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POP mask molding art project - Simple and creative art projects for summer break!

Schools have started counting backwards towards the summer break. That tells it’s a high time for us to get equipped with creative ideas to beat the kind of words we do not want to hear like... What’s next, we are bored etc.

I was living in denial that summer break is around the corner. However, a week of spring break was simply enough of a trailer for me to get started to prepare for the movie. I started thinking about the fun, creative and simple activities that kids can do outdoors while I can recover from the home invasion.

Molding and sculpting made to the top of my list.

Molding using nontoxic Plaster of Paris is one of my daughter’s favorite craft. You can create perfect reproductions of any object within minutes using mold with this excellent medium for casting decorative figurines. Plastic shapes and packaging from toys make perfect molds. Painting and decorating the figurines is so much fun and engaging. We used plastic masks as molds.

What you will need

• Non Toxic POP
• Molds
• Paints
• Paint brush 

Follow the instruction on POP pack and pour in molds. Paint and decorate when dry.  

Sculpting using air-dry terra cotta clay is another fun filled activity to create 3-D decorations, figurines, jewelry etc. You can carve, use rubber stamps, textured materials, press beads, small stones or other decorative items directly into this clay. Paint with tempera, acrylic or watercolor when dry. The best part is its air dry and does not need kiln 

Other fun ideas are terracotta pot painting using stencils, sand art, rock painting, sidewalk painting, finger painting, blow painting etc. 

 

Wishing you all a very colorful and joyful Mother’s Day and summer break!     

 

 

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Many Lives, Many Masters - Get a higher prespective of life and dive deeper in the excistence of soul with this beautiful and thought provoking read!

Love Robin eggs:) Loved loved loved watching them hatch, grow and learn to fly! I have a duck pair nesting in my backyard lill pond..super duper excited for ducklings:)) colormehapppy!

Color me happy!:))

Easter chick!

What you will need

• Card stock
• Scissors
• Marker
• Construction paper
• Glue
• Pencil
• Stencil

1. Using stencil draw 3 adjacent eggs on the card stock. Cut them using scissors and make sure that they stay attached to each other.
2. For chicken's face, draw eyes using marker. Cut and stick construction paper for beak.
3. Using scissors cut zig-zag on both outside eggs for cracking impression as shown in picture.

Thanks for visiting:) Have a colorful day! 

April showers bring May flowers - Colorful finger print flowers using ink pads!

Reuse, Repurpose n Upcycle scraps of construction paper with these mosaic bookmarks:)

 

Repurpose, Reuse n Upcycle - Simple and creative bookmarks

This is one of my daughters favorite activity. Its an easy, fun n creative way to reuse and organize buttons n sequins while creating lovely personalized bookmarks!

All you need is

• Cardboard
• Markers
• Glue
• Sequins
• Buttons

Glue buttons or sequins on cardboard. You can also punch a hole on top in center and tie a ribbon. Use markers to add little touch.

Thanks for visiting and have a colorful day!:)



 

Colorful butterflies - A fun art project using finger paints!

With Earth Day just around the corner here is a colorful art project to celebrate and appreciate the beauty of gift called nature we all have been blessed with!

What you will need

• Finger paints


• Pipe cleaner


• Cardstock

 

Dip pipe cleaner in paint and make impressions on paper. Dip index finger in paints and press on paper for wings.  

Earth Day is intended to be a chance to learn and get engaged in ways in which we can live in a more environmentally responsible fashion.  We all are the residents of this planet and share the duty of keeping it clean and green.  

As we celebrate this Earth’s Day let’s not limit the spirit of gratitude towards earth for this one day, extend it to everyday by being thoughtful and kind in our actions towards mother nature. 

Have a colorful day!

Go green - repurpose and upcycle plastic bottles!

Be the source not the seeker...

Simply love this fun Illustration by my 8 year old daughter - Things are hard to start with...learning makes them easy!

Fear of new!

 

My 4 year old made this using marshmallows and toothpicks! Lets call it an edible craft project;)

Seems like spring will arrive in summer break this year! Till then.. let it snow..let it snow. We have no control....LOL and let it go;)

 

Life is a blend!

The mind looks for something new..

The heart longs for old..

Life is a blend of both! ~ Sri Sri

Life is a balance!

"Life is a balance of holding on and letting go" ~

Rumi