When you press flowers and leaves, they become thinner and light can shine through them. In this project, you simply decoupage pressed flowers and leaves to a votive cup and cover with tissue paper.  Pressed Leaves or Flowers Votive Cup Tissue Paper Decoupage Solution Foam Brushes    Tear off the straight […]
 If the sun seems to peer right into your window, give it something pretty to look at—and through. These translucent hanging hearts are easy to make from waxed paper and crayons. In return, sunbeams will color your room with cheer. Begin with a 12-by-16-inch sheet of waxed paper. Fold it in half along its […]
Balloon (smaller,round ones) Paper Mache Paste Newspapers (cut in little pieces) Seeds Glue Paint Matches Lace Blow up balloons (at a size to fit your palm). Cover the balloon with paper mache paste. Put the pieces of newspapers all over the paste – Let dry. Repeat this procedure three times. When you get the newspaper […]
  They are SUPER SIMPLE and only need a few things, most of which is usually laying around the house. I grabbed the bottles from the recycling bin (2 L or 20oz. sizes work well), the construction paper and glue already on hand.     First put a few drops of white paint […]
Hit the High Wire Choose one picture each month and mount it with previous selections along your child’s bedroom wall, timeline-style, to chart her artistic development. Design catalogs sell sleek steel wall-mounted cable systems 6 ($34, westelm.com) to which you can clip artwork and photos; DIYers can approximate these with yarn or wire and clothespins […]
 This simple clip-on device makes it a cinch to hang your child’s school drawings — and periodically replace them with her latest works.  Yardstick Binder clip Monofilament  First, attach a binder clip to the top of a wooden yardstick about 2 inches in from each end. Then tie the ends of a […]
The family refrigerator is happy to moonlight as an art gallery, but your in-house studio may be churning out more work than a couple of magnets can hold. Our kid-level display uses Velcro to make the most of a sticky situation: a small piece stuck to the back of the artwork means that it can […]
