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Art activities and easy craft ideas for kids ages toddlers to tweens..

We love EASY art and craft projects! You won't find any complicated projects here so if it's something simple you want, you've come to the right place. Some of our favorites include:

 

Zentangles for kids

 

Shaving cream marbled art

 

Stained glass window art

 

Active art projects

Giant Dot to Dot

 

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Pi City Skyline

 

Tandem Drawing

Adorable Printable Birthday Card Coloring Pages

October 20, 2020

four birthday card coloring pages and colored pencils

Happy Coloring Page Birthday to Melanie and Me! 🎉🎈 That’s right. For eight fun years Melanie Hope Greenberg has been creating exclusive coloring pages for What Do We Do All Day? Where does the time go? And all that jazz, ha ha. Somehow, Melanie keeps coming up with unique coloring pages to share with you….
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Talk Like a Pirate Day Coloring Page

September 15, 2020

pirate coloring page with three pirate mice in three different ships

Avast, ye! It’s time for a pirate coloring page! Just in time for Talk Like a Pirate Day! Celebrate talking like a pirate with these cute (yes, pirates can be cute, who knew?) pirate mice on the high seas from children’s book illustrator and author Melanie Hope Greenberg. Talk Like a Pirate Day occurs every…
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Island Life Coloring Page

August 19, 2020

colorful version of island life coloring page

What’s the easiest way to transport yourself to an island with lush greenery, blue waves and a warm breeze? With our newest coloring page, of course! This month’s coloring page from Melanie Hope Greenberg is straight from the pages of her picture book Aunt Lilly’s Laundromat. Note: this post contains affiliate links. The charming Aunt…
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9 Creative (and Easy) Autumn Activities for Kids

August 14, 2020

It is Autumn! The very best season of the year. Time to do some fun autumn activities with the kids! Collect some leaves, crunch a few apples and make art in the process.  The best part? All of these fall activity ideas are super-easy (this is me we are talking about!) so you don’t have…
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Four Scoop Ice Cream Cone Coloring Page

July 7, 2020

ice cream cone coloring page on pink background with crayons

July 19th is the very best holiday. Can you guess why? It’s International Ice Cream Day, silly! Not that you (or I) need an excuse to eat ice cream all day, but any legitimate excuse is always welcome. International Ice Cream Day is also an excuse to print out this adorable and exclusive ice cream…
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Eat Your Vegetables Day Coloring Page

June 10, 2020

Vegetable coloring page

Eat Your Vegetables Day is June 17 and we are here for it! I mean what better way to encourage eating vegetables that to print out a coloring page and turn boring black and white veggies colorful with a scribble of crayon? Think it will work to get your kids to eat a rainbow of…
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Making and Keeping a Hobby Book

April 17, 2020

hobbies

What topic captivates your child? Dinosaurs? LEGO? Trucks? What activity do they love to do? Baking? Chess? Pottery? Most kids have at least one interest that truly captivates them.  No doubt you have started a sentence with “My kid is so obsessed with [fill in the blank]!” It is absolutely delightful to watch your children…
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5 “Flexible” Drawing Ideas for Tweens

April 10, 2020

Colored pencils for drawing ideas

Fact: not every kid is interested in drawing and while many lists of drawing ideas for tweens give options like using YouTube videos to learn how to draw specific objects (how to draw a bird, how to draw a house, etc.), that’s not going to appeal to tweens who have little natural interest in art….
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Pajama Day Coloring Page

April 7, 2020

Pajama Day Coloring Page

Have you been staying at home a lot? Perhaps hanging out in pajamas for a greater part of the day than normally? Well, National Pajama Day is April 16th and we are here for you with a pajama coloring page created by children’s book author and illustrator, Melanie Hope Greenberg! The Pajama Day coloring scene…
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Adorable Bookmark Coloring Pages for Kids

March 24, 2020

Bookmark coloring pages

Stop dog-earing your book pages or tearing off a bit of scrap paper to mark your reading spot! Instead chose one (or all!) of these adorable themed bookmark coloring pages for kids designed just for us by children’s book illustrator and author, Melanie Hope Greenberg. You already know I have a bookmark obsession and have…
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