Tutorial - Make Toddler Art Greeting Cards

Create refrigerator-worthy cards with kids art

Tutorial at Just Measuring Up Blog

"There are so many cards out there that creatively use kids' hand and footprints. Although cute, I always had trouble getting one decent hand or footprint from my son. As soon as he was old enough to paint, I had him use cotton swabs, instead of paint brushes, so he could easily dab the paint onto the paper. (Now he uses paintbrushes, sponge brushes and foam stampers). As you can see, his paintings are quite abstract".... Read more

Tutorial - How to Make Twig and Cereal Art

A twig and cereal craft that combines nature elements and food art

Tutorial at Non Toy Gifts Blog

"My two little boys get more excited about science experiments than crafts but every now and then a fun idea will make them want to join me in a creative challenge. Take this spring craft, for instance, I managed to combine three elements they love: a nature walk, painting and a delicious snack like the Post cereals. They couldn’t resist it and had to give me a helping hand in crafting these simple and adorable flowers made out of twigs and cereals".... Read more

Tutorial - How to Make a Mixed Media Background

Mixed media is the rage nowadays - create ten mixed media backgrounds

Tutorial at Kalasirjana Blog

"Here's the Challenge Theme - Create your own background.It could be on a card,layout or an altered project. No pattern paper allowed. Use tools like stamps, handmade or commercial stencils, paints, watercolours, texture pastes, embossing or anything else that strikes your fancy and show us your creative experiments. Here are few of my trials, I did quite a few backgrounds but was not able to finish all of them,  I do hope you'll like them"....Read more

Tutorial - How to Make Textile Wall Art

Quick and customizable textile wall hangings

Tutorial at AKI 1 a.m. Blog

"I have a white room with white furniture and was looking for ways to add some colour to it. After a few minutes of Pinterest browsing I planned on making this wall hanging that embodies both elements of my work and my need for colour. My collection of craft materials is quiet huge, I often buy items that catch my fancy and aren’t too expensive even if I don’t plan to use them for the project in hand. So, gathering elements for the wall hanging was a breeze.  You could customize the elements and colour palette according to materials available. I went with a pink and orange palette, adding shades of purple to it. Following is a pictorial step-by-step guide to arranging and adding elements".... Read more

Tutorial - Make a Felt Rainbow Nursery Wall Art

Colorful felt is hand sewn using simple stitches

Tutorial at Smiling Colors Blog

"Learn how to make an easy colorful rainbow wall art that is perfect to decorate your kids room or nursery! A step by step photo tutorial included.  Step 1: Paint your canvas. I chose a bright blue and gave it a streaky white look by using a dry brush with a little white paint".... Read more

Tutorial - How to Draw Plants

Draw everyday if you really want to see yourself improving

Tutorial at The Tender Garden Blog

"Do you love plants and drawing?? I've always loved drawing and sketching things but plants weren't really the things that I drew often. I would say it's easier than drawing faces, people or animal so maybe this will be a good daily quick task for you to do if you just started getting in to drawing or doing croquis. I'll be sharing how I practice drawing plants and this tutorial is more about for you to see how you improve on drawing plants as you practice more, rather than making a perfect drawing".... Read more

Tutorial - Downloadable Hand Drawn Arrow Designs

Have fun using these on cards, posts, pictures

Tutorial at Curly Made Blog

"Today I decided to share a new freebie. Sometimes simple elements like these arrows, really come in handy, especially for that "hand drawn look" kind of design.  The files are available in: transparent background png, eps vectors and editable pdf.  Have fun using these on your cards, posts, pictures".... Read more

Tutorial - How to Make Mixed Media Canvas Art

Add cheerful art to your craft space

Tutorial at Smiling Colors Blog

"I’m making a one of a kind, unique, as colorful as can be piece of wall art today, and I will walk you through the steps of this #diy mixed media painting along the way. It’s time to get crafting! The beauty of a mixed media canvas is that you can use whatever supplies you have on hand and get creative with them. But for your reference, here is a list of things I am using".... Read more

Tutorial - How to Make Half Painted Frame Art

Bring attention to art with a simple detail

Tutorial at The Tender Garden Blog

"I bought this frame from a thrift shop for $4 and decided to change it into a minimal frame art. Pretty much I only spent $4 to create this home deco item so you don't need to spend a lot to make this! It's also a very easy and simple DIY tutorial so there aren't a lot of steps to follow".... Read more

Tutorial - How to Make a Tissue Paper Bottle Art

Jazz up old bottles with this easy tutorial

Tutorial at Homemade Hooplah Blog

"I have a confession to make: I’ve saved all of our empty wine bottles and wine corks for the past 3 years.  Fortunately The Boyfriend and I don’t drink that much wine, but the floor of our spare bedroom is like a boneyard of all the wine we that we have drunk. There are easily 50+ bottles just sitting there, collecting dust. And if that didn’t make make me sound like a hoarder, I also have zip lock bags of wine corks stashed in cabinets and inbetween the couch cushions and all sorts of other odd places.  The only excuse I have for this behavior? Pinterest tells me it’s a good idea. Because “one day” all of these wine bottles and corks will be turn into dazzling displays of DIY art".... Read more

Tutorial - How to Make Pineapple Mold Art

Upcycle a jello mold into a room decoration

Tutorial at Sister's What Blog

"I kind of have a confession to make, this awesome pineapple art was initially an intended gift for my sister Sierra (you may remember her obsession with pineapple, well we all love pineapple). I found the mold at the thrift store and knew it had potential. After I sprayed painted it gold and put it on some wood I suddenly became selfish. The husband solidified this when he said that he actually liked it  (he is often a skeptic at first of my brilliant ideas). The fact that he liked it made it harder to giveaway, sorry Sierra. Don't worry, I had a second brilliant idea in mind for her also involving a gold pineapple (will be on the blog soon enough), so she didn't lose out".... Read more

Tutorial - Mini Canvas Art with Fabric Scraps

Great way to use favorite fabric scraps

Tutorial at Mad for Fabric Blog

"In celebration of Valentine’s Day, what better way to use up my beloved Liberty London scraps than with mini canvas art. This can be done using just small pieces of treasured fabrics from your stash. See instructions on how to make this tiny canvas art".... Read more

Tutorial - Recycle Cabinet Doors into Works of Art

Turn old discarded cabinet doors into unique art pieces

Tutorial at Girl in Pink Blog

"I recently brought home several cabinet doors from our local home salvage store.  I wasn’t sure at the time what I would do with them, but at just a couple of dollars each, I decided I couldn’t pass them up. Weeks later I found myself dusting those cabinet doors off with the intention of creating some seasonal art to sell in my booth at Camas Antiques using Artisan Enhancement’s Image Transfer Gel.  I discovered a few copyright free vintage images I loved on The Graphics Fairy website and began to devise a plan".... Read more

Tutorial - How to Do Ink Wash Typography

Easy typography art - cheap and takes about 20 minutes

Tutorial at Miss P Blog

"Having had "such fun" (as Miranda would say ;) with ink washes on my DIY Wall Art project, I've been brainstorming other ways to incorporate some more into our new home. I like some of the typographic art that's out there but not necessarily the printed kind. Graphic prints are not really my thing. So I decided to have a play at creating my own with a slightly more handmade/arty feel".... Read more

Tutorial - How to Make Abstract Wall Art

Abstract wall art so easy children can do it

Tutorial at Miss P Blog

"Since we moved at the end of August we've been busy painting and decorating. We are finally at the stage where we can start with the fun part. Pulling room schemes together with accessories, soft furnishings and.....art! At the moment we're focussing on the lounge. It's evolving as a palette of greys, plums, mauves and neutrals. For some time we have been looking for some artwork to go in these three frames that we both liked and that complements our new room scheme. Frustrated with fruitless searching, and unable to look at a bare wall for much longer we went down the DIY route as a temporary fix, and this was the result".... Read more

Tutorial - How to Make Fabric Scrap Art

Unique craft to decorate your sewing area

Tutorial at Mad for Fabric Blog

"I loved how my first Liberty fabric scrap art project turned out so I decided to create another canvas art with a mixed media twist. This canvas art was made using Liberty fabric scraps, scrapbooking card stock, bead wire, and scrap leather ... Sew the fabric scraps together using a sewing machine or hand sew using a needle and thread. I pieced together a fabric scrap approximately 9″ wide by 6″ tall" Read more

Tutorial - How to Make a Name Maze

Make a maze in the shape of any name

Tutorial at Craftosaurus Blog

"Before making any permanent marks on your paper, you will need to decide where you are going to place your start/finish and the general trail of your correct path. Lightly sketch the guideline for your correct path. Now, any place the path crosses over the edge of a letter, erase a small section to leave an opening for the path to cross. Erase to leave openings in any other areas where you want to allow dead end paths to cross over letters".... Read more

Tutorial - How to Make a Mandala Painting

You don't have to be an artist to make this

Tutorial at Curly Made Blog

"Sometimes painting is really soothing to me, I don't mind painting complex patterns or shapes as long as I have a nice audiobook to listen to I can be painting for a couple hours without feeling bored. I've been wanting to make something colorful for my living room for some time. Finally last week I got around to do it. Because I wanted something with a lot of color and "kind" of geometric a mandala seemed like a good option. You will need: Canvas, Acrylic paint in different colors, Paintbrush, Permanent pen".... Read more

Tutorial - Water Bottle Sculpture

Turn empty water bottles into an art project

Tutorial at Vicki Smith Art with Kids Blog

"This was a collaborative art project that I did with all the children in the school where I teach and inspired by the American glass sculptor Dale Chihuly. My husband brought home the empty Poland Spring bottles from work and I washed them all in sudsy water in our basement utility sink. My husband also helped out by making this handy drying rack. Each bottle was painted twice with contrasting colors of Martha Stewart's acrylic craft paint. She has some beautiful metallics. When the bottles are cut apart, the first color shows on the inside of the bottle and the second coat shows on the outside".... Read more

Tutorial - Junk Mail Flower Art

Recycle junk mail and leaves into art

Tutorial at Grow Creative Blog

"Ready for another art project?  I've had this one on my mind ever since I made my Junk Mail Flowers and Painted Fall Leaves last fall.  Once you have those two items made, the rest is easy and quick! Materials:Junk Mail Flowers, Painted Leaves (I made these with yellow fall leaves, but you can use green ones too), Heavy Weight Paper, Pencil, Needle, Tacky Glue, Picture Frame".... Read more