Art for Children

Make Your Own Wrapping Paper: 4 Ideas for Rolling Pin Printing

December 5, 2012
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Making your own wrapping paper is an easy way for kids to get involved in gift giving at this time of year.  Children of all ages can easily be involved with creating wrapping paper. From abstract toddler paintings to hand stamped designs by older children, you can use many different artistic ideas and techniques to [...]

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Homemade Gifts for Kids: Puppet Making Kit

November 26, 2012
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This puppet making kit is great for using up all sorts of leftover crafty scraps and is a fun way to  encourage the recipient child’s creativity and language development. As well as making a great birthday or Christmas gift, it would also work well as a sibling-made gift or even an alternative to a sugar [...]

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Christmas Stocking Stuffers For Creative Kids

November 8, 2012
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This is part one of a new series where I will be sharing Christmas stocking stuffer ideas for all sort of kids – outdoor adventurers, imagineers, tinkers, new bubs and more! As long time readers of Childhood 101 will know, the value of children creating is close to my heart and so I could think [...]

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Making Natural Berry Dye + Homemade Mulberry Playdough

September 24, 2012
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We have a huge mulberry tree in our front garden that is just coming into season. Immy will eat mulberries (actually, any berries!) by the bowl full and we all really love this time of year. Unfortunately, late last week we were hit by quite a big storm and I was devastated to find so [...]

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One activity, four ways: Mirrors

June 18, 2012
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One activity, four ways ~ I am often asked how to modify an activity idea or resource for children who are younger or older than Immy, or how to involve children of different ages with an activity. One activity, four ways takes one idea (or resource) and presents ways for engaging babies, toddlers, preschoolers and [...]

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One activity, four ways: Texture

February 28, 2012
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One activity, four ways is a new, regular feature on Childhood 101. I am often asked how to modify an activity idea or resource for children who are younger or older than Immy, or how to involve children of different ages in an activity. One activity, four ways will take one idea (or resource) and [...]

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Kids Art: It Really Is About the Process

February 23, 2012
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(And even then it often doesn’t work out how you might have planned!) With Immy now at kindy 5 days a fortnight she has been spending much less of her at home time outdoors (though it probably also doesn’t help that it is so hot here at the moment), so I decided to try setting [...]

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One activity, four ways: Tape It Up!

January 31, 2012
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One activity, four ways will be a new, regular feature on Childhood 101. I am often asked how to modify an activity idea or resource for children who are younger or older than Immy, or how to involve children of different ages in an activity. One activity, four ways will take one idea (or resource) [...]

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