Do you have a creative area for your child?

An easy way to have creativity in your child's daily life is to provide an art center designed for them.  Your center should include construction paper, watercolor paints, washable paints, paint brushes, glue, markers, playdough and cookie cutters and art smocks.  Scissors would be available according to your child's age.  Buy a plastic chest with drawers available at any discount store.  Fill the drawers!  Your child now has a creative corner that imagination, fun and fantasy is all theirs .

NEED A NEW IDEA FOR A SUMMER  DAY?

An art project using a recipe with a different medium

MILK PAINT:

Supplies:  Can of evaporated milk, food coloring, small containers, paint brushes, white paper plate

Set up:  Mix milk and food coloring in the containers, one color per container.  Set out the containers, paint brushes, and the paper plate.

Create:  Paint the paper plate with the milk paint.

Use your imagination and create your own masterpiece!

"Children will not remember you for the material things you provided, but for the feeling that you cherished them."  Richard L. Evans

Spending quality time with your children is the best way to show them that they are cherished. A fun way to enjoy each other is through creative art and activities.

Tomorrow, Saturday, July 14th, Nancy and Kathi will be at abaTina at 1713 South 8th Street from 10:30-12:30.  Come on over and have cookies and  lemonade while your children do art projects from our book, Art Based Curriculum.

EXPLORE ART WITH YOUR CHILDREN

For those of you who live in Colorado Springs we are having a special kids event on Saturday, July 14th.  Children can come and create art with Nancy and Kathi at abaTina's, 1713 South 8th Street in the Cheyenne Center from 10:30 am to 12:30 pm.  The projects are from our book Art Based Curriculum.  We hope to see you and your children there!

Age Appropriate

Have you ever done a project with children 2 to 7 years old and realized while doing the project that you were doing all the art and the children were watching?  That is why we wrote Art Based Curriculum.  After looking at websites for projects and activities we found very few for young children from ages 2 and up.  All of our art projects and activities are kid tested and age appropriate for the young child.

UNPLUG

                        

Has your child watched TV or played computer games today and now wants to play outside?  But it is spring- it is cold, windy and thinking of raining!

 Did you know that art drains tension, builds self-esteem and enhances self expression?  Why not do an art project with your child?  You want to stimulate your child with hands on learning using art, activities, books and songs.  Art Based Curriculum has 129 pages of fun, educational and creative ideas for you and your child to help get "unplugged" for an afternoon!