Posted on March 22nd, 2010
In honor of the Artsy-Fartsy issue, and just in time for spring break, PLAYGROUND wants to give five lucky winners an Artsy-Fartsy gift. All you have to do to win one of these fabulous prizes is leave a comment on this post sharing your favorite artsy project to do with your kids. This Friday, we will randomly select five winning comments. Be sure to leave your children’s ages with your commentso we can send an ageappropriate gift. Here are the prizes you could win:
BoBo Glove and Book (0-24 months)Turn your hand into baby’s favorite toy! BoBo Glove and Book is a rattle. It’s a pull toy. It’s a teether and a squeaker. And it also comes with a book. It’s a world of fun for baby at your fingertips - and it never needs a battery!
Kidzsack (ages 4 +)The Kidzsack is a fun, unique and reusable backsack. It’s made of washable, durable and, most importantly, 100% eco-friendly fabric. The Kidzsack comes with eight washable non-toxic markers. Color, wash and color over and over again. It’s a fun, reusable and creative activity.
Pocket Doodles for Kids (ages 6 +)A playful pocket guide for doodling, imagining, and coloring outside the lines Pocketdoodles is the perfect pocket-sized guide for drawing, doodling, coloring and thinking.
American Girl - The Cutest Nature Book Ever! (ages 8 +) Bored with just sitting around inside all day? Looking for new things to do outdoors? Use this to guide you through all kinds of fun activities inspired by nature. It sure beats just watching TV or playing on the computer.
Origami on the Go! (”big kids”) The perfect antidote to “Are we there yet??” Once kids get their hands on the travel-inspired projects in Origami On-The-Go, hours will fly by. Origami in itself is such an absorbing activity; add to it the pleasures of using vibrant custom papers to create unexpected animals and planes and cultural treasures, and the combination is a lifesaver (for parents), entertainment (for kids) and a great learning experience (good for parents and kids).
Sorry, this giveaway has ended, but stay tuned for more exciting giveaways.
March 22nd, 2010 at 6:55 pm
The kids are split on their favorite thing that we do together LOL. I love doing anything with them that they enjoy :) I think we all agreed on either sewing fabric yo-yo’s or heat embossing cards. My kids are ages 5, 7, 14, 16, 18, 18, 19, 19 and 22 :) Even my older ones still “play” with Mom!
March 22nd, 2010 at 7:10 pm
My little guy is still kinda young only 1 year old but I can’t wait to get him his first pack of crayons and start coloring and drawing with him
March 22nd, 2010 at 7:10 pm
My son is four years old & just starting to get into stickers.
I draw a theme appropriate picture & he sticks the stickers.
Example - If he has pirate stickers, I draw a ship, the ocean a small island, etc.
He gets to feel like he created the scene :O) & while he is busy working I can prep or cook dinner.
March 22nd, 2010 at 7:16 pm
My children are 2, 6, and 9 (one boy the oldest and two daughters). My middle daughter and I love to do arts and crafts everything from making necklace to to painting designs on rocks. We have a good time going overboard decorating holiday designs.
March 22nd, 2010 at 7:24 pm
One of my favorite projects to do with my 3 yr old daughter, Kate is to take a large piece of construction paper but out a large square in center. Then I let Kate pick which piece she wants to paint. Then we paint and decorate our respective pieces with our backs to each other. Then when we’re done we put the ’square’ inside the ‘frame.’ She gets such a kick out of how different our paintings are!
March 22nd, 2010 at 7:42 pm
cutting paper snowflakes in December, making tissue paper flowers in the Spring and we really enjoy making hair bows and sprucing up old clothes with all sorts of thingsto make them like new again!
March 22nd, 2010 at 7:47 pm
Since I am a Doodler, my kids and I LOVE to sit and Doodle. We can draw anytime, anywhere as long as we have a sheet of paper and a drawing tool. I cant find the courage to get rid of ANY of their drawings, no matter how small and insignificant they may seem to others, to me they are all masterpieces. My kids are 20 months and 5 yrs old. Doodle on my friends, doodle on!
March 22nd, 2010 at 8:06 pm
My boys 9 and 7, love to help me make things for their 18 month old daughter. We are currently working on making felt food for her. We are sewing pancakes, eggs, bacon and strawberries for her. She loves to pretend eat with the boys!
March 22nd, 2010 at 8:10 pm
My little guy is only 17 months but I am the “craft mama” for our playgroup. We have made hats for the holidays & a bunny basket for our up coming egg hunt. For earth day we are decorating pottery & planting something in it! We love arts and crafts. Oh & he LOVES to paint! He says “Dip, dip” when he puts the brush in the paint. So cute!
March 22nd, 2010 at 8:27 pm
My kid is 2.5 and will be 3 in June. She’s really into drawing trees and flowers and the ever-present circles all over the page. One recent project we did, was moved a mattress (we were rearranging bedrooms in anticipation of our upcoming adoption) into the living room and made it into a pirate ship. She decorate some cardboard boxes with piraty things (circles, trees and flowers of course) and then we used the “treasure chest” to put treasure in.
March 22nd, 2010 at 8:36 pm
My daughter and I love to sew together….she helps me pick out fabric and patterns. Her favorite is “comfy pants” so I’ve been making lots of pull on pants with ruffles!
She is 3 but would LOVE the coloring backpack :)
March 22nd, 2010 at 9:37 pm
My kids are 5 & 7 and they love to make all kinds of pictures with dauber markers. They look like those things that are used to mark bingo cards. They are scented, which is a bonus, and are great on huge pieces of art paper.
March 22nd, 2010 at 9:41 pm
My 4 year old daughter and I love making balloon animals and face painting together. I’ll paint her face, hands, arms and sometimes the top of her feet and then we’ll switch and she’ll paint mine!
March 22nd, 2010 at 10:34 pm
We love the “Letter of the Week” projects on notimeforflashcards.com. My kids, 3 & 5, look forward to this Monday morning activity each week. :)
March 23rd, 2010 at 12:54 pm
My daughter is 11 and is a complete original. She has a cool hairstyle and she loves to create with anything she can get her hands on, right now she’s found a walking stick, made a feather band to go around it, created a tribal picture language to cover it with. She also has a chalkboard wall in her room, we’ve bought her the chalk ink pens where she has created a map for her “Warriors” clan. My mom is a children’s librarian and inspiring children’s book author and illustrator and they spend tons of time creating and making up new craft recipes. My most treasured gifts have been at Christmas time when my mom and daughter have made me things - one was a handprint and poem and the other was my mom’s famous memory wallet that contains my daughters pictures from infant to toddler. http://craftylouise.blogspot.com/2010/01/memory-wallet-first-i-made-one-of-these.html
Art is in our genes in this family!!
March 23rd, 2010 at 3:53 pm
My children are pretty young (2 yrs old and 8 months) so art projects are fairly limited right now. My 2 yr old girl loves coloring. We recently purchased an oversized Tinker Bell coloring book that she loves. Another favorite thing for her to do is finger painting. My 8 month old son hasn’t really done much art work, but he loves playing with the paint brushes. I am sure he’ll be getting into more in the near future.
March 23rd, 2010 at 6:42 pm
My favorite art activity is making Kool-aid playdough and with my girls. We get out all the cookie cutters and have hours of fun. The homemade playdough is the best because it smells yummy and is the softest best dough! You can google Kool-aid playdough to find many recipes.
March 23rd, 2010 at 6:43 pm
My son likes to paint bread with edible paint. It’s made from milk and food coloring. Then we toast it and eat it!
March 23rd, 2010 at 6:44 pm
Oops my daughters are almost 3 and 6.
March 23rd, 2010 at 6:46 pm
FYI he’s 3 years old
March 23rd, 2010 at 10:08 pm
My daughter is two, we like to build things and make cards out of the foamies.
March 25th, 2010 at 1:30 pm
My kids are 4 & 6. We love doing art projects. I think painting is their favorite. Anything that makes a mess and requires a smock equals for for them. We also tapped their creative talents and started our own t-shirt line with their drawings that we sell online and in local boutiques http://www.retsedesignsstore.com.
March 25th, 2010 at 2:35 pm
My 4 year old son LOVES to paint plaster animals, trains, and cars. He says he has a farm. :)
March 25th, 2010 at 9:03 pm
My little artsy monsters love making sock puppets and painting with just about anything they can dip. Every summer they throw on swimsuits and we roll out the paper to create body art. They also adore leaf and rock projects as much as I adore finding them in the bottom of my washer…I have to smile!
March 26th, 2010 at 2:52 pm
We blend up a batch of homemade, washable puffy paint, get out sheets of poster board and paint away using brushes and fingers. Once the painting is all done, we embed it with little craft jewels and leaves and flowers from the garden.
March 26th, 2010 at 2:58 pm
My two and four year old girls help me blend up a batch of homemade, washable puffy paint, get out sheets of poster board and paint away using brushes and fingers. Once the painting is all done, we embed it with little craft jewels and leaves and flowers from the garden.
April 6th, 2010 at 7:24 am
My 5 1/2 year old loves making her artwork on the driveway with chalk, dry erase board or good ol’ construction paper. She has a lot of of fun drawing events from her days at school. It also leads to great conversations!