Super cute craft apron that kids can help decorate.

I have to admit that sometimes it’s difficult to get pictures of Dot doing crafts because, well, the kid hates to be dressed.  That also means that she gets pretty filthy when we do some of our projects.  We’ve been able to solve both problems while creating a really fun craft.  We used fabric paints and markers to make her a special “craft apron” that she can wear when we’re doing our “little projects.”

To make this apron for kids, you will need:

• A kid’s apron (this one was $3 at Joann Fabrics)
• Fabric paint
• A fabric marker

You only need a few supplies to decorate a kid's craft apron.

Let your kiddo dip her finger in the fabric paint and stick it on the apron. Two green dots on top of each other make a cute frog.

Dot did hand prints on her craft apron, which is so fun because we can compare them as she grows.

Of course, you can decorate your kid's craft apron however you want.

After the paint dries, add eyes and smiles with your fabric marker.

The craft apron looked a little plain, so we added some words with the fabric marker.

What I Learned the Hard Way: Kids hate waiting for paint to dry.  ;-)

What you’ll need to do some bubble painting:

• Water
• Dish soap
• Shallow dishes or pans
• Straws
• Paper (we used blank cards and envelopes to make stationery)

Supplies for bubble painting.

Fill your pans about halfway full of water and add a couple of drops of dish soap.

Add in several drops of food coloring and stir. (It needs to be pretty dark to really show up on the paper.)

Insert a straw and start blowing until the bubbles are almost spilling over the top of the pan or dish.

I just thought this picture of bubbles was really cool, so I included it. ;-)

Lay your paper over the top of the pan and smoosh the bubbles down with it. ("Smoosh" is a very technical term, by the way.)

When you pick up the paper, you'll be able to see marks where the bubbles touched it. (You can actually see where a few bubbles are stuck on still. They pop on their own.)

Do this several times to cover the whole paper.  We also used more than one color on a paper to make more colorful designs.

Here are a few of our finished bubble art pieces:

Blue and purple bubble art hand made stationery.

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What I Learned the Hard Way: You need a LOT of food coloring in the water.  I think we ended up using about eight drops to about half a cup of water.

What Dot Learned the Hard Way: Blow, don’t suck.  (Oops!)

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