Artsy Fartsy Family

Decorating a pillowcase is a great idea for a birthday party craft or for a girl scout meeting or even just for fun. You can decorate plain white pillowcases that you already have, or purchase a Crayola Create Your Own Pillowcase Kit
I want to point out that the last two are by the amazing Kathy [...]

Fabric painting Ideas- for use on tote bags or tshirts, painting socks and decorating jackets with paint or anything else.
Paint your own Shirts
Let the kids create a work of art they can wear!
Materials (plain shirts, fabric paint, card board, brushes, and sponges)
* Have the kids start with an [...]

Wooden skewers are so cheap, and so much fun. Whenever I buy them (for kabobs) we end up using the rest in art projects because they spill, or sit in the drawer forever. they’re usually bamboo. I get mine from the dollar store or amazon.
1- Button Flower Bouquets, aren’t these cute, they have felt flowers [...]

And it wasn’t nearly this cool, but hey. We used 10×10 mounted canvas squares and painted. I bought a few paint colors (for less than $5 altogether) and just let each kid do whatever they wanted. Seriously, whatever. We have a mucky muck, some lines and circles, and a princess. Mine [...]

Marbles are so cool, we actually have a lot of uses for them around here. unfortunately, they’re all locked up right now until my baby outgrows the “sticking-everything-in-her-mouth” stage. I always shop around because I’m a cheapskate, the last time I bought them for an art class, i found them cheapest at Amazon the local [...]

1.  Use fancy beads for making Jewelry like bracelets, earrings or even decorative phone chains
2. Design T shirt graphics to sell on cafe press, like the girls at KremeCheezeShirtz
3. Sharpen chopsticks with a pencil sharpener, then paint or lacquer them for homemade hair sticks
4. Make denim purses out of old blue jeans
5. Braid strips of [...]

Make a felt cell phone cover or make a fleece cell phone cover
The artsy fartsy kids have had quite a few cell phones over the years, usually the prepaid kind because they haven’t mastered the art of sending less than a thousand text messages per day.  I know some parents equate them with privelege, but [...]

Homemade beauty items make fantastic gifts. Not only are they easy and inexpensive, but they’re good for the planet, because they’re not individually packaged and shipped all over the country with preservatives. They use ingredients you already have in the home, so they’re simple. Store them in recycled jars and bottles, but [...]