Where to start in Art for kids?

I know my kids were exposed to Art in their classrooms and certainly at home in the form of crafts and drawings, but we weren't sure where to start when it came to actually teaching them about the basics of Art, colors, lines, textures, etc....you get the point. What we found was a good introduction to Art for children online called KinderArt. It's a great website.

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Giotto inspired paint equals fun for kids

Scraping chalk with rocks and adding an egg yolk wash to create paint? Never heard of it! That is, until yesterday afternoon when the kids and I decided to study Art. It was messy, it was fun, and the paints came out great. Oh Giotto, thank you for the inspiration!

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Natural Dyed Cascarones for Easter

Some people hunt for Easter Eggs filled with money. Others hunt for Easter Eggs filled with candy. Still, depending on your culture, you may hunt for "cascarones," Easter eggs filled with confetti. If you grew up with me, you'd hunt for ...

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Chalk it up to the weather

I'm going to blame it on the weather! I'm also going to blame it on my husband. I can you know. Everything else is his fault! I'm going to blame it on my children. I'm even going to blame it on me! But if you really must the know the truth, I have to blame it on the weather! The weather is the root of all!

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What a Scrappin Mess

When this week started, I can honestly say that my house was halfway clean, but as the week is coming to an end, all I can think of is "What a mess!" It's all thanks to American Heritage Girls and even though my house looks like a tornado went through the dining room and it's driving me crazy, I'm totally grateful to them and here's why.

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