The Artful Year: Celebrating the Seasons and Holidays with Crafts and Recipes--Over 175 Family- Friendly Activities
by Jean Van't Hul Author
(From Amazon): From the author of The Artful Parent--a year's worth of art projects, seasonal activities, and recipes for simple, family-friendly crafting through the seasons and holidays. Celebrating the seasons and holidays is a wonderful opportunity to embrace creativity together as a family. It's also a fun way to decorate, prepare for, and learn about the holidays we celebrate. In The Artful Year, you'll find art activites, crafts, recipes, and more to help make each season special. By doing so, your family will create memories and mementos, you'll develop creative growth in your children and yourself, and you'll have lots of fun! The book includes: • Arts and crafts, using the materials, colors, and themes of the season • Decorations to make as a family • Favorite seasonal recipes that are fun for children to help make (and eat) • Ideas for celebrating the holidays together • Suggested reading lists of children's picture books about the seasons and holidays The Artful Year is a fun and active resource for crafting and celebrating around the year!
Additional Details
- Resource Type
- Book
- ISBN
- 1611801494
- Print Status
- In Print
- Activities
- 57
- Pages
- 288
- Suggested Grades
- Early Years - 4th
- Publisher
- Roost Books
- Copyright
- 2015
Activities
- 1 Nature Observation and Collection Walk
- 2 Observing Wildlife
- 3 Nature Tables
- 4 Nature's Colors Scavenger Hunt
- 5 Playdough
- 6 Nature Suncatchers
- 7 Nature Stained Glass Windows
- 8 Melted Crayon Suncatchers
- 9 Embroidery Around the Year
- 10 Decorated Rocks
- 11 Potato Printing
- 12 Salty Watercolors Around the Year
- 13 Melted Crayon Rocks
- 14 Pressing Autumn Leaves
- 15 Leaf Doodles
- 16 Painted Paper Leaves
- 17 A Brown Paper Tree
- 18 Leaf-Rubbings Stained Glass
- 19 Plaster Leaf Casts
- 20 Mixed-Media Autumn Trees
- 21 Melted Crayon Leaves
- 22 Painting Acorns and Pinecones
- 23 Felt-Leaf Garland
- 24 Thankful Stones
- 25 Thanksgiving Leaf Banner
- 26 Beaded Salt Dough Ornaments
- 27 Stained Glass Salt Dough Ornaments
- 28 Salt Dough Gingerbread House Lantern
- 29 Candy Cane Playdough Gifts
- 30 Happy New Year Bunting
- 31 Foil Snowflakes
- 32 Coffee Filter Snowflakes
- 33 Colored Ice Snowman Decorations
- 34 Nature Ice Wreath
- 35 Pinecone Bird Treats
- 36 Valentine's Day Suncatchers
- 37 Heart Doily Printed T-Shirt
- 38 Melted Crayon Heartstrings
- 39 Ribbon-Laced Valentine Card
- 40 Easter Egg Suncatchers
- 41 Melted Crayon Easter Eggs
- 42 Glitter Eggs
- 43 Tissue Paper Nests
- 44 Bluebird Paperchain
- 45 Leafy Masterpieces
- 46 Marshmallow Sculptures
- 47 Forest Diorama
- 48 Painted Birdhouses
- 49 Artful Pinwheels
- 50 Melted Crayon Stained Glass Bunting
- 51 Melted Bead Suncatchers
- 52 Melted Bead Suncatcher Mobile
- 53 Glue Batik Flags
- 54 Sand Art
- 55 Chalk Paint
- 56 Beaded Bubble Wands
- 57 Quick Backyard Teepee
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