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Come visit my blog as it chronicles the ups and downs of a developing watercolor artist. Lots of kids crafts and art activities are included. Picture tutorials and lots of how to advice. See you soon,
gail
Recent Posts Tagged With 'kids batik'
Children's Day - Koinobori Windsocks
May 5th is Kodomo no Hi or Children's Day in Japan.These Koinobori or flying carp windsocks are a great way to celebrate. I have 2 tutorials to share... the fabric version with the glue batik and a bit of sewing and a easier version using paper and ...
Pysanky - Ukrainian Easter Eggs
I have made Pysanky since I was about 5 years old. I continue the tradition with my own kids and this year the Grade 3's will be making their own as well.Here is a step by step tutorial on the simple design they will be attempting.Pysanky supplies ar...
How to Make a Chinese Dragon Puppet
So I thought the Grade 3's should make a Dragon Puppet for Chinese New Year. They are learning about traditions and celebrations so this seemed to fit.I original wanted to post this last week but life got in the way with doctor appts. and dentist app...
Halloween Batiks
I couldn't let Halloween go by without trying a Batik now could I.Here is the result of our Halloween glue batiks. For those of you not familiar with the glue technique you can check out my original tutorial here.My daughter wanted to make a door han...
Fall Art Exhibit
I wanted to show you how the activities I feature in the blog actually do get completed at the school.For full instructions see the Painting Fall Trees tutorial on the right sidebarClick on photo to see largerThese are some of the Fall Trees that the...
How to do a Fall Glue Batik
My Blue Glue Batik tutorial seems to be my most popular post so I thought I would try to do new projects with this technique to inspire you.Shortly after writing my tutorial I got worried. Micheal's had the Galactic glue on clearance, did this mean ...
How to do Batik with Kids
During the school year I needed to find a kid friendly batik idea. I had done wax batik with kids before but it can be a bit difficult using hot wax. It also is not much fun having to iron away the wax with lots of newspaper. I had heard about glue b...
