When your kids want creative project, it's fun to make art journal background pages. Then when you have journaling ideas, you already have beautiful backgrounds ready to go. We use spiral bound journals with mixed media papers because this works for watercolors, acrylics, pen, and pencil such as this journal from Strathmore or this one from Dylusions. 6 Art Journal Backgrounds For Kids 1. … [Read more...]
Art Journals with Kids
by Susan Getty, mom, librarian, and blogger. Art Journals With Kids Post #2 (Art Journals With Kids Post #1) Art Journals with Kids In mid-November, I posted on my blog about the idea of creating artist/writer's journals as a group project with my girls and some of their friends (Artist/Writer's Journaling Begins). Completely inspired by Jess at Teachable Moments, I had been wanting to … [Read more...]
Art Journals With Kids
Today I invite you to join me in art journaling with your kids in the experience, too. I began to explore art journaling after realizing how much joy I find in creating. Before kids, I used my music and dance to channel my creativity. Now, I found myself missing that creative part of self different than my writing. Beginnings of Art Journaling While in the mountains, we used our blank books, … [Read more...]