Mix It Up Book Inspired Fingerprint Art

This weeks Preschool Book Club is exploring Mix It Up! A new book by Herve Tullet.  

We had so much fun with his book Press Here that we could not wait to read this one.

After reading the book a few times with the kids I knew just what we could do.  Fun Fingerprint and Handprint art.  Simple yet so much fun for multiple aged kids.  There are so many ideas bubbling in my mind for this book.  I hope to try a few more when we have extra time.  Things have just been crazy over here at my house. Sure you all know how that is!  This activity is perfect for the kids though.  Even when we do not have lots of time to prep.  Set the kids up and let them have fun. 

Fingerprint Witches

So you might know I have a fingerprint obsession.  Yes, I just admitted it, lol.  Fingerprint art is so much fun for the kids and I to create.  I love capturing their little prints too in our art.  With Halloween fast approaching we set out to create several fingerprint art designs.  Here is one of them, Witch Fingerprint Art.

Fingerprint Shark Art

Shark Week started August 10th.  I have told myself year after year that next year me and the kids will do something fun for shark week. Well, here it is almost the end of shark week and I finally have a post for you.  If you follow my blog for all the best kid activities and craft ideas, then you know we LOVE fingerprint art.  A few weeks ago I did buy the boys some shark printed snack bags at Target.  I was getting a bag out this week and thinking of what to do with the boys and Fingerprint Sharks came to mind.  The one image on the bag looked just like a finger to me.  So we set out to make shark art for shark week!

Fingerprint Fish Art for Kids

We love fingerprint art.  So once we start with one project we often do several at once.  The kids love to keep pressing their finger to the paper.  They often end up at the table finger painting when we work on fingerprint art projects.  We already did the Crab Family and Coconut Tree and today we share our Fingerprint Fish.

Fingerprint Coconut Tree

We could not do just one beach inspired fingerprint craft so we had to try our "finger" at a coconut tree too.  Yesterday we brought you our Fingerprint Crab Family and today we have the Fingerprint Coconut Tree craft for kids.

We were inspired for this project from this Pin on Pinterest.

Fingerprint Crabs Craft

We have the beach and all things beach on the brain over here at my house.  We love taking a summer trip to the beach to enjoy the sand and sunshine.  The kids and I have been having a little fun with beach or ocean inspired crafts lately.  Here is just one print craft we made.  The Fingerprint Crabs are a favorite of mine.  

Rainbow Caterpillar Fingerprint Craft

The kids love to make print crafts. I think the fact that the simple prints transforms into bugs, animals... just amazes them. The Rainbow Caterpillar was just as fun and exciting as our other print crafts in the past.  One day I will look back and wonder how they ever had such small prints to make.

10+ Mother's Day Gift Ideas Kids Love To Make

Special Edition 10 Things Kids Love- 

Mother's Day Gifts

With Mother's Day right around the corner I have put together a list with craft ideas for the kids to make for mom or grandma... I came across so many great ideas I decided to extend this post to include more than just 10 gift ideas for you.  Hope you may find one idea you and the kids can enjoy.  I see many things I would love as gifts.  Hint Hint Hubby;-)

Creative Cherry Blossom Tree Crafts for Kids

A few weeks ago I brought to my husband's attention that he had yet to get me a cherry tree for the yard.  He said ok we will go look for one.  Well a few weeks later, and many busy days as always over here, and we have yet to go look.  So I figured if I could not have a cherry blossom tree in the yard this spring I would just help fill an afternoon with the kids crafting them.  We set out to bring you 5 Cherry Tree Crafts for Kids this week.  We are not the only ones who love the cherry tree.  This list today not only shares our 5 cherry tree craft ideas but more awesome crafts from around the web.

How To Make Colored Salt

Why do you need to make colored salt?   Colored Salt can be fun to use in kid art projects and kid activities.  Adding fun colors to any activity seems to just make it more exciting for kids.  It gives it that visual sensory element that the plain white salt might be lacking. That is not to say that white salt cannot be fun all on its own.  We have an upcoming project that required salt so I decided to color it. With Spring and St. Patrick's Day coming up, I went for a rainbow theme with our salt.  Today I share how to make rainbow salt.

St. Patrick's Day Kid Activities and Crafts {kids co-op 2-27}

Check out last weeks Kids Co-op found HERE.  Now lets get ready for this weeks Link up.  If you blog share your fun kid center post.  If you do not blog  take a minute to look through the list below to see what fun ideas you can use for you and the kids.  I always find something that I can't wait to try.

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Rainbow Fingerprint Flower ~ Family Art

Yes, Yes, I know I have gone rainbow crazy.  But these fun and bright colors are just what I need to start thinking spring.  They are also a fun way to go over colors with my kids.  The Rainbow Fingerprint Flower Family Art was bound to happen.  If you follow my site/blog then you know we have been on a family fingerprint artwork kick too.  Since the winter inspired fingerprint art is now put away, it was time to create some fun spring inspired art to replace them.

Rainbow Fingerprint Birds

I finally put away our Penguin Fingerprint Family Art we made.  Now it was time to come up with something to start some spring fever over here! Except for the pollen, I can not wait for the Spring Weather over here. The Rainbow Fingerprint birds were just what we needed to help us get ready for it.  These Fingerprint Birds are a great addition to our art wall.

Penguin Family Fingerprint Art

During the fall the kids and I set out to start making more hand, foot, and fingerprint art.  It is fun for all 3 of my boys to help with.  They are 1yr, 2yr, and 5yr.  My kids love to dip, or have painted hands and feet or finger tips, to help create these works of art.  With winter in the air we have been working on our winter inspired print art.  We have created a footprint snowmen,  penguin footprints, and now we have the fingerprint penguin family.  This art project is a wonderful keepsake.  We created it similar to our DIY Snowman Fingerprint Christmas Cards.  Our penguin family fingerprint art was fun to create and is now a wonderful decoration for the winter months. 

Footprint Christmas Tree

One of my newest loves is footprint art.  It is great for my multiple aged kids to all make one art project and it's a wonderful keepsake for me to cherish as they grow.  Gosh do they grow so fast.  Soon these fun and easy footprint Christmas tree projects will be a thing of the past.  I love being able to enjoy them while I can at this age and look forward to the years to come. So while they are still young, enjoy art projects with mom, and their feet fit on paper, we shall make footprint art.

50+ Christmas Activities For The Kids

It's the most wonderful time of the year.  I love the holidays, always have.  Now, having kids, they are even more enjoyable.  Getting to craft, bake, decorate, play holiday games, and more with the kids is something I look forward to each year.  Seeing my kid's faces when we create a new craft or make up a fun activity with a holiday theme is the best Christmas gift for me.  There are so many wonderful Christmas ideas out there for the kids that I compiled a list of over 50 ideas for us to have all in one spot.  Now we have a "go to" list to help us on those days we need ideas to keep the kids busy and/or make new holiday memories with our families.  

Handprint Turkey - Thanksgiving crafts for Young Kids

Turkey Handprints are a family tradition at my house.  I look forward to them each year.  We love to find new ways to decorate them at my house.  This year I decided to let each kid do their own unique decoration.  The fingerprint turkey was perfect for my toddler.  And we both loved making it together.

10+ Ideas To Keep The Kids Busy With Paint Featured From The Kid's Co-op(and this weeks link up 6-13)

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On last weeks Kids Co-op found here, I came across several activities with paint.  Paint is one of my toddlers favorite things right now and big brother enjoys it too.  I decided to feature all the paint post I noticed in this weeks Kids Co-op.  I found a few ideas for us over here and hope you find a few too.  Can't wait to see what is shared this week!  

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This Weeks Features 

1.  Bird Craft Window Art by My Nearest and Dearest

2.  Painting with Feathers by Stir The Wonder

3.  Rainy Day Fixes: Art by Our Ordinary Life

4.  Messy Playdate by  Suzy Homeschooler

5.  Blackpool Tower by Le Baby Bakery

6.  Puffy Cloud Painting by Atchoo

7.  Handprint Parrot by House of Burke

8.  Fingerprint Fireflies by Rubber Boots and Elf Shoes

9.  Gooey Color Paint Exploring by Powerful Mothering 

10.  Ladybug Foot Print by Juggling With Kids

11.  Paint A Tree by FSPDT

12. Toddler Cooking with Cornflour Paint & Colour! by Mummy Musing and Mayhem

13.  Face Prints by Paint On The Ceiling 

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