Stay at Home Archives

September 13, 2021 No Responses

Lockdown Arts Activities Your Kids (Probably) Haven’t Done, Yet

Well, Sydney, we hav some light at the end of our lockdown tunnel, but it’s probably still a couple of months before we get to some sort of “new normal.” And, Victoria, you absolute legends, you’ve been at this thing...

April 9, 2020 No Responses

Stay-at-Home Arts Activities & Classes for Kids by Australian Artists

*This article may contain affiliate links. As we continue to stay at home during the Covid-19 crisis, most of us with children are, to some extent, turning to the arts to keep busy and happy. At the same time, the...

March 25, 2020 No Responses

The Music of Nature – A Scavenger Hunt

The arts and nature: I always think of them as cousins in terms of how fundamental they are to our souls. And then, sometimes, they are one in the same. Like some nature painting. Or, how nature makes its own...

March 15, 2020 No Responses

How to Support the Arts When the Arts Are Going Dark

We are all trying to figure out how COVID-19 is going to change our lives: Will schools be cancelled (if yours hasn’t, already)? Is working from home an option? How much of a pantry stash do we need? By now,...

November 30, 2019 2 Responses

25 Gorgeous Australian Picture Books From 2019

Last year, I rounded up 2018 with a compilation of 20 of my favorite Australian picture books. This year, it has been my joyful task to do my best to see as many of the picture books published in Australia...

August 23, 2019 No Responses

Kid Recommended Books!

I have been doing a guest post series on the theme “A Book My Child Adores” for Australian Book Week for 3 years now. That series, plus some of the ones I’ve reviewed here, make up a nice collection of...

July 24, 2018 2 Responses

Artsplorers Learn to Sew: A Lifetime Skill With Unexpected Lessons

It started with Friendly The Echidna. A few months ago, we went to one of the Museum of Contemporary Art’s fantastic school holidays programs where the project was to sew a felt animal. Honestly, I did the better part of...

June 17, 2017 No Responses

Painting Terracotta Pots: Make a Windowsill Herb Garden

If your family is anything like mine, your arts and crafts projects tend to be messy and fun, but not often particularly useful. While we love art for art’s sake, how good is a project that will get daily use...

March 4, 2017 No Responses

Rainy Day Nature Painting (And Puddle Walk!)

After watching it rain for the better part of the morning (better part of the week, actually!), I decided it was time for the mini-Artsplorer and I to buck up and embrace the weather. We tossed on our best gum...

September 29, 2016 12 Responses

A Colourful Mini Matisse Activity

Shannon Wong-Nizic is the mastermind behind bright and ever-cheerful Oh Creative Day blog. I’m so delighted that she’s sharing one her projects with Artsplorers – a Matisse inspired paper cutting craft activity that can be adapted for even th...