Holly's Arts and Crafts Corner

I haven't posted any art projects recently. So I just thought I'd throw a couple ideas out there for you.

If you are looking for some very inexpensive art materials, keep your eyes peeled for things at Target's One Spot area. That's the dollar area just inside the front door. Sometimes you can get really great stuff there for $1!

I got these picture frame kits there. They included the frame, glitter glue, rhinestones and other stickers. For ONE dollar! That's a REALLY good deal. If you bought all of the stuff included individually at Michael's it would cost you $7-10 for each frame set. This was a perfect project for my girls. They each created a frame for Nana Mary to take home with her. She's going to put a picture of each of the girls in their frame. Cute, right? And it's kind of a memory of their artwork at their current age.

I've also found little scrapbook paper sets with a good amount of paper in various themed patterns. We've used those to create little projects. Lily came up with this one all on her own! She just cut up the papers to make them into people. And attached the limbs by using stickers. How creative! I love this! And there's no messy glue.
I've seen card making kits there as well. Your kids could make the cards, or just use the materials in other art projects. You can always find cheap marker, pen, and notebook sets there too. Michael's has a similar dollar area with art projects, but they are usually character-specific (ie: Tinkerbell, Princesses, Cars, etc). I've been able to find more generic art materials at Target. So take a look next time you're there and see what you can find to help your kiddos expand their creativity.