paint – Hodge Podge

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20-30 minutes pennies toddlers young kids

Z is for ZOOM!

October 27, 2014November 11, 2014 Hodge Podge 6 Comments car, colour, no-prep, paint, painting, texture

An exciting and low-prep art activity for kids to learn the letter Z (or indeed any letter)! Paint plus cars

12 messy crafts

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Summer crafts for kids: messy crafts & activities

July 31, 2014August 21, 2015 Hodge Podge 40 Comments #messy, outdoor crafts, paint, splat, summer

Do your kids love messy crafts? Mine do! And Summer is a great time to get outside and get messy

tennis ball chick

20-30 minutes a few quid Make for kids Make with kids toddlers

The 10 best Wimbledon inspired tennis crafts

June 23, 2014April 21, 2015 Hodge Podge 3 Comments art, baby-safe, bake, bead, beading, beads, best, biscuits, caterpillar, cheap, chick, Christmas, Christmas tree, comet, cookies, craft, cute, day, decoration, display, do, easter, easy, fathers day, garden, gift, glitter, glow, glow-in-the-dark, handmade, hangers, hodgepodge, hooks, how-to, love, make, making, memorabilia, mothers, paint, painting, quick, recycle, safe, school crafts, shoes, simple, sneakers, sparkle, storage, streamers, tennis, tennis ball, tennis ball hangers, tennis racket, tennis shoes, toddler-safe, trainers, tree ornament, tutorial, upcycle, Wimbledon, xmas

A glow-in-the-dark comet with streamers, fluffy chicks, tennis ball cookies, garden crafts, and many more creative uses for your old

paint without a brush

3 ways to paint without a brush (Tuesday Tutorials)

April 22, 2014November 9, 2014 Hodge Podge 2 Comments #messy, #Pintorials, paint

How could you paint without a brush? How about using celery, foam eggs or even paperclips? Check out these tutorials

10 minutes or less a few quid babies Birthday Make with kids Paper Craft pennies toddlers

Super simple thank you cards (made by a 1 year old)!

October 7, 2013October 20, 2014 Hodge Podge 9 Comments babies, baby, card, craft ideas for kids, easy, fast, paint, paper crafts, thank you, toddler

These super simple thank you cards are easy enough for a 1 year old to make (with just a little

10 minutes or less babies Make with kids pennies toddlers young kids

Craft ideas for kids: hand prints with paint

September 6, 2013September 11, 2013 Hodge Podge 1 Comment cheap, children, colour, craft, craft ideas for kids, do, easy, fast, hand, handprint, kids, mess, paint, preschool, print, quick, simple, toddler

What could be more fun than spreading paint on your palms, squishing it between your fingers and splatting it onto

20-30 minutes a few quid babies Make with kids toddlers young kids

Craft ideas for kids: Masking tape canvas painting

August 21, 2013August 3, 2014 Hodge Podge 18 Comments art, craft, craft ideas for kids, easy, kids, outdoor crafts, paint, simple, summer crafts, toddler, tutorial

We’ve been trying out some simple craft ideas for kids this summer. Masking tape painting was heaps of fun and

10 minutes or less babies older kids / adults pennies toddlers young kids

Craft ideas for kids: Fearless painting and drawing!

August 9, 2013August 18, 2015 Hodge Podge 6 Comments art, cheap, children, craft ideas for kids, easy, fun, kids, make, mess, paint, preschool, quick, toddler

Sometimes the simplest craft ideas for kids are the best. Just a few materials and a big imagination is all

10 minutes or less Make with kids Paper Craft pennies toddlers

Personalised paper planes (guest post at The Pin Junkie)

July 8, 2013May 13, 2014 Hodge Podge 1 Comment aeroplanes, airplanes, alphabet, cheap, children, craft, cute, do, easy, fast, fly, flying, fold, folding, free, fun, handmade, how-to, ink, kids, letter, letters, make, making, origami, outdoor crafts, paint, paper, paperplanes, planes, potato, preschool, print, printing, quick, simple, stamp, stamping, summer crafts, take-off, thepinjunkie, toddler, tutorial

A fun, simple, low-cost craft idea that can help children with literacy, name-recognition, gross and fine-motor skills. See post for