This winter hat art project for kids is so much fun! We were experimenting with all sorts of "magic" here. Ever since we made the magic salt and watercolour snowflake paintings the other week, we've been having lots of fun hiding secret patterns on our paper and having them magically appear when we paint over them with watercolour. And our new added skill of the day? Adding texture to the watercolour paint! If you look closely at the pictures below, you can see that we managed to create a … [Read more...]
Magic Salt and Watercolor Snowflake Art
I'm not an artist - so trust me - if I can make this painting, it has to be pretty easy! I HAD to try this art project just because it's fun. And cool. And sciency. (My browser is telling me that's not a real word... haha) This salt and watercolor snowflake art project actually teaches you something, and I LOVE that! I'll be the first person to raise my hand and admit, "I can't draw or paint". And trying to make me do either of those two things will make me want to hide my head in … [Read more...]
How to Make Cookie Cutter Crayons
I was ready to pull my hair out with this project! It was one of those crafts where I was convinced I was going to have to give up. But when I finally figured out what I was doing wrong - oh my goodness - they ended up being beautiful! Not to toot my own horn here, but it's not very often that I make something, and just stare at it in amazement when I'm finished. These crayons were SO PRETTY - I keep looking at them thinking, "I can't believe I made those!?". Now that I've sorted out all the … [Read more...]
How to Peel Crayons the Easy Way
Just a quick tip for you today, so I won't keep you for too long! : ) Have you ever needed to peel a large quantity of crayons quickly? Yeah, I know... I never really did either, until last week, when I wanted to try the coolest melted crayon craft ever (more on that later...). I started peeling the little papers off the crayons with my finger nails, and oh my goodness, did that ever NOT work! There are some amazing things you can do with left over crayon pieces! So if you ever decide you … [Read more...]
Melted Crayon Heart Valentines
These melted crayon heart Valentines are absolutely adorable. This is a great way to use up all those broken crayon pieces that end up hanging around and put them back to good use! "Happy Valentines Day for crayon out loud." "You colour my world." "You melt my heart." There are so many cute sayings you can use with them for a Valentine. I've read that soaking the crayons in a little warm water helps the paper come right off. I haven't tried it yet, but it's definitely worth a shot! Check … [Read more...]
