Teaching Kids Art Through Picture Books

🌸Happy Mother's Day !🌸 to all you mamas and grandmas whose work often goes unseen, but yields fruit forever in those children you are pouring into with love day after day after day. You are doing good work! I love meeting your kids and getting to see the next generation being shepherded and loved so well. Thank you for the work you do. I see you; I honor you, and I am honored to stand with you as a mom and grandma--awed by the scope of this calling.

 To celebrate moms, I wanted to give your kids some help making cards--which ironically, you probably will have to help them make! But maybe you can use this idea to help your kids make cards for your own moms or a person you want to honor who is like a mom to your kids.

You will need these supplies:

• a blank card or piece of paper and an envelope (if you intend to mail the card)
• colored scrap paper like an old catalog, construction paper, wrapping paper, old cards
• scissors
• glue

Step 1: Gather your supplies

Step 2: If you are mai...

Sometimes this time of year you are looking for ways to keep kids interested in giving to others, in showing love in the spirit of the season. It is all too easy for any of us, but especially for kids, to think that Christmas is all about what they get on Christmas Day. When you spend time showing them a creative way to brighten someone else's day, there is no need to say anything-they should be automatically motivated to give something away. That's a win-win, because they had fun creating something, and they will bring joy to whoever receives their homemade Christmas card. Plus, they made a fun memory doing something artistic.

Here is an idea for making Christmas cards that is fun to make and fun to give: the ever-popular pop-up Christmas card! 

Making a pop-up card isn't hard. All you need are a few simple supplies: (These are Amazon Associate links-no extra cost to you, just helpful to support Storygalorey-thank you!)

• scrap pieces of colored and white paper
• 2 pieces of constru...