It is time for NATURE CRAFTS!! As you may (or may not) know, my two most favourite craft mateirals, are RECYCLABLES (such as TP Rolls) and Nature Finds. I love recycled crafts, as I love to “waste not want not” – i.e. make the most of the things we have around us. I love teaching…
Today, I welcome the lovely people behind Whizz Pop Bang – a new and cool Kids’ Science Magazine. They share with us this great Science come Art activity — Chromatography Flowers. Whizz Pop Bang is has a kick starter fund raising campaign (only 11 days left), so if you want to be part of something exciting and…
Welcome to another week of FREE Colouring Pages FUN!!!! Today, I have teamed up with the wonderful Hattifant – who has designed and created some wonderful animal colouring pages for you. We have a Cat Colouring Page, an Owl Colouring Page, a Monkey Colouring Page and a Crocodile Colouring Page to share between us. Though…
Oh my oh my oh my! How I love it when we make something… and then one of my lovely readers sends me AMAZING photos of their version of our craft.. today we have a Fold Away Take Along Train Track Book by Adriana G! Yep, a bit of a mouthful, but you need it…
So… some of you may know that I LOVE Instagram.. and the other day, the kids and I where having a bit of “photo fun”… we went on a “colour hunt” around the house and started photographing the things we could find.. oh it was so much fun to see how many different things of…
Time for some more Easter Crafts for Preschool and all ages!! Today we have some more Egg Carton crafts for you – some adorable little Egg Carton Bunnies. I totally love that THIS Easter Bunny Craft, comes complete with “bunny basket” to carry around all those Easter Eggs the Easter Bunny has to hand out!!!…
Ah yes, we love nice and simple and we love cute.. here is a cute little Easter Craft for Preschoolers that I made many moons ago for The Guardian (ha, I think you can tell that by the photo.. I would take that picture so differently these days.. but I digress… this is a great little…
We recently made a Skylander’s Cake for my 7 year old’s Birthday party (full photos and post to follow!). As part of this, we need some little edible sheep decorations. I had some fondant icing left over, but couldn’t get decent black food colouring in time for finishing off the cake… so I came up…
So… this year’s “thing” among the boys in Red Ted’s class is SKYLANDERS. I confess, that we do not own a wii or any sort of games portal, but that my son has a lot of the Skylanders figures. I think they are cool and he loves to play with them. He takes his Skylanders…
Oh the dilemmas of blogging.. here I was, going to do a quick and easy post on “Pyjama party” invites, when I am suddenly faced with the conundrum of international spellings. I believe it is Pajama in the Us and Pyjama in the UK.. maybe I should simply stick with PJs?! Argh. Anyway, I digress….
More fun for Valentine’s Day. This is part of our 31 Days of Love series, that I have grouped into Valentine’s Day Cards, Valentine’s Day Decorating ideas, Valentine’s Day Treats for you to browse easily. Today we share a cute Felt Heart Board Set! It’s a pleasure to share today’s idea with Red Ted Art readers! My…
A cute Heart Valentines Card printable to download for free. If you need a quick last minute Valentines card, check this out!
Our guest posts for the 31 Days of Love series is almost over! Aaaah, what a lovely month and a bit of activities and crafts for Valentine’s Day it has been. Today we have Niki sharing a cute toddler and preschooler Valentine’s Day activity – a little Valenties Day Washing Line. Perfect for getting the…
As a Mum of a toddler I love crafts that young children can get involved with. Clothespins are a wonderful resource to use. Since creating our own clothespin Hungry Caterpillar we have been looking for an excuse to get creative with pegs again. Red Ted Art’s 31 Days of Love series was a perfect excuse…
My front window is just a magnet for the kids. It’s like their own personal porthole to the outer world – they can look out and observe people at the bus stop across the street, watch for emergency service vehicles or snow plows, or just smudge and lick the glass to their heart’s content (bleh)….
We have made salt dough many many times over the years. Salt dough is such a great kids craft – easy, versatile and so economic too (ok, cheap!! hahaha). I always order a bag of salt with my shopping, just so we have some in for salt dough making emergencies (aka rainy day activities!). We…
Here is a little craft, that I have been meaning to share with you for aaaaaages. We were given some little Duct Tape rose pens by the peeps at Hobbycraft and I knew I had to make some more. Love using any “old pens” that are lying around and tarting them in relative minutes and…
We love handmade Valentines Cards for Kids and are always looking for new techniquea to try out. Here is a cute Stencil Heart Technique! Ciao amici! My name is Morena, and I’m addicted to crafting. I particularly love to craft with thrifted or repurposed items and use them in unexpected ways. I write for several…
The 31 Days of Love Series continues. We love DIY Gift Box Ideas. Today we have a combined effort from me here at Red Ted Art and our guest poster Shelah. We share a little heart box printable pattern – first make your own little heart box (your free Valentines Printable) and then get the…
Throwing a Valentine’s Day tea party for your little ones could be the ultimate plan to get everybody in a crafty mood. Tea parties are a great way to celebrate the month of love whilst also encouraging creativity and practicing social skills, and the kids will love the sweet treats and revel in DIY activities….
