s Day just a couple of weeks away, my daughter has been all hearts and flowers, so naturally we put some of our cardboard to […]