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Chicks!
The first three weeks with our new baby chicks has been so precious. They often fall asleep while...
Air-dry Clay Bowls
Materials: Air dry clay Cotton fabric approx. 12 x 14 inches (cotton sheets work great and can be...
Art & Storytelling: Apples by Nikki McClure
This week we worked off Nikki McClure's, Apple. Her wonderful paper cuts are bold and graphic and...
Salt Painting
Salt painting is one of my new favorite projects. It's an amazingly playful process, the results...
Spin Art
Materials: paper plates (7in Safeway brand seemed to work great and fit my salad spinners) salad...
Miniature Books
Making Miniature Books was a fabulous success. This is a great open-ended art project. Well the...
Clay Play
I know I say it again and again but clay is simply a magical medium. I love to put a chunck...
Spin Art
Nothing like letting kids use their hand muscles to squeeze paint and arm muscles to spin the...
Our Summer Garden 2014
Second year echinacea in full bloom. Purple tomatillo and lemon cucumber enjoying each others...
Celebrating Spring: Birds
First I must credit the amazing Patty at Deep Space Sparkle for the inspiration and foundation...
Celebrating Spring: Pool Noodle Flower Prints
I found this on pinterest and it's a must do! If you have construction paper and tempera paint you...
Celebrate Spring: Egg Carton Flower Bouquets
Spring Bouquet Materials: large egg crates (5-10 cups torn from the large carton per child)...
Myself, My Home, My World: Me on the Map
This lesson plan was inspired by the book Me on the Map by Joanne Sweeny. I love old maps and...
Open-ended Art: Fabric and Paint on Cardboard
Fabric and Paint is an easy one you can do at home with any scrap textiles and/or ribbon that you...
Open-ended Art: Clay Play
I feel like every time I write a blog post about clay I talk about how it's an incredibly magical...