Bring your favorite creepy creatures to life this Halloween with this spook-tacular project! Transform those ordinary egg cartons into your scariest ghouls, goblins, and monsters that can haunt your home for Halloween.

Visiting Art Galleries and Museums with Little Artists 👩‍🎨👨‍🎨

While visiting art galleries and museums with little artists can be daunting, here are our tips for having a great time and getting inspired!

ProjectsTessa DowOctober 10, 2024Project, At-home, Craft, DIY, At Home Project

DIY Egg Cartons - Magnificent Mushrooms 🍄

This project is for those that are inspired by the magical wonders of the great outdoors! Hang on to your recyclables this week, using recycled egg cartons and other common recyclables like marker caps and wine corks, you’ll find you already have all you need for this project right at home.

ProjectsTessa DowSeptember 9, 2024Project, At-home, Craft, DIY, At Home Project, Watercolor, Recycled Materials, Egg Cartons, Egg Carton Mushrooms

DIY City Rubbings and Resists 🌆

This project is for those that love to explore and create outside. With minimal materials, this craft is great for those traveling or wanting a quick and easy project to spark their curiosity wherever you are.

ProjectsTessa DowJuly 29, 2024Project, At-home, Craft, DIY, At Home Project, Crayons, Watercolor, crayon rubbings

DIY Sidewalk Paint 🧑‍🎨

There is nothing better than being outside during the summer, but having a craft for your little one(s) to take outside and entertain themselves with can be a huge perk!

This month’s craft is just that! An easy DIY sidewalk paint recipe that comes together in less than 10 minutes, and will have your kiddos drawing outside while you get to kick your feet up.

ProjectsTessa DowJuly 3, 2024Project, At-home, Craft, DIY, At Home Project, Sidewalk Paint, Chalk

DIY Yarn "Painted" Sun Catchers

The sun is shining and we can’t get enough of it! This month’s craft is all about catching that sunshine and bringing it inside - or better yet, take this craft outside with you! There’s minimal materials in hopes you can take this craft where ever you are this summer.

ProjectsTessa DowJune 13, 2024Project, At-home, Craft, DIY, At Home Project, Yarn Painting, Suncatchers

DIY - 🧲 Magnificent Magnets at Home!

Try this mess-free project at home, perfect for little artist(s) ages 3 and up! Color, cut, and stick it’s as easy as that with this easy to assemble DIY project. Encourage your little one to use many colors and brainstorm shapes to cut out together.

ProjectsTessa DowMay 13, 2024Project, At-home, Craft, DIY, Color, At Home Project, Magnets, Colorful Magnets, DIY Magnet Board

DIY - 💐 Crepe Paper Flowers

What is better than a bouquet of flowers? How about ones that will last forever!

Decorate your space with these vibrant florals, or give them as a gift to mom for Mother’s Day! This project is best for kids 6+ and we highly encourage parental supervision whenever hot glue guns are involved.

ProjectsTessa DowApril 22, 2024Project, At-home, Craft, DIY, Color, At Home Project, Flowers, Crepe Paper Flowers, Crepe Paper, Bouquets

DIY - 3 Unexpected Uses for Tempera Paint Sticks!

We absolutely love paint sticks and use them all the time in our curriculum at Minni!

They’re great for tiny toddler hands to grip as they strengthen hand muscles and develop their fine motor skills, we love using Chunkie Paint Sticks with all ages on collaborative wall murals at Minni.

DIY Valentine's Wooden Cube Puzzle

Create your own multisided puzzle with up to 6 puzzles in one by painting, coloring, or taping the sides of wooden cubes. We themed ours to Valentines Day, so you can create your own as a fun seasonal craft, or a gift to a friend or loved one!

DIY Wooden Beaded Keychain

Want to do a creative activity at home that is colorful, easy, and useful? This project is for you! Keychains can be used for some many things and can be fun decorations for your kiddos to add to their backpacks.

ProjectsTessa DowJanuary 8, 2024Project, At-home, Craft, Scissors, DIY, keychain, wooden beads, knotted keychain

DIY Recycled Gingerbread Houses

Let’s get cozy and craft this holiday season! This craft, using recycled cardboard is easy to assemble and uses minimal materials. It’s the perfect seasonal craft to get you and your little artist into the festive spirit!

ProjectsTessa DowNovember 22, 2023Project, At-home, Craft, Scissors, Paper, DIY, Recycled Materials, Recycled, Gingerbread House, Gingerbread, Glitter

DIY Leaf Garland

Get outside with your little artist(s) and admire the foliage all around us! This craft is all about using the beauty of the outdoors as inspiration to design your very own leaf garland.

ProjectsTessa DowOctober 16, 2023Project, At-home, Craft, Scissors, Paper, DIY, Recycled Materials, Recycled, Garland, Fall, Leaf Garland, Leafs

DIY Recycled Jewelry

DIY Recycled Jewelry Craft! Next time you go to throw away cardboard from a package, try out this method of upcycling it into patterned jewelry!

ProjectsTessa DowAugust 21, 2023Project, At-home, Craft, Glue Stick, Scissors, Paper, DIY, Recycled Materials, Recycled, Cardboard, Jewelry

DIY Cardboard Cactus Craft

Need a craft to entertain your little artist(s) at home this summer? Let’s build a maintenance-free cactus sculpture using recycled materials!

DIY 3D Pop-Up Collage

Use simple folding techniques to add 3D elements to your collage art! This activity can be adapted for all ages! Little artists can try making their own collage by removing scissors and tearing paper and rolling it around chunky markers.

ProjectsBretta HutchinsonSeptember 30, 2022Project, At-home, Color, Colorful, Colors, Layering, DIY, Shapes, Craft, Layered, 3D, Three-dimensional, Collage, Collaging

DIY Texture Stamps

Follow these simple steps to make your own texture stamps! This project is great for all ages and can be adapted to use a variety of recycled materials.

ProjectsBretta HutchinsonSeptember 7, 2022Project, At-home, Color, Colorful, Colors, Layering, DIY, Shapes, Craft, Layered, Stamps, Stamping, Texture, Texture Stamp

DIY Yarn Mobiles

Follow these simple steps to create a colorful mobile! This project is great for all ages and can be adapted to use a variety of art materials.

ProjectsBretta HutchinsonJuly 25, 2022Project, At-home, Color, Colorful, Colors, Layering, DIY, Shapes, Craft, Layered, Yarn, Yarn Mobiles, Hanging Art

DIY Placemats

Follow these simple steps to create a colorful layered painting using tape resist! This project is great for all ages and can be adapted to use a variety of art materials.