These shooting star paintings are out of this world! My daughter had a blast creating her painting and I had fun making mine right alongside her. We used chalk pastels, which are super fun and (fair warning!) super messy to create these paintings. I love how the bright colors of the chalk pastels pop against…
Pastels
Watercolor Resist Surprise Ghost Painting
This is such a fun art project! My daughter loved making her ghosts appear with this simple watercolor resist technique. We used bright colors for a fun, non-scary Halloween craft. We had a lot of fun drawing our ghosts and “oooo’s” and “boo’s” with white oil pastels. This would make a great classroom Halloween activity, you…
Easy Rainbow Shamrock Craft with Oil Pastels
Get ready for St. Patricks day with this easy rainbow shamrock craft for kids. Oil pastels make this rainbow shamrock so vibrant and colorful, it will brighten up any space! My daughter and I had so much fun with this project, we each made 2. Kids will love making their rainbow in the shape of a…
Monet Water Lilies Art Project for Kids
This Monet water lilies art project for kids is a great way for kids to learn easy watercolor techniques and explore oil pastels. I love watercolors and the beautiful patterns that they create, and oil pastels are so colorful and vibrant, using them both in the same painting produces amazing results! Claude Monet painted such gorgeous…
Autumn Sunflower Craft with Oil Pastels
Bring the colors of fall indoors with this vibrant autumn sunflower craft! We planted autumn beauty sunflowers from seeds this year in May and by the end of August, they had grown to 7-8ft tall! And their colors are just so beautiful and vibrant, inspiring me to make this sunflower craft with my kids. We…
Create stunning chalk pastel sunsets with kids
These chalk pastel sunsets turned out so lovely! My kids had a great time exploring chalk pastels and all the messiness that comes with it. Chalk pastels can be very messy, you use your fingers to blend the colors and the chalk dust can get all over the table and all over you! But they…
