Things to Make and Do, Crafts and Activities for Kids - The Crafty Crow

New Contributor Series: Meet The Artist!

Today I am introducing a new series on The Crafty Crow
- it's called Meet The Artist and it's an online children's
art gallery! If you have a child that is interested in having
their artwork featured and sharing a bit about themselves
on The Crafty Crow then please click here to read all the
details.  This will be ongoing and you can always find the
information under Pages > Meet The Artist in
the right-hand column.

My first contributors are the twin daughters of
Helen at Curly Birds and I am thrilled
to introduce you to them!

Meet the Artist: Nola!
   

"ice cream person"
9" x 12"
candle and watercolor paints on watercolor paper

What is your name?
Nola

What country do you live in?
USA

How old are you?
4¾

Tell me about your artwork.
I scribbled with the candle and I couldn't really see it.
I painted and magically it made a beautiful picture.
And then I could see the picture a lot better.
Is it an ice cream person.

Did you learn anything while doing this artwork?
That wax makes a beautiful picture.

What kind of art are you going to try next?
Make a little baby picture.

What are your favorite colors?
blue and pink

What are your hobbies?
rock climbing, playing in my sandbox, and I like to sew

Do you have any pets?
Maxi and Dave (cats)

Thank you Nola!


Meet The Artist: Kira!


"dream picture"
8.5" x 11"
paper and marker

What is your name?
Kira

What country do you live in?
USA

How old are you?
4¾

Tell me about your artwork.
The picture is a dream of mine that I saw that I watched
in my bed. I loved it. I did circles and a rectangle and
dots and tiny circles. It is a dot project.

What is your favorite medium to work with?
Paint, markers, crayons, and felt. I like felt
to make things. I sew really well.

Do you have any favorite artists?
The artists at the art museum.

What kind of art are you going to try next?
I'm going to draw a picture of a person jumping over
a jump rope. And then I'm going to paint it.

What are your favorite colors?
purple

What are your hobbies?
swimming, rock climbing, making books and playing

Do you have any pets?
Maxi and Dave (cats)

Thank you Kira!



Check the Children's Art Gallery (in the
right-hand column) where all the artwork
will be featured!

If you are interested in having your child contribute
please click here for more information.

Simple Cloth Doll Tutorial

I love these wonderfully personalized cloth dolls
at Rummage. You could make blank ones to give
as gifts with a set of fabric markers!

Credit Card Art

Housing A Forest shows you how to create
some beautiful art textures with credit cards.

Book Boxes

Bring your favorite book characters to life
with this project at Playing By The Book.

Colorful Neighborhood Art Lesson

Laugh Paint Create shares a nice art lesson
where kids can learn a bit about architecture
and observe what's in their neighborhood.

Easiest Spin Art DIY

Putti Prapancha has come up with a great way
to create spin art without the spinner! Click
on over for the details.

Box Lid Frames

Visit Artful Adventures to see how she created
these great inexpensive frames from box lids.

Draw Your House Art Lesson

Visit Use Your Coloured Pencils to see a lovely
gallery of artwork where young artists were given
the task of drawing their home from memory.

Straw Rockets

TinkerLab has had fun making and playing with
straw rockets! Click on over to see how it's done.

Graham Cracker Campsite

I think this graham cracker campsite is so cute
and would be great for a summer camp treat or
camping birthday party theme. Get the
details at Such Things.

Children's Book Choices for September

Ox-Cart Man
written by Donald Hall
illustrated by Barbara Cooney


The Little Red Hen
retold and illustrated by Paul Galdone


The Year At Maple Hill Farm
written and illustrated by
Alice and Martin Provensen


One Grain of Rice: A Mathematical Folktale
retold and illustrated by Demi


Ish
written and illustrated by Peter H. Reynolds


Billy and Blaze
written and illustrated by C. W. Anderson


The Little Yellow Leaf
written and illustrated by Carin Berger


A Book of Sleep
written and illustrated by Il Sung Na


Listen, Listen
written by Phillis Gershator
illustrated by Alison Jay


Art
written and illustrated by Patrick McDonnell


Little Owl Lost
written and illustrated by Chris Haughton


The Story of Ferdinand
written by Munro Leaf
illustrated by Robert Lawson

Non-Objective Art Lesson

Mrs. Picasso's Art Room shares a nice lesson on creating
non-objective, or non-representational art, with kids.