Painting

Painting ideas with homemade paint

Two ingredient homemade paint recipe

We have already tried this homemade paint recipe and I have written about that. I wanted to try the same recipe to create a similar art as my daughter enjoyed so much last time! This homemade paint recipe requires only 2 ingredients other than water. The paint creates a glossy effect and my daughter loved …

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Aluminium foil craft ideas for kids

Monoprinted Mother’s day card

I usually like activities that my two daughters can do together. It gives me pleasure to watch them spending time together. As they are 8(almost 9) and 3 years old, I should think about activities which should not be difficult for my younger daughter but should not be boring for my elder daughter.  They both loved creating …

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Flower painting ideas for preschoolers

Cherry blossom tree craft for preschoolers

Though we do not have many cherry blossoms around our neighborhood, whenever we cross one, we enjoy its beauty. My daughters made these cherry blossom trees and enjoyed making them. There are two versions of paintings at my house – one by my preschooler and another by my eight year old. Materials needed:  (affiliation links are …

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Crayon resist project for kids

Crayon resist watercolor flowers painting

Crayon resist watercolor technique is one of the most easiest water projects for kids.  It is like a magic when the crayon resists the paint and pops up.  We transferred the flower design from our laundry basket to the paper and made crayon resist. Materials needed : (affiliation links) 1. Watercolor paper 2. Crayons 3. Watercolors 4. …

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Simple flower painting ideas for kids

Stamped flowers painting

Stamping flowers is one of the easiest ways to make flower painting. Did you get a chance to look at flower printed with cups and pipe cleaner stamped flowers. Stamping with cups created big flowers but this time we created teeny tiny flowers using…….. push pins! Yes! Materials (affiliation link) 1. Push pin 2. Tempera paint …

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spring flowers painting

Pipe cleaner stamped flowers

Stamping is so simple that even toddlers or preschoolers can do. Did you get a chance to see how we created those beautiful flowers with cups? We created these flowers by stamping with pipe cleaners. Materials needed: 1. Pipe cleaner 2. Tempera paint 3. Copier paper Method: 1. Fold and cut a pipe cleaner into 8 equal …

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Easter egg window decoration

Mod Podge window decoration for Easter

Have you ever tried painting in the Mod Podge? We created this window cling by painting in the Mod Podge in the aluminium foil. The combination seems interesting, right? It would make a perfect window decoration for Easter!   Materials needed:  (affiliation links are used)   1. Mod Podge 2. Aluminum Foil 3. Acrylic paint …

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Marble painting ideas for toddlers and preschoolers

Marble painting with Easter egg

Marble painting is the first painting I did with my elder daughter. I just realized that I have never done one with my preschooler. As an Easter activity, we did marble painting with Easter egg. When we were doing, my elder daughter also joined the fun. I can say with confidence that marble painting can …

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Simple flower painting ideas for kids

Flower stamping with cups

We love spring and painting flowers. Painting poppy flowers and wet on wet watercolor flowers are our favorite flower painting activities. As weather is getting better at California, we made our first simple and fun flower activity for this year. Flowers are made by simply stamping with a cup used to drink water! Materials needed: (affiliation link) …

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