Projects
Shadow Box Display
Take me to an art or craft shop, and I’ll be there, drooling over the rows of coloured paints and pencils, the sparkling glitter, bright beads and reams of paper. The myriad of shapes, textures and colours is intoxicating to me, so when I came across one of these box frames divided into compartments, which [...]
Features
Box Lid Frames
I’m always on the looking for new cost-effective ways of displaying children’s artwork, and I recently devised this one. I’m sure it’s not original, but I’m quite pleased with it nonetheless, so thought I would share it here. It simply makes use of shallow boxes or box lids to act as a frame. They need [...]
Reviews
Make a World
I recently came across this book while browsing around the web. Apparently, although I’d never come across it before, it’s something of a classic, and was first published in 1972. It is one of a whole series of similar style books by the author Ed Emberley, all with different themes. It seems that this book [...]
Materials & Techniques
Sun Prints
Inspired by Suzanne at SkyBlueSea, I decided to have a go at Sun Prints with the kids. The proper name for these is Cyanotypes, and it is a technique first developed in the early days of photography by Sir John Herschel in 1842. In fact they are the original ‘blue-prints’. They’re really simple to do [...]
Recent Articles
New Products
It’s been a while since I last added some new products to the Artful Kids repertoire, but I have recently uploaded some more framed watercolour prints to my NotontheHighStreet shop, depicting a Mermaid and a Pirate. They are the latest additions to a ‘series’ of 6, the others being a Flower Fairy, a colourful Knight, [...]
Box Lid Frames
I’m always on the looking for new cost-effective ways of displaying children’s artwork, and I recently devised this one. I’m sure it’s not original, but I’m quite pleased with it nonetheless, so thought I would share it here. It simply makes use of shallow boxes or box lids to act as a frame. They need [...]
August Featured Artist
I was hoping to have another prize-winning featured artist for August, but unfortunately no-one uploaded any artwork this month:( So instead I am featuring the artwork of my younger son, which because he is younger and less prolific, and indeed a less confident artist than my elder son, doesn’t have his work showcased that often. [...]
Inspiration from the Past
Sometimes it’s the old ideas which are the best. Paper frames for the wall are far from being a new idea, but have become quite popular again recently along with decorative stick on ‘decals’ in general. They were especially popular in the 18th century, circa 1750-1800, when ‘print rooms’ were all the rage. Unfortunately, few [...]
Sun Prints
Inspired by Suzanne at SkyBlueSea, I decided to have a go at Sun Prints with the kids. The proper name for these is Cyanotypes, and it is a technique first developed in the early days of photography by Sir John Herschel in 1842. In fact they are the original ‘blue-prints’. They’re really simple to do [...]
Shadow Box Display
Take me to an art or craft shop, and I’ll be there, drooling over the rows of coloured paints and pencils, the sparkling glitter, bright beads and reams of paper. The myriad of shapes, textures and colours is intoxicating to me, so when I came across one of these box frames divided into compartments, which [...]
Beach Art
There’s no reason for kids to stop being creative if you go away on holiday. Even if you stay at home the (hopefully) long sunny summer days, and extra time that the summer holidays bring, provide the perfect opportunity to experiment with a bit of land art. Land art is the name given to the [...]
July Featured Artist
This month’s Featured Artist is a picture of Prince Charming by Eve, aged 3 1/2 (the writing was added by Daddy) which was contributed by Niffabird. According to Eve, Prince Charming has red lipstick and jewels in his hair (apparently Prince Charming likes lipstick). Make of that what you will! Eve is the first of [...]
A Visit from Mister Maker (Part 3)
I must admit that I wasn’t expecting a Part 3 to this story, until a couple of days ago when I got a surprise phone call, asking if they could come back and film in our yard again. It seems they had more filming of the Doodle Drawers to do, and also the Shapes, and [...]
Arty Parties
There are a wealth of parties for children available out there these days, with lots of different themes. So I thought I’d take a look this week at parties with an art theme, or ‘arty parties’. There are a number of suppliers out who will create a party of this kind for you, but often [...]
