Personalize your gifts with easy colored tissue paper.

Whatever your gift-giving plans, you can add an easy homemade touch to gift bags or packages. Simple enough for children, but suitable for all ages. Here’s what you need: Step one: Fold the white tissue paper any way you want! You can make triangles, squares, or accordion folds. Try to make sharp creases. Step two:…

Inexpensive anytime art recipes to use with children

These child-tested, homemade materials will help keep your budding artists busy, happy, and creating. 1. Cornstarch fingerpaint 1/4 cup cornstarch3/4 cup cold waterFood coloring Combine cornstarch and water in a small saucepan. Cook over medium heat, stirring constantly, until thick and clear. Divide fingerpaint into separate containers and add food coloring. Then create! This is…