These photos were taken last week while L was painting and really remind me what art for children is all about. She had so much fun playing with the paint and was very focused on what she was doing. There was no chatting – which is unusual for L! – she was really in the moment, enjoying and creating. Read more »
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How to make a painted Christmas wreath Read more »
We’re joined by Christie from Childhood101 today, with a great post about sorting fun. I hope you enjoy her ideas. “Pleasure in arranging things – whether lining up pebbles or tiny toys in a row, or arranging lines, shapes and colours on a sheet of paper – is part of children’s lives, part of the human desire for visual order.” ~Ursula Kolbe, It’s Not A Bird Yet: The Drama of Drawing (2005) My daughter loves to sort and organise; from collecting small, natural objects on our daily walks at 18 months of age and sorting strips of fabric two months later, to arranging fairy stones at play or helping to sort the laundry as a three year old. At various times we have sorted by colour, size, texture, shape and number. Always in a spontaneous, fun and playful manner. Read more »
It’s amazing what questions come up when you’re colouring. Read more »
The essential ingredient for any firework craft is glitter, right? For the simplest Bonfire Night craft idea take some black paper, add glue and glitter and invite your children to create their own firework display. We used chalk to draw in our people, adding an extra medium for the kids to try out. You could give each child their own piece of paper, or go big and have each child contribute a few fireworks to one huge picture. For more firework craft ideas Read more »
We’ve been doing more art experiments this week – this time trying out watercolour painting techniques with some wet on wet painting. Read more » 
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