Tag: crafts for kids
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Elementary-School Science Dioramas
Love them or hate them, elementary school diorama projects are part of life for the typical parent! Here we’re sharing our process for making a grassland diorama in 2nd grade and a rainforest diorama in 5th grade.
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Food Folding Surprise “Monster” Drawings
Learn to draw food-themed folded monsters. Go from delicious to terrifying! Especially fun for elementary-aged children!
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LEGO Halloween Costumes for Kids
Find inspiration for your child’s Halloween costume. Especially for LEGO-loving children, these Emmet, Benny, Ninjago, Spiderman, Wyldstyle, LEGO brick, and LEGO Minifigure costumes will delight!
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Best Art Gifts for Kids
Here at Arts and Bricks, we’re BIG fans of creative kids (and that’s every child)! This round-up of arts and crafts gift ideas is full of products that foster children’s creativity and “artsy” making. Our list is specially selected for elementary-aged children, children 5 to 12.
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Attending our first art summer camp for kids
Explore the projects taught during an elementary aged art camp in our area. The focus was mixed-media and included printmaking and collage.
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Roll-A-Haring Art Game for Kids
Learn to make your own Roll-A-Haring dice game or print and play our Sports and Christmas-themed games.
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5 Easy and Fun Watercolor Techniques for Children
Here are 5 easy watercolor techniques for children
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Our Family’s Joyful Pumpkin / Gratitude Pumpkin
This fall, be mindful of what brings your family daily JOY by writing gratitudes on a family pumpkin. Here’s how we’re doing it.
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Kids Crafts that use Wiggly Eyes
We LOVE Googly Eyes. Seriously, a box of Wiggle or Google eyes is an affordable MUST-HAVE craft supply for mommas with creative kids!
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Send a Handprint Hug
Send a hug in the mail for Grandparents Day, Valentine’s Day, Holidays, and more. The beauty of this craft is that your gift actually wraps your recipient in a true hug.
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Sidewalk Chalk Mosaic Art
Have you ever looked at your bucket of sidewalk chalk and thought, “What do we do with this?” Today, I’m here to inspire you with a very simple, family-friendly outdoor chalk mosaic art project.
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Magazine Collage Ideas for Kids
Instead of throwing away old magazines, save their brightly printed pages for use in magazine collage artwork that you can make with your kids!
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Create a Holiday Handprint Craft and Keepsake
Take a few minutes to make this simple Holiday Handprint Craft. Display your craft as is or turn it into a vinyl keepsake.
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Ghost Peek-A-Boooo Cardboard Craft
When making a cereal box cardboard ghost cutout for nature exploration, of course only a Lego brick-themed ghost will do!
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Keith Haring Inspired Art Project for Kids
Check out our Keith-Haring inspired elementary-aged art project – featuring The Blue Lego Brick dancing the floss.
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Cardboard Faces with Nature Hair
Soak up your last days of summer sunshine outside with your little ones making and photographing this adorable nature craft!
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DIY Scratch and Draw Art Project
This simple project uses oil pastels, black paint, and card stock to make rainbow drawing fun.
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How to make Puffy Paint Fireworks
Learn how to make puffy paint fireworks just in time for the 4th of July. Celebrate freedom with art!
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Creative Gift Idea from Kids for Dad
Learn about this creative gift idea for kids to give Dads, especially for Father’s Day, Birthdays and Christmas!
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Pizza Topping Fraction Math
This simple idea visually displays fractions in a fun and engaging way. No set-up required, you just need markers and paper.
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Dandelion Playdough Recipe without Cream of Tartar
While definitely not homemade playdough connoisseurs, we’re pretty proud of this recipe for Dandelion Playdough.
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Quarantine Family Handprint Art Printable
Free printable to use when making your Quarantine Family Handprint Art.
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Shadow Tracing Toys
This simple afternoon-sun activity requires only two craft supplies: a white crayon and a piece of black paper, plus toys!
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Family Handprint Art for Lockdown 2020 and 2021
Create a simple family handprint keepsake for the Covid-19 Lockdown of 2020.
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Easter Bunny + Easter Egg with Pom-Pom Paint Brush
Make an Easter Craft for Kids using Pom-Pom Brushes and our Free Printable.
