How to Make a DIY Memory Box for Your Kids (and Tame the Paper Clutter!) If you’ve got a growing pile of school papers, artwork, report cards, and random scribbles that you just can’t throw away… welcome, friend. It actually doesn’t end. I am pretty sure we are responsible for this paper clutter even after […]
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AH I have a kindergartener starting public school this year (we did a gap year of homeschooling last year because she wasn’t old enough to start in the school we wanted). I’ve been having horrific flashbacks to when she started preschool back when I was public school art teaching and they had to peel her
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How a Simple Messy Mat for Kids Can Make Art at Home Less Overwhelming If you’ve ever hesitated to say yes when your child asks to make art, you’re not alone. One of the biggest barriers to making art at home with kids is the mess — or more specifically, the stress about the mess.
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How to Set Up an Art Space at Home for Kids As a military family, we have moved several times and had to make a variety of spaces work us! A dedicated space for art-making is always at the top of my list to sort out every time we move into a new place. Often
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Earth Day Process Art I woke up today and realized it was Earth Day and I had nothing planned to celebrate. In the spirit of keeping my life easy, I set up an earth day process art invitation made entirely from what we already had on hand. I pulled out a stack of recycled cardboard,
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