Favorite crafting and art blogs for young kids

Because Caitlyn is home with us we have the time to play as much as possible we can also spend as much or as little time on art or craft projects. The most important thing is that she has fun and enjoys anything we are doing. So for inspiration, I enjoy looking through books, websites, and of course other blogs. There are so many great bloggers out there nowadays that you don't have any excuse for not finding interesting ideas :). I look at things t that seem like fun and then we try them out. If, at any time, Caitlyn is not interested then we put things away to maybe try another time, or perhaps never.

So here are some of my favorite and inspirational craft and art blogs. If you have favorite ones as well, please share them in the comments section!

One of our favorites for art is The Artful Parent. Jean's blog is full of so many ideas for art and art resources that we always look forward to seeing what new ideas she'll come up with next. 

Another new favorite is Childhood Magic.  Ariella definitely draws many ideas from the Internet but what is magical to me is her ability to draw the reader in with her inspirational photographs! One of her recent posts was how to make a giant bubble wand which in itself was inspiring but when you see the photos it just makes you want to drop what you're doing and start making your own!

Of course many of us out there know Amanda Blake Soule of SouleMama. Amanda shares wonderful ideas for crafting, sewing, and enjoying life with kids. She is also the author of Handmade Home and the Creative Family.

Make Baby Stuff  is a fun filled site with great instructions to this home made playhouse.

Another link I like is AtoZ Kids Stuff that  several recipes for goop and playdough and other tactile recipes. Fun to make with the kids too. 

For Waldorf inspired crafts, The Magic Onions has beautiful ideas from a variety of guest bloggers. I particularly love all the felt ideas.