Get the mess out or your home and leave it with us! A birthday party at Kidcreate combines fun art projects with lots of giggles and grins! You supply the kids, we supply the instructors, a fabulous birthday card mural, an art project of choice including all the art materials, invitations, paper products, thank you cards and all the clean up! Frozen Fun, Lego Mania, Star Wars and More! This summer's most popular party themes include:

Are you looking for some fun art ideas to keep your kids busy this summer? Here are some of the most popular art lessons and messy time projects from the Kidcreate Studio blog. Artist Inspired Projects . . . I Scream, You Scream, We All Scream for Ice Cream! (Claes Oldenburg and Wayne Theibaub) Click here to go to blog post. Escher Tessellations Click here to go to blog post. Action Painting (Jackson Pollock) Click here to go to blog post. Cassatt Monoprints Click here to go to blog post. Magnificent Monet Click here to go to blog post. . Messy Time Projects . . . Homemade Model Magic Click here to go to blog post. Ice Cream in a Bag! Make your own ice cream at home without an ice cream maker! Click here to go to blog post. This Putty is so Silly. . . Homemade Silly Putty Click here to go to blog post. Homemade Sidewalk Chalk Click here to go to blog post. Go Green! Recycle Old, Dried Out Markers into Paint! Click here to go to blog post.

Are you looking for some fun art ideas to keep your kids busy this summer? Here are some of the most popular art lessons and messy time projects from the Kidcreate Studio blog. Artist Inspired Projects . . . I Scream, You Scream, We All Scream for Ice Cream! (Claes Oldenburg and Wayne Theibaub) Click here to go to blog post. Escher Tessellations Click here to go to blog post. Action Painting (Jackson Pollock) Click here to go to blog post. Cassatt Monoprints Click here to go to blog post. Magnificent Monet Click here to go to blog post. . Messy Time Projects . . . Homemade Model Magic Click here to go to blog post. Ice Cream in a Bag! Make your own ice cream at home without an ice cream maker! Click here to go to blog post. This Putty is so Silly. . . Homemade Silly Putty Click here to go to blog post. Homemade Sidewalk Chalk Click here to go to blog post. Go Green! Recycle Old, Dried Out Markers into Paint! Click here to go to blog post. Kidcreate Studio is an art studio just for kids that offers children's art classes, camps and art-themed birthday parties for children ages 18 months through 12 years. Making a mess is the best at Kidcreate!

It's been a very busy June at Kidcreate. Here are just a few of the art projects the kids created this month at our camps and workshops. Click on the images below to see them larger!

Claude Monet was born in 1840. When Monet began painting, the rules about art were very different. Painting outdoors was considered unartistic. Instead of outdoor scenes, artists were encouraged to paint subjects from history or myth. But Monet loved to paint outdoors. He liked to set up his easel and paint right on the spot in order to capture the first moment he saw a scene. This new way of painting was called en plein air (French for "outdoors"). Monet especially loved painting water. He always wanted to be near the sea. Would you like to paint water just like Monet? Try the project below. Monet Beach Scene Art Project Have you ever been to the beach? Picture a beach scene. Are the waves big or is the water smooth? Is it a sunny day with lots of light reflecting off the water or a raining day with dark murky water? What does the sky look like? Fluffy white clouds? Dark rainy clouds? Or maybe a beautiful red, orange and yellow sunset? What you will need: White paper Tempera paints in several colors Paint brushes Markers 1) Begin your beach scene by painting the sand. Using one of your brushes, gently dab the tip of the brush up and down on the paper. You want to create the texture of sand so dab up and down, don't brush side to side. 2) Next begin painting the water. Remember your beach scene. What did the waves look like? What colors did you see in the water? Using your brush, swirl lines if you want to show rough water or paint smooth horizontal lines if you want to show calm water. Try mixing blue paint with purple, green or white to create the perfect water color. 3) The last part to paint is the sky. As you paint the sky, you can add curving lines to show wind. 4) After your painting is dry, get out your markers and go back to add some finishing touches. Draw people, beach towels or maybe add some sparkling reflections to the water.