Have you tried to paint on ice? It’s a great winter art project to try with your children, mixing in some sensory play and science to create gorgeous patterns.
How to raise happy kids
I’m using these five guiding principles as my manifesto of how to raise happy kids this year.
UPDATED >>> This article was so popular I’ve turned it into a free Creative Kids Learning Guide. Click here to get your free copy.
Resolutions with kids :: Word of the Year
Are you making resolutions with your children this new year? I love the energy that crackles at this time of year. All the hopes and dreams and possibilities.
By nature I’m a planner and a list maker so I love to start the new year with a resolution of some kind.
In the past we’ve made a wish tree and wishing wands but today we decided to try something different. Combining art with good intentions we created our Words of the Year..
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How to do an awesome new year review with your creative kids
New year, new projects, new play ideas, new fun! Here’s my guide on how to do an awesome new year review with your creative kids, so you head into 2016 with fabulous plans for creative learning.
How to do an awesome new year review with your creative kids
Easy handprint Christmas wreath for kids
This handprint Christmas wreath is easy to make and oh so festive!
This article is one of NurtureStore’s easy Christmas crafts for children and part of our Christmas activities and crafts.
Easy handprint Christmas wreath for kids
Remember the scented Christmas paints we used to make our homemade Advent calendar? We couldn’t resist getting our hands in!
We used a roll of brown paper to stamp out lots of colourful handprints. The whole family joined in, all except for the cat ~ although my daughter was quite keen on that!
Then we cut them out, so we had lots of prints in a variety of sizes from little sister right the way through to daddy-size.
To make our Christmas wreath, we drew round a dinner plate on some card, then drew round a side plate in the centre, to give us our ring.
We covered the cardboard ring in glue and started to place the handprints on.
You can use a variety of colours, or stick with red and white.
Be as random or as meticulous with your pattern as you like.
You might like to use the adult-sized handprints around the outer edge, then fill in the centre with some over-lapping child-sized prints.
We filled the whole circle, added a ribbon at the back, and our easy handprint Christmas wreath is ready to hang.
More Christmas activities and crafts
See our full index of Christmas activities, lesson plans and crafts for even more great ideas.
The benefits of process art for children – free printable poster
Click here to get your Art Spark resources.
I’ll guide you through four weeks of beautiful and fun art projects that you can enjoy with your children. At home or at school, these process art projects will give you an interesting framework of activities that you can weave into your weeks, so your children are engaged, creating and enjoying themselves all through art. See more details of Art Spark here.
This extract from my new book Nurture Art looks at the benefits of process art for children. There’s a free poster and links to more process art resources that you can use with your children to help them explore art and exercise their creative muscles.
Free printable: the benefits of process art for children
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