Arts & Crafts
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Safe Arts & Crafts for Babies
Asked by K.G. from Los Angeles
on April 12, 2010
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Looking for fun, safe arts & crafts ideas for our 8 month old. Just a little something to start tapping into her artistic side. Everything she plays with goes in her m...
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- What about letting him paint with plain ole baby food? You can put dye in it if you want to - use whatever kinds you want. I know that Gerber has some 'yogurt' that ar...
- For edible/non-toxic paints, your best bet is actually a sex store. We did shaving cream on mirrors (tastes awful, so it doesn't get eaten). Whipped cream would wor...
- I like the pudding idea. I think I'm going to do that once my son is a smidgen bit older.
Arts & Crafts
Asked by G.G. from Odessa
on January 13, 2011
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I have 3 daughters, ages 5-6-8. What are some good crafts that we can do at home?
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- Here's one and a link to some other activities below. Have fun! http://blogs.goddardsystems.com/Cedar-Park-TX/2009/10/12/childrens-activity-goddard-school/ APPL...
- Buy a big bin of beads from Hobby Lobby. Pipe cleaners, string or yarn. Jewelry time!
- There are some great kits at Wal-mart and other retailers (soap, gardenstones, cake decorating, chocolates, candles, jewelry, tie dye, seasonal, etc). I would check o...
Arts & Crafts
Asked by K.M. from San Diego
on December 21, 2006
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When I was growing up, we used to do the same decorations or handprints year after year, either in girl scouts or school. Anyways, it was where you would make some ty...
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- i think this might be what your talking about, i found it on a kids art website. BAKING CLAY 1 cup salt 1 1/2 cups warm water 4 cups all purpose flour ...
- Hi! Here's a website you might like: http://home.cinci.rr.com/prek/DecArt.htm -R.
- Hi K., We did bread dough ornaments for x-mas this year, simple recipe. 1 cup of salt 4 cups of flour, 1 1/2 cups of water mix well, if you want to do colored doug...
Art Lessons
Asked by H.B. from Dallas
on January 17, 2008
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Does anyone know of any place for children to take art lessons. I remember taking oil painting classes as a child and loving it.
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- We love Studio Arts in East Dallas. It is so worth the drive. They have the most amazing classes for ages 3-adult. Their teachers are amazing. My daughter was doin...
- I would check your cities recreation department. I know where I am in Hurst the rec department offers alll kinds of classes to residents.
- I have also heard of the classes Terah has mentioned... they seem to be quite reputable. If you have trouble finding them let me know I might be able to track it down...
Painting a Chair- What Am I Doing Wrong?
Asked by T.C. from Austin
on September 8, 2011
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My son is painting a chair for an art project. He painted a design using acrylic craft paint and interior latex paint. Then he drew some lines with a sharpie. The plan...
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- You should try to buff it off & start over. My hubby ran into the same problem painting his wooden boat that he built. He said that you should use either spray paint o...
- The problem was using oil-based clear coat. You should have used water-based. It dries quickly. Oil-based anything dries slowly. Don't ever use oil-based products ...
- For your ETA: No. You can't. Not only have you already caused one bad chemical reaction, creating a 3rd chem reaction would be a reeeeeally bad idea. The oil based...
Arts & Crafts Projects for a 17 Mth Old?
Asked by C.F. from Charlotte
on February 21, 2007
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Are there any arts and crafts projects you can do with a 17 mth old boy?
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- Hi C. With that age group there is so much hands on yet. You could do a white sweat shirt with his foot and hand prints all over it and have it read "Grandpa's shoul...
- I just recently put poster boards on my wall and drew a frame around it, gave her some washable markers and let her go nuts. I had fun helping her too and it occupies...
- YES! Go to www.orientaltrading.com . They will send you free catalogs full of craft ideas! We use them all of the time. They are not expensive and the shipping is usua...
What Do You Do with All the Art Work??
Asked by M.R. from Chicago
on October 9, 2009
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Hi - my daughter loves painting - it's her favorite activity at preschool and at home. We have tons of beautiful art from her, but don't know what to do with it all! ...
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- Taking pictures and making a CD of her artwork is a great idea. My last job, when I was a nanny, I would have the two girls go through their artwork when their folder...
- I scanned all of my daughter's art work from the last year and downloaded it to snapfish to create a hardcover book of all of her work. It came out better then expected!
- I agree with Shannon A. It may seem mean but just throw the things away when she isnt around. I do it with my two kids. I do keep the ones that have any storytellin...
Halloween Arts & Crafts
Asked by L.D. from Los Angeles
on October 8, 2010
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Hi Mamas - My son just turned 3 in August and I'm so excited that he can now really participate in crafts for the upcoming holidays. I know there are a ton of resourc...
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- Family Fun and DTLK are two sites I have used for arts and crafts. Sometimes I get ideas from Oriental Trading catalogs and jsut recreate them on my own. One craft...
- Last I bought my kids a couple of those small pumpkins, I think the ones that are used to make pumpkin pie, and let them color and put stickers all over it. Both my 5...
- My favorite web site is familyfun and I also like to look at project ideas in oriental trading co. Sometimes we just go to Micheals and get ideas there too.
Painting Party
Asked by P.J. from Dallas
on January 6, 2012
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I am wanting to have a painting party for my two kids but instead of expensive canvases I wanted to use cardboard. WHere can you find white cardboard box lids by thems...
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- Or the tri-fold project display boards?
- My hubby suggests Masonite. A 4x8 sheet from Home Depot/Lowes can be cut to whatever size you like. Probably, you'll want to prime it if you get it from a home impro...
- I don't know where you can buy white cardboard in very large sheets. I would just check online. One thing that might work pretty well would be foam board or foam core....
Pumpkin Painting
Asked by K.D. from Denver
on September 26, 2008
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I was wondering if anyone out there has any suggestions or tips for keeping the activity of painting pumpkins as mess free as possible. FOr my duaghter's upcoming brit...
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- I think the other comments have covered it. We did it 2 years ago at our halloween party, 8 kids sitting round the table. Put down a BIG drop cloth or plastic shower c...
- we painted at my daughter's 3rd birthday party (Curious Georget theme - the painting on the wall scene). I cleared out the garage and put down plastic drop cloths ($2...
- Buy a cheap large plastic tablecloth that you can have the kids work on (not too thinthat it will tear easily). Give each kid an old t-shirt to wear. Buy washable po...
