Clare Youngs Inspired Sun Painting & Collage

These bright sun collages were a favorite summer art project inspired by artist Clare Youngs.

Sanna Annukka Inspired Watercolor + Chalk Birds

We’re excited to share this beautiful bird painting art project for kids inspired by artist Sanna Annukka. We are in the midst of the most fabulous summer!  Our 2nd “Pandemic [...]

Seascapes Inspired by Artist Shell Rummel

I was recently on the hunt for some new linens for our cabin when I discovered artist and designer Shell Rummel‘s line of dreamy textiles, and ended up lost for days down a deep rabbit [...]

Fabric Garland Wall Decor

We often paint on unprimed heavyweight duck cloth.  These beautiful garlands were made by simply sewing scraps of duck cloth into a garland.  These literally took about thirthy seven seconds a [...]

Memory Jars

These Memory Jars are such a fun way to capture children’s imaginations and preserve their favorite memories!  Literally. Who hasn’t wanted to save time in a bottle?  Well this simple [...]

Winter Reindeer

These adorable reindeer paintings were created by a full house of young artists in a winter break camp! The kids in this camp were mixed ages 5-12.  We did a quick instructional drawing with the [...]

Personified Owls

This owl painting project from our 5-9 yr. old classes was so adorable with his human-like features.

Altered Photographs

In this day and age of Photoshop and digital photo alteration, we were inspired to explore the lost art of altering photographs by hand!

Pete Cromer Inspired Koalas

Prepared to be overwhelmed by koala cuteness!

Llama Drawing Project

I’m really not sure how we’ve managed to not do a single llama drawing project in eight years, but this was a first for us! It will certainly not be the last!   When we plan an [...]