*This post contains affiliate links I always enjoy crafting with polymer clay. If you’re not familiar with this product (and most craft fanatics would be) it’s a plastic clay that you can bake in your oven at home to harden, so it’s often used for making jewellery such as beads for necklaces and other small things. It comes…
These mixed media flower stones turned out so pretty, don’t you think? We love rock crafts here at The Craft Train and decided to make some flower rocks by collaging mixed media items onto them using craft glue. They would make a lovely hand made gift or paperweight and are a great Spring or Summer…
*This post contains affiliate links For a long time I’ve had a huge stack of craft foam in my supplies cupboard. In the past we’ve made super hero masks and foam mosaics with it, but I wanted to use it for something a bit different this time. You can print with foam by using…
Today we’re looking at how to make traditional mosaic art for beginners. This is a craft my kids really wanted to try, and I have to admit mosaic art is something I’ve also always wanted to try myself! This post is sponsored by Clever Patch Recently we were asked to select any item we liked…
Maybe you’ve heard of Where is The Green Sheep by Mem Fox. It was a book my girls loved when they were little, and still is a favourite for many Australian kids I’m sure. Aussie Book Week is coming up very soon (20th -26th August) with the theme being Australia, Story Country!. To celebrate book week this year I thought…
My girls are both big fans of anything butterfly, and understandably so – what’s not to like about these colourful, delicate insects? At the moment here in Australia it’s mid-winter and there are not a lot of real butterflies around but that didn’t mean we couldn’t throw a butterfly birthday party! Last week we shared how miss…
Make a colourful, fizzing witch’s potion in your back yard! Yesterday my kids decided to make some Witches Potions. This isn’t an activity which I thought up and set out for them, rather it’s one of their favourite games and they tolerated me intruding to take a few photos. They love to get messy, experiment by pouring one…
Make some fun paper roll scribblers in this experimental process art activity for kids. This would be perfect for a rainy day and is so easy to do at a moments notice using materials most people would have on hand. When I was a kid I clearly remember holding a bunch of textas together in…
Head outdoors and create some eco-friendly earth art using gathered natural materials and the sand as a canvas. This is a fun process art activity for all ages, and can also be a great collaborative art idea. You might also like these nature craft ideas We live in an area surrounded by natural bushland and…