Wishing you could gather up your family together and do something meaningful with your time at home? Do you love the idea of art and creative play, but don’t know where to begin or how to teach it? Are you looking for something easy, with little-to-no preparation required and no previous experience needed to teach…
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Treasure Hunt, Creative Family Idea Box Day #13
Kids are natural treasure hunters! Get outside, take a walk, find some woods or look in your own backyard for natural treasures. Anything can be a treasure! Be inspired by your children’s natural curiosity and wonder. Find something to photograph or bring home. Draw your treasures or write about them in a journal, or tell…
Things I Like, a Sensory Snapshot (Creative Family Idea Box Day # 12)
You might be surprised to find out what your family likes! Fill out this sensory snapshot for a peek into some of the lesser-known likes of your children. Have them write (or have little ones draw) as many things as they can think of. (If your children need some motivation, set a timer, choose one…
Poetry Delivery Project, Creative Family Idea Box Day #11
This short, sweet, simple poetry project will help those you love to know you are thinking of them from afar. Choose a poem, read it aloud, and send it via text or email to a friend or family member. Allow each child to choose his/her own poem to send. (Even the youngest children can choose…
Backyard Sensory Scavenger Hunt, Creative Family Idea Box Day #10
This scavenger hunt is for kids who like to touch, smell, taste, make noise, turn things over, run around and explore! Spring is the perfect time to get outside and experience the beauty of nature with all five senses. So let’s do this together! Click the image and print out a copy for yourself and…
Family Journal Time, Creative Family Idea Box Day #7
I love journaling. It is truly the heartbeat of everything I do creatively and has been my whole life. Nearly every good idea I’ve ever had my whole life is scribbled down in a notebook somewhere. Today I’d like to introduce you to the idea of Family Journaling. Gather around the table with some paper…
Free Doodle and Activity Book, Creative Family Idea Box Day #6
I am so happy to share these fun doodle and coloring pages with you! I had to hide these drawings, because my children kept asking me if they could have them. I told them they would have to wait till morning, and I would print them all out their own books. I have posted 5…
Slowing Down This Christmas Season (Creative Family Advent 2018)
Christmas is coming, and I am longing to anticipate it with more wonder and joy. With slowness and purpose, deep gratitude and a supernatural ability to see beyond the busyness into the sacred. I want us to savor these days as a family and make memories that will last well after the childhood years have…
Free Printable Paper Doll Club Coloring Book
A thank you gift for you! This beautiful coloring book is 43 pages of drawings by Rosie, Paloma, Kells, and myself. Enjoy it yourself and/or give it as a gift. Just print it out, staple it together, and wrap it with a brand new set of gel pens, colored pencils, or crayons. We are offering…
Share a Story: Creative Family Advent Day 2
Have your children read a story, record it, and text it to a friend or family member today! Ask them to send you a story back. Kind of like pen pals, but with audio. This is what we are doing for Day 2 of The Creative Family Advent. I love hearing these little voices. Maybe…
Found Object Nativity Scene: Creative Family Advent Day 1
This was a really sweet project. I told the kids we were going to make a Nativity Scene from found objects. We bundled up, went out, and started gathering materials. The picture I had in my head originally is drastically different than our finished product, but I am sooooo happy with the way it came…
Double-The-Puzzles: Family Art Project
Simple, sweet, easy-as-pie art project for kids… Make a puzzle on the back side of your existing puzzle! You can literally have double-the-puzzles, not to mention hours of fun for you little ones designing, drawing, and coloring your own one-of-a-kind puzzle. The how-to’s are very simple. 1. Put your puzzle together. 2. Flip it over….