Collage Candleholder Craft from Vibe of Portland
Your kids can easily create this colorful candleholder project from Vibe of Portland.
Your kids can easily create this colorful candleholder project from Vibe of Portland.
Create a winter wonderland, even in the rain, with DIY snow dough from the folks behind Yellow Scope science kits.
Introduce your kids to printmaking and upcycle your used milk cartons.
Get ready to welcome autumn with this creative mobile project.
This fun winter craft from Yellow Scope science kits also demonstrates a scientific concept to your kids.
Help your child use odds and ends to make sweet, yarn-wrapped Halloween or harvest decorations.
Try this fun planting project from Al’s Garden Center to bring more butterflies into your yard!
This winter break, turn your kitchen into a makeshift science lab with these fun (and only mildly messy) experiments from Mad Science Portland. Kids are natural scientists — they are always engaging in informal science experiments by asking questions about things and then testing their hypotheses. Expanding the idea of science from something you …
Get creative with paper-mache for Halloween and Día de los Muertos.
Construct a quick-and-easy “earthworm hotel” and dig into the mysteries of the worm kingdom. By Eve Hansen and Amy Bigej Worms can be squiggly and a little icky to us humans, but they are fascinating creatures that do a lot of important work. Those wiggly little guys are a major part of our ecosystem, constantly …
Upcycle a favorite tee into a stylish, no-sew tote bag — just in time for farmers’ market season!
Add a little heat to transform all those broken bits of crayon into mini-masterpieces. The amount of broken crayons rolling around my house (and, I’m guessing, yours) is staggering. Wanting a way to put them to good use, I recently started playing around with melting crayon shavings onto paper. My daughter, who loves an art …
Nature is full of so much magic. There are endless possibilities for exploring in nature and discovering the creativity within yourself and your kids. Take a walk outside, collect some branches and twigs, and then come together to create beautiful decorations. Materials Twigs (3 to 5 twigs per ornament) Floral wire Scissors Acrylic paint Paintbrush …
Help your wild feathered friends make it through the winter with these cute cookie cutter bird feeders.
Make summer memories with a dazzling DIY wind chime that will add some sparkle to any porch. By rummaging through your garage, kitchen junk drawer or craft cabinet, you are sure to find the perfect random materials. Consider old keys, metal hardware, rusty silverware or broken jewelry. Then add in some beautiful glass beads for …
Help your child make one-of-a-kind potato stamps to adorn handmade greeting cards.
Use all those pinecones your kids collect to make a darling Thanksgiving centerpiece.
Celebrate autumn (and International Dot Day!) with this sweet and simple garland project.
Create musical instruments galore with items from around the house.