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Resist Art with Pastels and Watercolors (Stained Glass Doodles)

Jackie Currie — Fri, 08 Mar 2019 07:37:43 +0000

Hello, hello!

I have a really easy art activity for your kids to do this week. It's so much fun, and the results are so pretty that we framed ours.

Kids love making art using this process, and all ages can do it. Tweens and teens will love it just as much as the toddlers and preschoolers do.

It's super-easy to prepare and virtually mess-free.

Click the link below to check it out!

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Erasable Drawing Activity for Kids – with Homemade Reusable Drawing Sheets

Jackie Currie — Wed, 09 Apr 2014 23:22:57 +0000

Fun, erasable drawing activity for kids of all ages! Homemade, erasable, reusable drawing sheets are fun to decorate, and they save on paper too! If your house is like ours, your children probably go through a ton of paper doodling, drawing and tracing. I’d never discourage them from drawing. Even if the paper ends up in...

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Magna Doodle Drawing Activities for Toddlers and Preschoolers

Jackie Currie — Mon, 27 May 2013 02:30:13 +0000

Make learning fun with a Magna Doodle! Here are 5 Ways to use a Magna Doodle as a teaching tool with toddlers and preschoolers. Letter recognition, number recognition, matching skills, cognitive skills, critical thinking and more! We’ve had our original Magna Doodle (affiliate link) for over 15 years. It’s dented and dinged, and the screen is...

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Tracing Paper Drawing Activity for Toddlers and Preschoolers

Jackie Currie — Tue, 16 Apr 2013 01:48:22 +0000

Using tracing paper to trace images from a colouring book or a children’s book is a fun way for toddlers and preschoolers to trace lines, letters, numbers and images. The activity helps to strengthen fine motor control and pencil grip, and prepares them for drawing and printing on their own. Tracing paper is something I’ve...

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Drawing Activity for Preschoolers – Magazine Makeover

Jackie Currie — Wed, 06 Mar 2013 01:12:03 +0000

The other day, I set up this drawing and tracing activity for my toddlers and preschoolers, which they really enjoyed. It got me thinking up more activities that we could do as a fun way to help develop our early writing skills, and this one popped into my mind. I hadn’t thought of this drawing...

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White Crayon Art for Toddlers and Preschoolers

Jackie Currie — Mon, 28 Jan 2013 03:58:04 +0000

Here’s an easy art project for toddlers and preschoolers. Creating this white crayon art is a simple as offering your child a piece of black paper and a white crayon. Add a small selection of paint colours, and you’ll end up with some beautiful creations worthy of matting and framing. We’ve been focusing on easy...

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Process Art Activity for Toddlers

Jackie Currie — Tue, 13 Mar 2012 02:33:17 +0000

Do you ever set your kids up to do some unstructured process art where you just set out a hodge-podge of materials, and let your little ones create to their heart’s desire? What is free art? It’s a super activity for those times when you don’t have an organized craft or activity to work on....

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