My Garden Classroom book (click to take a peek) is full of ideas you can use for creative art and crafts, all based on a garden theme. Here’s one of our favourites: using leaves and flowers to make nature prints.
How to marble using shaving foam
Marbling using shaving foam is such a wonderful process art activity for children. It’s a very simple technique and the results are unique with each print. Read on to learn how to marble using shaving foam and give it a try!
How to marble using shaving foam
Easy Valentine craft :: homemade heart mobile
This homemade wall hanging is a simple Valentine craft that is easy to make, beautiful, and unique!
Beautiful marbled heart mobile Valentine craft
Gratitude prayer flags :: Thanksgiving craft for kids
Here’s a Thanksgiving craft for kids that’s fun to make, looks beautiful and sends out positive wishes to the world: Thanksgiving prayer flags.
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The A to Z of the best art materials for children – free printable poster
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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.
In this extract from my new book Nurture Art we’re looking at how to set up the best art materials for children, to encourage passion, playfulness and creativity. There are tips for great art materials on a budget, and a free printable poster of the A to Z of unusual things to make art with.
The best art materials for children
Art Projects for Children
Exploring Famous Art
Winter Skies – Pieter Bruegel the Elder
Exploring Famous Artists complete lesson plans
Art for Play
Animal Crafts
Printing
Shapes
Shells
Spring and Easter Arts & Crafts
Summer Arts & Crafts
Autumn Arts & Crafts
Leaves, Twigs, Apples and Pumpkins
Autumn Contact Paper Sun Catcher
Firework Catherine Wheel Pinwheels
Roly Poly Acorn and Conker Painting
Winter and Christmas Arts & Crafts
Christmas Salt Dough Candle Holders
Resolutions Word Of The Year Art
Remembrance Day
This paint moves! Watercolour painting with kids
Here’s a favourite idea from our kids painting archive, introducing children to watercolour painting and trying out a whole new – and rather exciting! – way of using it.
