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Tissue Paper Pumpkin Mural

This project is so much fun! There are a few steps to follow though but I think it is worth it! For the first part of the project you...

Pumpkin Pour

Paint pour over pumpkins!

Nature Mobile

I have been wanting to try a project like this for awhile and we finally did it! I sent my daughter outside to search and gather a couple...

Watercolor + Cut Paper Project

I got this idea in my head for a new art project and we immediately tested it out and we LOVED the results! Materials: Watercolors +...

Cut Paper Collage

This is a super simple activity that practices so many fine-motor skills. What you need: Colored paper Large sheet of white paper (for...

Tissue Paper Painting

This was a fun experiment! I cut up a bunch of tissue paper into little squares and Laurel added water on top of the pieces as she added...

Dande-Lion!

This has been my favorite activity and Laurel thought it was SO silly. We went on our daily walk and gathered a bunch of dandelions. I...

Nature Collage

For this project I printed out these flowers I drew and Laurel painted them with watercolors, then we went outside and gathered some...

Chalk + Black Paper

Grab some chalk and some black paper and you have yourself an art activity! We like to do this on rainy days when we can't go outside to...

Coffee Filter Flower Bouquet

Grab some coffee filters, markers, and a spray bottle. First add some color to the coffee filters, just make random scribbles! Next get...

More Polka Dots

Are you surprised? I told you we have been very into polka dots! This is actually one of my Pen to Paper prompts and you can download and...

Tape and Paint

Super simple and fun - I put painters tape across a piece of paper, (I suggest a thick, heavy duty paper) and Laurel paints and draws all...

Polka Dots

We have been VERY into polka dots lately - I found polka dot stickers on amazon and I will cut out some of Laurels scribble paintings in...

I Draw, You Color

This is a simple activity that we do ALL the time and Laurel loves it! I print out a sketch of whatever I am working on and she colors...