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Sponge Painting Easter Egg Craft

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  Sponge Painting Easter Egg Craft This post contains affiliate links. Please see my disclosure policy. Supplies: Paint Canvas Sponges Permanent Marker Scissors Instructions: Trace the shape of an egg onto a sponge. Do this for each color egg you’ll want to stamp. Cut out the egg shape from the sponges. Use the sponge scraps to cut out shapes like a circle, triangle, … [Read more...]

Rainbow Sponge Painting St. Patrick’s Day Craft

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If you're looking for a creative rainbow craft for St. Patrick's Day, this Rainbow Sponge Painting is perfect for all ages! This fun art project explores color mixing and blending. We even added in some glitter (of course!) and a pot of gold for the perfect St. Patrick's Day touch. Rainbow St. Patrick's Day Kids Craft This post contains affiliate links. Please see my disclosure … [Read more...]

Dr. Seuss Thing 1 and Thing 2 Handprint Craft For Kids

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This post contains affiliate links. Please see my disclosure policy.  Create your own handprint Thing 1 and Thing 2 handprint art from the popular book by Dr. Seuss called Cat In The Hat. With National Read Across America Day approaching, we’ve been pulling out and reading some of our favorite Dr. Seuss books which also means Dr. Seuss inspired craft projects to go along with them. Check out our … [Read more...]

Watercolor Resist Spider Web Art

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This week we were looking for a Halloween craft that would be fun to do for different age groups. My niece and nephews were over for a play date and they range in ages from 4 - 8. So we tested out different watercolor resist methods to create our own spider web designs. For the first art piece we made we used a plain old white crayon to design our webs on the paper and then designed our watercolor … [Read more...]

The Best Art Books For Kids + Giveaway $80 Value!!

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This is a sponsored post written by me on behalf of Dover Publications. All opinions are 100% mine. Today we're talking art kits and what to include in them. Besides including the typical art materials in my children's art kits, I love to include fun creative resources like art books that ignite the creativity in little ones. These can be anything from kids origami books, drawing books, and paper … [Read more...]