Tag Archives: arts and crafts

The Homeschooler’s Advent Calendar: Crafty Activities at Families.com

Do you tour this website? I have to admit that I check out a few blogs regularly, but if I’m searching for something I often go to the forums to get people’s opinions. However, when I was thinking about today’s Advent calendar topic, I thought I’d take a good look around at what Families.com has to offer. Obviously the blogger in fun or kid’s crafts doesn’t blog in homeschooling–but which of us homeschoolers doesn’t like to get out the craft boxes every so often? In reality, I found many ideas that I can use for our Christmas celebrations during homeschool. … Continue reading →

Arts and Crafts: Silhouette Images

Your kids may have done something similar in school, but these are variations of the typical silhouette projects you’ve seen before. Have your child stand near a blank area of wall, in a profile position. Set up a lamp or shine a bright flashlight toward your child. You can certainly try the typical head shot silhouette, but you can also do a full body drawing or something in between. Instead of a plain head shot or bust, you might want to try an action pose. Have your little cheerleader pose with arms up, holding pom-poms, or draw your little dancer’s … Continue reading →

Family Activity Opportunity: Sign Up for a Class at Michael’s

When was the last time you went to Michael’s: The Arts & Crafts Store? It’s a regular stop for this family as I’ve detailed many times about doing crafts with my daughter. There’s more to Michael’s than just buying the supplies – they offer classes and demos in just about everything. These classes can be family activities to help all of you learn something new and they are definitely worth it for fun with your kids. Some of the classes available for you and your family include: Kid’s Club Michael’s has a Kid’s Club program that this month includes activities … Continue reading →

The Week in Review: September 9-15

Good morning! I hope you’re having a great weekend. I’m introducing a new feature here in the Family Fun blog that I’ve been doing in some of my other blogs. This is the Week in Review where we’re talk about the highlights and more for the week. Please let me know what you enjoyed about this week and what articles were the most useful to you! September 9 We talked about Family Activities: Building Fun Baskets for Teachers and how you can make it a family project to honor your child’s teacher or teachers. We can do this in any … Continue reading →

Ten Reasons Why I Love Doing Projects With My Daughter

I am one of the least crafty people I know. For years, I would watch my mother see items or objects in magazines and create them without even trying. She could sew, she could paint, and she could build bookshelves and more. I never seemed to be able to enjoy similar activities much less perform them. But being a parent is about more than just providing shelter and food for your child, but about inspiring their own creative impulses. I’m a writer, but my daughter seems to have the same artistic leanings as my mother. So being her mother and … Continue reading →

The Art of Crafts – Family Time Well Spent

Yesterday, my daughter told me she was bored and wanted something to do. Now, most of you with four and five year olds probably recognize that I’m bored actually translates to play with me or spend time with me, I miss you. So with that in mind, I told her to go find her shoes and to change her clothes. We headed off to Michael’s on a quest for a project to do together. We wandered around the store for more than an hour, exploring our options and discussing what would interest her. We came around the corner to a … Continue reading →

Activities That Teach #10 COOKIE PAINT!

Here’s a fun, yummy summer activity to do with your child. Prerequisite Skills: Grasps object in one hand. Uses thumb in opposition with two fingers. Moves wrist in side to side motion. Moves hand and forearm to a target. Moves wrist in up and down motion. Materials Needed: Sturdy cookies. (Use your own recipe, and get creative. Sugar cookies, gingerbread, or chocolate chip cookies without the chips work well, if they are thick and larger than usual. Get creative. You can use cookie cutters to vary the shapes of the cookies, or make GIANT cookies to paint on. If you … Continue reading →