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Artistic Bathtime Foam Toys

by Marie June 1, 2010

I love these great Bathtime Foam Shapes by Blue Eyed Freckle. The possibilities are endless with the artistic creations kids can make in the bathtub.

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Playing With Trash: Mini Lego Playhouse

by Heather April 5, 2010

It’s so hard to throw boxes into the recycling. Not because I want to keep them, but because my sons always want to play with them! Boxes are such a great blank canvas for creative play, and kids seem to know it. My sons have made boxes into tractors, kitchen stoves, building blocks, and an [...]

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Creating Art with Stenciled Brownies

by Jane February 17, 2010

My 5-year-old daughter Cate loves cooking. She also loves eating chocolate. And, more than anything, she loves doing art projects! Coloring, cutting, painting, pasting…if there’s paper involved, she’s there. So I decided to combine all these favorites into a fun school vacation-week activity…stenciling designs with powdered sugar on brownies! The day before we made the [...]

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Giveaway: The Dreamy Giraffe, Bright Big-Eyed Art

by Marie February 12, 2010

This giveaway is now closed. Thanks to all who entered in for these amazing prints. We have 3 winners. #24 Kendra, #65 Alicia, #185 Dymphna! I’ll get you in contact with Kathy to choose your print. The Dreamy Giraffe, one of Make and Takes newest sponsors, is offering a fabulous giveaway today. Kathy R. Jeffords [...]

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Custom Caricatures from an Amazing Artist

by Marie January 29, 2010

You’ve seen the fun caricature drawings people get at carnivals and festivals. I love them. They find the silliest features your face might have and bring it to life. Gabriel Olsen is one of those amazing illustrators and is a master at caricatures. He was kind enough to give me the two drawings below. I [...]

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5 Ways to Organize and Display Your Child’s Artwork

by Marie January 28, 2010

Guest Post by Heidi of Budget Wise Home When your child’s artwork starts overtaking the refrigerator, it’s time for a better display system. With so much artwork coming in every day, figuring out where to put it all can get overwhelming. The first thing you need to do is create a “zone” for the artwork. [...]

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Fun with Chalk Pastels

by Heather November 2, 2009

When I was a kid, one of my favorite activities at Grandma’s house was playing with her chalk pastels. They were like chalk, but more intense in color, a more serious art supply than we were accustomed to. She taught us a technique that amused us for hours every time we visited. Kids of any [...]

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Kid Art: Textured Paintings

by Heather June 29, 2009

I have always liked the look of chunky paint applied to canvas in swirls (a la Vincent Van Gogh), but most kiddie paints aren’t capable of making that kind of texture. Enter a secret household ingredient that you mix into your paint that takes it from runny to chunky in ten seconds! What is this [...]

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When Art Collides With Toast

by Heather June 22, 2009

Did you know you can paint bread and then toast it into a colorful, edible piece of art? Yep, it’s true. I learned it here. Combine bread cut out with cookie cutters with a bit of edible paint, and art time collides with snack time in a really fun way. Kids of all ages will [...]

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Get Creative with Your Journaling

by Marie May 5, 2009

Lucrecer from Art Slam is here today as my guest sharing a how-to on creating your own Art Journal. Her art is not only beautiful, but food for the creative soul. There are times I really do not have anything I want to write about on my journal pages. Nor do I believe every single [...]

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