Garlands, garlands, garlands! Garlands are all the rage right now aren’t they? Well, we love them too, so Lil’ Miss and I put our own little spin on them and used one of our favorite supplies to make one for our Christmas tree. Here’s a tutorial on how we made it (after the obligatory cute […]
Category Archives: Creativity With Kids
Treasure Baskets For Babies & Toddlers
The way babies learn about the world is directly through their senses- by picking things up and looking at them, feeling them, listening to them, mouthing them, smelling them. The treasure basket, also called a sensory basket is a Montessori concept, it’s a low round basket that is filled up with various items to stimulate […]
Artist Trading Cards
Back in my Nervousness days (anyone remember Nervousness?), I made a lot of ATCs and mail art. They’re probably out there buried in a bunch of ATC or mail art collections (my username was wundergirl back then if anyone has one). Now that I have a studio, time and artistic energy again, I’ve been making […]
Activities & Materials For The Lightbox
We love our lightbox! Yesterday, I shared a tutorial on how to make your own lightbox for about $20. Today I’m going to share some fun things that we’ve found or bought inexpensively to play with on our lightbox. I like really open-ended play, so I basically put some materials out on the box […]