Winter art -kindergarten

I’m just being busy crafting and doodling around in my sewing room…and singing Christmas songs in my head while I work.

As a painter and color enthusiast myself, I get really fired up for a good session of painting with the kids. Fifth graders are beginning their nonobjective color studies, inspired by works from Paul Klee, Arthur Dove, and Sonia Delauney. We completed a prep sheet with thumbnail sketches, plotted compositions, and mapped out color schemes, then dove right in. After umpteen years of washing paint trays, I finally figured out how to use lidded condiment cups and magazines as palettes - just…

I couldn't wait to start doing winter-ish lessons with my Kindergartners and First Graders. There is such a level of excitement when you make snowmen, snowflakes, reindeer, and Santas. I found this project on Artsonia and added my own little twist on it, incorporating the use of felt and (what was I thinking?!) GLITTER! They've turned out so cute! You will need: 9x12 turquoise paper 2 6x6" square pieces of white paper cut felt in various colors small orange paper black markers silver glitter…

A handmade ornament is more than a decorative addition to your Christmas tree—it's a memory: one that is made with your kids and family, celebrating the season, and cherishing time together. Browse our best projects here including felted woodland animals, ribbons and rosettes, shooting stars, and more.

I wish you a Merry Christmas in July! Sing it with me! I wish you a Merry Christmas in July! Are you singing? I wish you a Merry Christmas in July! I can’t hear youuuuu! And a Happy New… um… cough…er… DAYYYY!!!… Lovely. Very nice. Let’s make some trees, man. Tutorial: Twiggy Christmas Trees...Read More »

I wish you a Merry Christmas in July! Sing it with me! I wish you a Merry Christmas in July! Are you singing? I wish you a Merry Christmas in July! I can’t hear youuuuu! And a Happy New… um… cough…er… DAYYYY!!!… Lovely. Very nice. Let’s make some trees, man. Tutorial: Twiggy Christmas Trees...Read More »

You would be forgiven for thinking that I had given up blogging. Goodness, my posts have been few and far between lately. I have been busy, but that's not much of excuse when the reality is that I have 4 cushion covers that only need about an hour's work in total to be finished and they have been that way for over a week now. So, I'm telling you that in the hope that public accountabilty will shame me into finishing the bloomin' things by Sunday. This Sunday. For some reason Christmas…

decorations: christmas

Christmas Decorations

Homeschooling can be difficult for the parent and boring for the child. But, it doesn’t have to be! My goal is to help you homeschool with ease and creativity!

Diy sock snowmen for Christmas craft- made these years ago. Nice to have the directions!

Winter and Christmas Crafts

a paper christmas tree ornament This as simple as it gets. A few scraps of paper, one seam and in minutes you’ve make a pretty, handmade ornament. I used paint chips (in lovely martha stewart…

christmas tree decorations!!

I found the idea for this cute art lesson on the blog, Plastiquem. This lesson is quite simple. Basically my students used simple shapes to create houses. Then, we used a bit of torn paper for the snow at the bottom. After this, we used dots of white paint for the snow in the sky. Finally, the trees were drawn in oil pastel. These are very cute! Plus, It is also a great math integration on shapes.