Crafts: Painting and Drawing

  • Painted Mittens Gift Box Or Artful Winter Decor!

    Painted Mittens Gift Box Or Artful Winter Decor!

    I’ve dusted this one off from the archives as it goes wonderfully well with my latest cereal box doodle umbrella craft! Enjoy. Ready to practice your painting and drawing skills and make the funnest winter themed gift box ever? What can I tell you, this one is a winner, not just the color combo, but…

  • Recycling Winter Craft: Cereal Box Cardboard Umbrellas!

    Recycling Winter Craft: Cereal Box Cardboard Umbrellas!

    Introducing cereal box umbrellas to use in garlands, as gift tags, place cards, or art journaling fodder, just for starters! There is something so very cute about these umbrellas that the more the better, plus they are so much fun to make, not to mention great to have on hand for any party or decor…

  • Stand-Up Cardboard Dreidel Craft For Chanukah!

    Stand-Up Cardboard Dreidel Craft For Chanukah!

    The wonderful thing about Chanukah is that it is eight days long, so we can make crafts during the holiday as well as leading up to the holiday! And of course simple recycling crafts that pack up well to save for next year and years to come are truly the best! One such craft is…

  • Watercolor Butterfly Cut-Outs For Collage, Art Journaling And Crafting

    Watercolor Butterfly Cut-Outs For Collage, Art Journaling And Crafting

    Now is a great time to paint loose watercolor butterflies and then add details with a fine line pen and some paint pens, and voila, some really great looking butterflies to use in so many ways are born! They’d be great as cake toppers, gift tags, collage elements, or as a wall hanging or mobile,…

  • Apple Card Rosh HaShana Jewish New Year’s Cards

    Apple Card Rosh HaShana Jewish New Year’s Cards

    Reposting this from 3 years ago and silly me, just realized that of course my son’s birthday is coming up again so time to make him a card, like right now! You on the other hand may have a few days? One of my sweet sons has a 17th birthday tomorrow, just two days shy…

  • Giant DIY Cardboard Cactus Craft

    Giant DIY Cardboard Cactus Craft

    Who doesn’t love a giant cardboard cactus, especially as a craft for kids? Though honestly, I think I need to make one or a few, for myself……in pink and blue too! First of all, I can’t take credit for this, the photos, (taken in what it looks like a really nice kid’s creativity center possibly…

  • DIY Giant Cardboard Shark Craft For Kids

    DIY Giant Cardboard Shark Craft For Kids

    Summer is the perfect time to delve into large scale crafts that kids can use to decorate a space, use as backdrops for a summer skit, or for creative play. While this is not my idea nor my photos, the photos are by Ron Lach, I just love this idea and all the creativity that…

  • DIY Loose-Leaf Watercolor Art Journal With Lettering, For Counting The Omer

    DIY Loose-Leaf Watercolor Art Journal With Lettering, For Counting The Omer

    I’m sharing this a bit on the late side to actually be inspired this year, that is to use my idea and make a loose-leaf watercolor counting the Omer art journal, but you could certainly make the journal anytime and save it for next year, or use it as a gift or for some other…

  • Painted Watercolor Feather Cut-Outs For Crafting

    Painted Watercolor Feather Cut-Outs For Crafting

    Painted watercolor feather cut-outs are so fun to paint and make great decorations for any occasion, or to use as part of craft project truly any time! It is true I painted these for the Jewish holiday of L’Ag B’Omer because one of the symbols of the holiday is the bow and arrow, and arrows…

  • Watercolor Art For Loose-Bound Art Journal Pages

    Watercolor Art For Loose-Bound Art Journal Pages

    Hello watercolors! It has been quite a while since I’ve touched any paint, so I decided to wade back in with baby steps by starting with watercolors, (mostly those in a tube) and then using those watercolors to make a new loose leaf art journal which I’ll be using to count the Omer, the 49…

  • Recycling Pyramid Crafts For Passover

    Recycling Pyramid Crafts For Passover

    With Passover starting in just one week, the pressure is on, at least for those of us responsible for cleaning our homes (and at the very least our kitchens) from top to bottom, albeit with help from the husband and teens, phew! I don’t think I’ll have much time for crafting other than some origami…

  • Cardboard Passover Pyramid Craft

    Cardboard Passover Pyramid Craft

     Hoping to make a bunch of cardboard and recycled cardboard pyramids this year, but for now, reposting this from the archives to give you a head start! With Passover arriving this coming Saturday night, now is the time to fit in some last minute crafting in anticipation of this wonderful holiday, and possibly keep the…