Prompt: Cut out various shapes from scrap cardboard. Big and little squares and rectangles, triangles, arches, circles, ovals- whatever you want. Cut up cereal boxes are my go-to when possible, but amazon boxes or any scrap cardboard works too! What can you make? Materials: Pencil (I don't always recommend pencil because it's erasable nature tends to make little kids want to erase erase erase and be perfectionists, but tracing practice is much easier with a nice small tip to hug the edges of your tracing pieces!) Paint sticks Acrylic paint Sharpie You can show your kiddos what the cardboard shapes look like and do if you manipulate them on the table before you begin. Stack them up, ... read more
Sketchbooking With Kids
You might've seen my new ebook sketchbooking with kids floating around my social media the last few weeks. Seriously though, did you see it?! I'm so excited and proud and just SO EXCITED about it. My heart and soul is in this book, ah! But you might also be asking yourself what is The Little Sketchbook Squad and why do I think you need it? What is “The Little Sketchbook Squad” My new eBook, The Little Sketchbook Squad, is a brand new resource designed to give parents, teachers and anyone connecting with kids a guided method to introducing and implementing the use of sketchbooks at home or at school. I have organized my favorite materials, methods and creative prompts ... read more
How to Draw 18 Different Holiday Themed Doodles
December is in full swing everywhere I look which makes it time for my Holiday Directed Drawing pages! What’s a Directed Drawing Page? It’s a simple series of steps used to learn how to draw different doodles. I designed mine to be just four steps long making them perfect for the younger ages as well as older kids and adults! Use your new drawing skills to make cards, doodle on papers, decorate Christmas cards or make your own holiday placemats. So fun! Try your hand at drawing Jolly Old St. Nick. Use the blank box at the bottom to add vocabulary, practice writing the word or add names and dates. Love these simple drawing pages? My 18 Holiday Directed Draws are available now ... read more
How to Dye Wooden Blocks
I can’t believe I took some of these photos YEARS ago and I’m just now getting this post up. Yikes! I’ve been wanting to share my methods on how to dye wooden blocks for so long. Finally, I’ve got the info ready for you! For quite a few years now my Dad and brothers have been making wooden toys for my girls birthday and Christmas presents. Up until recently they worked the wood tools and I was in charge of figuring out how to dye wooden blocks (trial and error!). Even though my brother is still the best with the tools, I really love using the saws and machines to make these blocks! There's something so satisfying about turning a big blank piece of wood into little toys. Sourcing ... read more
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