Tag Archives: painting

My Kind of Art

This morning before we headed out to eat lunch with Chris, my girls were looking for something to do.  I remembered I saw this painting idea on a website (don’t remember which one) where you paint using a golf ball and a shoe box.  They had so much fun doing this and it was so […]

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Toilet Paper Fun

Yesterday was a long day.  Both my girls are still coughing, yes I know, it’s been like 2 weeks.  So when I need to kill some time I go to the art supply closet. 
I let them each pick a color paint and then I gave them a toilet paper roll.  Ashlyn’s job was to make […]

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Painting with a Twist

Ashlyn-4 was getting kind of bored with “regular” painting so the other day we tried something a little different.  We painted a beautiful picture using straws.  It was so much fun! 
 I got 3 different straws and put them in the color paint she wanted.  Then she blew through the straw and blew the paint onto […]

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Easter Egg Painting

Anyone up for a quick and easy Easter egg craft?  Here you go!
Cut out an egg shape from tag board or poster board.  Then cover the egg with aluminum foil.  Try to make it as smooth as you can.  Have your child paint the aluminum foil with acrylic paint.  While it’s still wet, have them […]

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