Kidz b Kidz – Art for a Good Cause

At May 2, 2012
By artistbabysitting
In Art Education, Crafts, Drawing, Painting, Volunteering
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This may be the perfect combination of art and a good cause – a non profit organization called Kidz b Kidz!

Kidz b Kidz is powered by kids and mentored by adults. They teach children about empathy and the importance of helping others, and encourage them to find ways to use their artful hands and generous spirits to do good in the world. Kidz b Kidz inspires kids to create heartfelt artwork that is used in products sold to foster healing and comfort in a child’s hospital experience and to support medical research.

Check out their website below for more info:

http://www.kidzbkidz.com/

Children’s Museum of the Arts

At March 24, 2012
By artistbabysitting
In Art Education, Drawing, Education, Events, NYC Specific
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Does your child enjoy art? Do you enjoy museums and places where your child can interact with other kids? Do you also enjoy perhaps not getting paint all over your apartment, maybe? Well, consider a visit to the Children’s Museum of the Arts in lower Manhattan! Visit http://www.cmany.org/ for hours, classes, exhibits and more! Pretty exciting stuff!

Smencils!

No, not pencils. . . SMENcils! Give them as a practical Halloween treat! Or perhaps stocking stuffers for the holidays? Or just cuz you want ‘em!

They are made from 100% recycled newspaper and plastic, and then dipped in fun scents!

How it works: Sheets of newspaper are tightly rolled around the #2 graphite writing cores until pencils of typical thickness are formed. Then they’re hardened – allowing them to be sharpened just like wood pencils. Next, they are soaked with our gourmet liquid scents (made by an award winning fragrance company). Once they’re dry, they attach the erasers and apply the stickers around them that identify which scent was infused into each Smencil. Lastly, they put each Original Smencil into its own corn-based biodegradable Freshness Tube!

Fun fact: On average, 430 Smencils are made from a single edition of the Sunday New York Times!

Indoor Fun for Kids in NYC and LA!

At August 9, 2011
By artistbabysitting
In Art Education, Creative Learning, Design, Drawing, Education, Reading, Writing
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Want to encourage your child to write, draw, and read?! How about all three at once?! Take them to Scribble Press where they can create their very own books!

When you visit Scribble Press, you can make a book in five easy steps and take it home the same day! They offer a fully stocked studio to help you write and illustrate your book, and bind it as a hardcover or board book while you wait! You can also turn it into an eBook and share with family and friends online! In-store publishing projects start at just $15 and there are no additional studio fees.

There are locations in NYC on the Upper East and Upper West Side. And in LA in Santa Monica.

http://www.scribblepress.com/make-a-book

Jim Henson Exhibit

At July 30, 2011
By artistbabysitting
In Art Education, Creative Learning, Design, Drawing, Education, Theatre
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Do your kids love Kermit the Frog? Do YOU love Kermit? For New Yorkers, this is your chance to see him and the history of Jim Henson’s genius on display. From now until Jan 16th, the Museum of the Moving Image offers “Jim Henson’s Fantastic World” exhibit. Among other things on display, visitors can see the original Kermit puppet as well as Jim’ original drawings of Beaker. Hours and prices vary.

Check the museum website at http://www.movingimage.us/

It’s February….

At February 1, 2011
By artistbabysitting
In Crafts, Design, Drawing, Holiday, Painting
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February is finally here, and that means that it’s time to get your kids ready for Valentine’s day. As a child, my favorite thing about Valentine’s Day was always the Valentine Mailbox Competition we had at my school. This allowed all of the kids to bring out the doilies, spread on the glitter glue, and use their noggins to see who could make the most creative receptacle for those treasured notes from their classmates. There are no directions for this craft, but try using an old shoebox or pizza box for a base, and then bring out the wrapping paper, streamers, scissors, glue, glitter, ornaments, construction paper, fabric, ribbons, and anything else you can imagine and let your child’s imagination run wild. The sky is the limit, and I hope you truly enjoy this craft as much as I did.

For more information on Artist Babysitting, please visit our website at

www.artistbabysitting.com

Fall leaves with Construction paper & Glitter

At September 25, 2010
By artistbabysitting
In Art Education, Crafts, Creative Learning, Design, Drawing, Education, Fall, Painting
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Apple-Stamp Bag

At September 23, 2010
By artistbabysitting
In Art Education, Crafts, Creative Learning, Drawing, Education, Fall, Food, Green, Health, New Ideas, Outdoor Fun, Painting, Parenting
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Even the youngest picker can make this aptly apple-y sack to use on the next excursion to the local orchard.

Materials

Fabric bag (cloth grocery sacks work well)
Newspaper
Fabric paint (green, red and brown)

Paintbrush
Apple

Instructions

Fold over some newspaper and insert it into the fabric bag, laying it flat so that the paint will not seep through. With a brush, use brown paint to fashion a tree trunk and let dry.
Then use a horizontally cut apple to make leaves by brushing a thin layer of green fabric paint onto the apple and pressing it around the top of the trunk. Repeat several times (make sure to look for the star in the print).
After the green paint dries, cut an apple in half vertically. Pick the side that still has the stem and brush with red fabric paint. Then “hang” juicy apples on the tree.