With the season’s splendor of beautiful flowers, it is the perfect time to preserve some color with an art project. We also work with flower pressing after a special event, or with fall leaves. The girls pressed their own flower girl bouquets from my sister’s wedding last summer, and they are proudly framed in the …
I was trying to think of an original summer craft to post here on the Mommy Moment blog when this beach project came to me. I actually got the idea for this when we were making cinnamon rolls earlier in the day….sprinkling the cinnamon sugar had such a soothing feeling to it…..! I gave my …
Open ended art is about the experience of creating, not just the end result. While I believe there is a real purpose in art projects and crafts, especially for learning to follow directions and follow themes, it’s a wonderful thing to enjoy the process of making art. When considering a painting experience, it becomes open …
Happy Martin Luther King Day! To celebrate Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., as a peacemaker, this week’s activity explores skin color. Along with discussions about his life and work, we enjoy this meaningful project of creating our skin color with paint! The purpose is to look at the differences in one another and appreciate our …
Happy Monday! Are you all back to school? Many of my readers are from the US and it is my understanding that school starts a lot earlier for them. We start back the second week of September! (Be sure to Link-up your homeschool/preschool/Montessori posts at the bottom of this post and check to see what others …