Salt painting is a fun and easy art activity that combines glue, salt, and watercolor to create textured, colorful designs. Kids love watching the bright colors dance and spread across the glittery salt lines right before their eyes! But don’t move the paper while it’s wet — salt paintings are delicate until dry! You Will […]
Halloween Monster Painted Stones
October 8, 2025 Leave a Comment
Unleash your Nanny Kid’s inner artist this Halloween with a spooky twist! Monster Painted Stones are the perfect crafty project to spark creativity, keep little hands busy, and add a dash of festive fun to your décor. Plus, they make for ghoulishly good memories that you and the children will treasure long after their Halloween […]
Action Water Painting with Kids
June 19, 2024 Leave a Comment
Jackson Pollock was a modern, abstract artist that painted the way he felt by dripping, pouring, and splattering paint all over large canvases on the floor using sticks and dowels. He showed an abstract expression of his feelings through his art. Some people called them drip paintings. Some called them action paintings. I read the […]
Hot Glue Tin Foil Painting
May 24, 2023 Leave a Comment
For a Memorial Day craft project I had a 5-year-old paint an abstract American flag on tin foil. I used hot glue to make a box and lines on the tin foil for the child to paint inside the lines. Be sure to read children’s books about Memorial Day while doing this project. We recommend, […]
Finger Paint Daddy Sign
June 17, 2015 Leave a Comment
Father’s Day is coming up this weekend. Rather than spending money on your Dad Boss spend time with your charges and help them make him a gift. You and the kids can’t go wrong giving a hand painted gift. Even the youngest toddler can finger paint this sign for their father made by nanny and […]
Fingerprint Flowers
April 8, 2015 1 Comment
It’s officially Spring and the first flowers are starting to sprout in my neck of the woods. In preparation for Mothers Day, or just as a Springtime craft, make these cute hand and fingerprint flowers with the kids. We used washable paint to make our plants, but you can also use washable ink pads. Be sure […]
Hand Print Crab and Foot Print Lobster
August 6, 2014 Leave a Comment
Creative Project Wednesday Teach the kids about the crustaceans lobsters and crabs. Tell them that crustaceans are arthropods which means their skeletons are on the outside of their bodies. They have jointed parts to move and many have legs to move. Crustaceans have two pairs of antennae. Crabs can swim but lobsters can just walk […]
Painting with Spoons
September 18, 2013 1 Comment
Painting is such a great way to express yourself, but sometimes paintbrushes just don’t tell the whole story. I find that this unorthodox method of painting is a great way to help children express their high powered emotions, like anger or excitement. Try it out the next time your little one gets mad and doesn’t […]
Add Some Character to Your Pumpkins
October 17, 2012 2 Comments
Wednesdays With Whitney By Whitney Tang Fall is all about pumpkins. Pumpkin patches, pumpkin pie, and especially pumpkin carving! However, carving can be a little difficult for the little ones we care for. Let them get more involved with these cute character pumpkins, inspired by Parenting Magazine’s 2012 Halloween Edition. Supplies · Pumpkins · Glue […]
Painting With Colored Ice
July 24, 2012 4 Comments
colored ice finger paint Colors and Creativity Flow With Exciting New Art Materials By Scholastic Children use fine motor skills, eye-hand coordination, and creative expression as they paint with colorful ice cubes. Invite children to help you make frozen paint-brushes. Fill two to four ice-cube trays with warm water. Using different colors, add a teaspoon of powdered […]
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