block party

It has been terribly dreary and gloomy, stormy and rainy in this part of the world lately. Will the rain ever stop? We are not sure. So I thought I'd give us all a little dose of color today. Hopefully, this will do the trick. 

This is one of our most recent rainy-day projects. I can't get enough of the Kid Made Modern craft sets. This one is called 'Block Party' and it provided days of fun.

 Paint a little, let it dry. Have a snack. Come right back. Paint a little more. 

 Paint a tiny building.

Or a little sailboat.

 Paint with rainbow colors. Anything goes.

Such a simple idea, and what a fabulous result. Mini works of art that become a tiny city. Little canvases to build with. If you're in the market for some rainy day fun, grab some Kid Made Modern art supplies or kits at Target.

Check out some of our other adventures with Kid Made Modern right here.

Paper Tape + Book Project

Charley Harper Bird Mobile

Charley Harper/Kid Made Modern bird mobile

Man, life has been a little bit crazy around here since school started. I haven't been blogging as much, but I have been doing things. Knitting. Baking. Running Lo around to school and various activities. Hanging with the baby. And I painted this Kid Made Modern Charley Harper bird set. I even managed to make it into a mobile for Bowie's room. 

 

I know you have seen these super cool kits at Target. Ugh. They are so fantastic. I want them all. (I saw Halloween Kid Made Modern craft sets the other day, too! Fun.) So this is the set I used.

Here's what the wooden birds look like before you paint them. Lots of nice outlines to guide you, which makes this super easy. Gotta love Charley Harper's illustrations.

The kit comes with lots of paint (more colors than you'll need, which is great.) And it's not paint-by-number so you can feel free to do whatever you want. The brushes are included and they're really nice high-quality art brushes.

Want to make a mobile? Paint those birds. Done. So bright and awesome. I went over the black lines with a Sharpie after the paint dried, and painted the back of each piece with a solid color.

After all the pieces had been painted, I busted out my favorite Kikkerland Gallery Mobile (I have used this mobile several times before with other random projects.) Clips plus birds equals mobile.

So now this hangs in Bowie's room. He loves checking out the bright shapes and colors. (Safety note: if you hang a homemade mobile like this in a child's room, be sure it's well out of reach. We don't need babies trying to eat painted wooden birds. Seriously.)

It's kind of hard to get a good pic of this thing (because it keeps moving and twirling) but trust me, it's pretty. Yay, Kid Made Modern. Keep the awesome coming. I can't get enough. Check out another Kid Made Modern project that Lo and I made a couple of months ago, right here.

kid made modern: tape + book project

I just about flipped when I first saw all of the Kid Made Modern kits and art supplies at Target. (Did you, too?) I'm a big Todd Oldham fan. Also a huge fan of this book. And I couldn't wait to get my hands on some of this stuff.

Lo was super excited about the Diary Kit in particular, and I was stoked about the colorful paper tape. Amongst other things.

The diary kit is fantastic, by the way. It includes these great stamps and stamp pad, sticker sheets, markers, classic diary-style multi-colored pen, and of course, the diary itself. (That pen. I totally had one in junior high. Wrote all of my most important notes with it!) The solid tape set comes with 9 different colors. And we decided to cover the diary with the tape! This was tons of fun. Kids love tape. (Umm, I love tape.)

Word. It turned out so cool. This was such a great activity for us to work on when we were stuck indoors during the endless heat advisory we experienced last week. And I definitely want to do more crafts like this during our last days of summer vacation. Go pick up some of these great sets at Target! We're already working on something new with the Charlie Harper wooden bird set. So. Cool.

kid made modern: tape + book project

I just about flipped when I first saw all of the Kid Made Modern kits and art supplies at Target. (Did you, too?) I'm a big Todd Oldham fan. Also a huge fan of this book. And I couldn't wait to get my hands on some of this stuff.

Lo was super excited about the Diary Kit in particular, and I was stoked about the colorful paper tape. Amongst other things.

The diary kit is fantastic, by the way. It includes these great stamps and stamp pad, sticker sheets, markers, classic diary-style multi-colored pen, and of course, the diary itself. (That pen. I totally had one in junior high. Wrote all of my most important notes with it!) The solid tape set comes with 9 different colors. And we decided to cover the diary with the tape! This was tons of fun. Kids love tape. (Umm, I love tape.)

Word. It turned out so cool. This was such a great activity for us to work on when we were stuck indoors during the endless heat advisory we experienced last week. And I definitely want to do more crafts like this during our last days of summer vacation. Go pick up some of these great sets at Target! We're already working on something new with the Charlie Harper wooden bird set. So. Cool.