DIY Sun Catchers

Use contact paper and translucent shapes to make a suncatcher! This project can be adapted for all ages!

ProjectsBretta HutchinsonJune 29, 2022Project, At-home, Color, Colorful, Colors, Layering, Red, Craft, DIY, Natural, Organic, Suncatchers, Sun Catcher, Transparent, Window, Windows, Sun, Shapes

DIY Woven Flowers

Use circle weaving to transform a paper plate into a colorful + textural flower! This project is best for ages 6+.

ProjectsGuest UserMay 9, 2022Project, At-home, Color, Colorful, Colors, Layering, Red, Craft, DIY, Paint, Natural, Organic, Vegetable Paint, Spice Paint, Turmeric, Beets, Cabbage

DIY Paper Fan Decorations

Repurpose old works of art or scrap paper to make colorful paper décor!

ProjectsGuest UserApril 6, 2022Project, At-home, Color, Colorful, Colors, Layering, Red, Craft, DIY, Paint, Natural, Organic, Vegetable Paint, Spice Paint, Turmeric, Beets, Cabbage

DIY Cloud Dough

Try out this squishy Minni favorite at home! A great no-cook and gluten-free alternative to homemade playdough, this recipe uses just 3 ingredients.

ProjectsGuest UserMarch 13, 2022Project, At-home, Color, Colorful, Colors, Layering, Red, Craft, DIY, Paint, Natural, Organic, Vegetable Paint, Spice Paint, Turmeric, Beets, Cabbage

DIY Organic Watercolor Paint

Use spices and vegetables to make your own watercolor paint. Follow these simple steps for making vibrant natural paints in primary colors!

ProjectsGuest UserFebruary 17, 2022Project, At-home, Color, Colorful, Colors, Layering, Red, Craft, DIY, Paint, Natural, Organic, Vegetable Paint, Spice Paint, Turmeric, Beets, Cabbage

Valentine’s Day Smoosh Paintings

Make colorful handmade Valentines in this no mess painting activity! This project is great for toddlers but can be adapted for any age.

Stacking Shapes

Put your engineering skills to the test with this fun shape stacking challenge using just paper and tape!

ProjectsGuest UserJanuary 12, 2022Project, At-home, Color, Colorful, Colors, Layering, Red, Cardboard, Recycled Materials, Craft, DIY, Paper, triangles, stacking, building, stack, build, tower

Winter Wonderland

Create your own winter wonderland diorama using just recycled cardboard and paint! Put simple shapes together to create a landscape, then add texture by using some special painting techniques!

ProjectsGuest UserJanuary 5, 2022Project, At-home, Color, Colorful, Colors, Layering, Red, Cardboard, Recycled Materials, Craft, Cards, DIY, Sunflower, Paper, Collage, Fall, Late Summer

Paper Feast

Sharing meals and telling the stories of our food traditions is one of the many ways we celebrate community and family. Think about a favorite food or recipe you’d like to eat and share with others and recreate it in 3D paper collage!

ProjectsGuest UserNovember 16, 2021Project, At-home, Color, Colorful, Colors, Layering, Cardboard, Recycled Materials, Craft, Cards, DIY, Paper, Collage, Fall, Food, Feast, Pop-Up

Fall Foliage Collage

Inspired by the art of children’s book illustrator Eric Carle, this torn paper collage is a great way to use up scrap paper and old art projects to capture the colors of the fall landscape!

ProjectsGuest UserOctober 21, 2021Project, At-home, Color, Colorful, Colors, Layering, Red, Recycled Materials, Craft, Cards, DIY, Paper, Collage, collage, paper, red, orange, blue, green, fall, leaves, foliage, ripped, rip, Eric Carle

Constellation Collage

With the arrival of fall and earlier sunsets, it’s a great time to look up at the sky and search for stars and constellations. A constellation is an imaginary picture made by connecting the stars in the sky, like connect-the-dots!

Paper Sunflowers

Celebrate sunflower season with this textural collage project! This project is best for ages 4+, but can be adapted for little ones too.

ProjectsGuest UserSeptember 28, 2021Project, At-home, Color, Colorful, Colors, Layering, Red, Cardboard, Recycled Materials, Craft, Cards, DIY, Sunflower, Paper, Collage, Fall, Late Summer

Ocean Mindfulness Jar

Create a glimmering wave in a bottle! Designed to help us slow down, this sparkling potion will captivate with each tumble. Shaking, squeezing, turning, and watching as the glitter settles offers a calming sensory experience. After a few turns of this mindfulness jar, you’ll be ready to go with the flow!

ProjectsGuest UserAugust 17, 2021Project, At-home, Color, Colorful, Colors, Craft, Glue Stick, mindfulness, jar, bottle, glitter, DIY, tactile, sensory, blue, ocean, shells, sea, water, flow

Be the Sunshine Collage

🌞 Be the sunshine! We never let a few clouds rain on our parade! We’re making our own sunshine with these bright and bold collages. Slices of sun and super-bright rays burst across the page to create an exuberant expression of sunshine!

3D Beach Ball Collage

Your summer project is here! 🏖 Celebrate summer and follow these simple steps to create your own 3D beach ball out of folded paper! On a hot summer day, this project will keep your little artist cool indoors. This project is best for ages 4+.

Spinning Top Fireworks

Baby, you’re a firework! ⚡️Get festive and use metallic art materials to create your own spinning fireworks! Most of these materials can be found in your recycling. This project is best for ages 4+, but can be adapted for little ones too.

Donuts for Dad 🍩

Presents and pastries for Pops – Make something scrumptious and full of color for the fun-loving father figure in your life! Most of these materials can be found in your recycling. This project is best for ages 4+, but can be adapted for little ones too. Make Dad’s day and make some delicious donuts together!

ProjectsGuest UserJune 15, 2021Project, At-home, Color, Colorful, Colors, Holiday, Love, Craft, Father's Day, Donuts, Doughnuts, Dad, Kraft Paper, Sprinkles, Pops, Dads, Glue Stick, Scissors

Rainbow Collage

🌈 Happy Pride Month! We’re starting off June by celebrating LGBTQIA+ communities in Boston and everywhere with a Rainbow Collage project. Think about all of the beautiful colors you see when you walk around your neighborhood. Grab your art supplies and let’s create something beautiful together!

Collagraph – Creating with Cardboard

Collagraph – Explore texture and printmaking with just a few materials. Collect recycled materials from around your house! Glue down a variety of materials (and textures) to a piece of cardboard. We love to use bubble wrap, thick yarn and bumpy/smooth papers. Think about creating a collage!

ProjectsGuest UserMay 25, 2021Cardboard, Recycled, Recycled Materials, Minni, Pattern, Texture, Collagraph, Printing, Printmaking

Origami Mother's Day Craft

Let’s make something beautiful with your little artist or for the mother figure in your life! This project only requires a couple of materials and is best for ages 6+. Make Mom’s day and make some heART together!

ProjectsGuest UserMay 5, 2021Project, At-home, Color, Colorful, Colors, Holiday, Heart, Love, Red, Craft, Mother's Day, Moms, Mom, Origami, Hearts, Heart Origami

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