Creating an awesome kids' art space!

Thanks to Kidecals for providing the product to test out! All opinions are my own!

Raise your hand if you have a kid who loves to create. We sure do! It's hard for me to let them go to town though because it usually results in a mess to clean up. Lately though, I've been inspired to choose creativity over cleanup. I fell in love with these chalkboard labels from Kidecals and thought it would be fun to incorporate them into the kids' art area. I love that they are dishwasher/washing machine safe! Making it easy on us here! (Hint: Signup for their newsletter to get 15% off their already great prices!)

Accessible and fun are the key words! After all, if we don't give them the chance (even just occasionally!) kids won't learn skills like self control and organization!

We love repurposing things around here. In fact, Adrian and Andrew both try to rescue things from the recycle pile to be used for art projects! Paper towel tubes are favorites around here! They make awesome swords and telescopes. Today's repurpose was an egg carton. I added markers, craft sticks, glue, and colored tissue and let Andrew go to town.

 It's funny how much happier the boys are when I stop trying to mandate how much of a mess they can make and just let the fun happen. Suddenly beautiful pieces like this are drawn and awesome creations made that definitely don't see the light of day (or, our kitchen table) when I'm too involved. 

Creating an awesome kids' art space is halfway about providing the materials and halfway about stepping back and just letting creativity flow. It's been neat to see what they've come up with so far!

I've had fun thinking of ideas for them to do on cold and rainy days! Check out our Pinterest board here and find a few fun ideas to promote art fun for your kiddos!

What are your favorite ways to let your kids create?