Art Projects: Clay Art on Canvas

play with clay

My daughter loves playing with any modeling compound. Play dough is her most favorite. The only problem I’ve had is we can never save the little figurines the hands craft. So I turned to Modelling Clay. Modelling Clay holds its shape very well and it is soft and pliable and it was the perfect choice to create and cherish the memories of the first crafting days.…

Homemade Mother’s Day Cards : Pencil shavings flowers

mothers day homemade cards

Today we share another easy homemade Mother’s day card idea. Don’t forget to see our collection of Mother’s day card ideas and our Mother’s day gift idea – cd upcycled craft.

Handmade cards are always a very popular and a very favorite gift for many of us, especially when its the little hands that craft them. When my daughter started drawing zig-zag lines on a piece of paper and started gifting them to me as cards I was enthralled by her creativity and it has become a big part of our lives.…

Mother’s Day Crafts : Upcycle a CD for an out of this world gift

recycle cd's

I mean literally!

An easy Mother’s day craft made from recyclables.

Honestly everyday is a very special Mothers Day for me. Ever since I became a mom to my two beautiful daughters, my world is changed for the better. It has taught me things I never knew existed. I now know what my Mother meant when she said “Talk to me when you have children” !…

Textured Paper Collage and Flower Crafts

collage making kids activities

Fun kids activities doubling up as great fine motor activities and seasonal crafts are excellent ways to keep the kids busy, happy, playing and learning.

So many fun kids projects were created once we started thinking about a sensory bin for Kevin Henkes’ ” My Garden” We needed patterned flowers and jelly bean bush. See how we made our spring craft – jellybean bush here.…

Spring Crafts : Jellybean Bush inspired by “My Garden” by Kevin Henkes

blogmemom my garden book activity

Entertain your child with this easy Kevin Henkes’ book inspired spring craft with simple materials.

With my preschooler away at school all mornings I want to make the best use of the available mornings with my toddler. A one on one with my younger one seems really necessary because when big sis here, well you all know how it is when the older child is around.…

Fine motor activity with egg shell puppets

fine motor activity for kids

We have collecting egg shells for a while now and we recently found a fun way to use a few of them. Presenting a kid created fine motor activity for kids. When I say fine motor, I mean this is a fine motor activity with a capital F.

I presented my preschooler with some cleaned and dried egg shells, permanent markers and some flower stickers.…