Category Archives: Painting, Etc.

Reverse Prints

Posted on March 11, 2015 by Kelly

For a fun painting activity, I had Love Bug paint an entire sheet of paper however he wanted. He made it really colorful, but unfortunately for this project didn’t make the paint quite thick enough. What we did next was … Continue reading →

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ABC Q-tip Painting

Posted on March 9, 2015 by Kelly

I found this really great idea for painting over letters using a q-tip. The point was to paint over it like you were actually writing the letters with paint, but when I gave Love Bug paints and a paper with … Continue reading →

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Petite Picassos

Posted on March 6, 2015 by Kelly

We have a really great book of art projects based on the great artists, which is where I got this idea for single-color painting like Picasso did like. It just so happens that Love Bug’s favorite color is pink and … Continue reading →

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Ice Painting

Posted on February 27, 2015 by Kelly

For a quick but really messy art activity, we did ice painting. I set out a muffin tray with paint and an ice cube in each of the different cups. Love Bug and Sweet Pea used spoons to pick up … Continue reading →

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Ocean Life Art

Posted on February 25, 2015 by Kelly

The boys (especially Love Bug) are really into ocean creatures right now (mainly thanks to Octonauts). So I decided to plan a bunch of activities with fish and other sea creatures. To start, I printed templates for fish, a seahorse, … Continue reading →

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Starry Night Painting #2

Posted on February 23, 2015 by Kelly

Last year we did a really great painting project based on Van Gogh’s Starry Night, and it’s one of my favorites. I found another similar idea for fingerpainting on foil to get the same type of brushstroke effect that Van … Continue reading →

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Square Compilation Project

Posted on February 20, 2015 by Kelly

I had a bunch of small colored square pieces that I had no real plan for. Finally I came up with this easy idea for the boys to color and decorate the different squares and then glue them all over … Continue reading →

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