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Do you have a budding Picasso? Would you like to introduce your kids to art or even specific artists? Would you like to discover some children’s books that inspire art and creativity? Or perhaps you’re looking for a wonderfully original birthday or Christmas gift? Look no further and check out our favourite art books for kids.
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It’s heart-tastic in our house at the moment! We’ve been using hearts to practice numeracy and adding up skills and now it’s time to do some creating ♥…
Try out a simple activity involving marbles, paint and a tray! Miss 5 set this up all by herself whilst I was busy tidying up – I love that it was completely self-directed! She had done this at pre-school and so I discovered a little of what she gets up to during her days in class. I also loved that the method didn’t involve too much mess…
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This is one of these activities that literally took under 5 minutes to set up and was such a GREAT unexpected hit! We have so many wonderful children’s art books, including The Art Book for Children (click here for our US readers) and whilst flicking through it, I was drawn to the page on Miró. It mentioned that “Joan Miró’s art teacher once asked him to try drawing simple shapes, like circles, rectangles, stars and triangles, wearing a blindfold.”…
We like to try different mediums and methods for painting. Today, I set the table and we did some ‘knife & fork painting’!
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A very wise friend of mine once told me it was about the process and not the product when it came to children being creative. …