Great Links

www.familyfun.com a comprehensive resource for activities with kids including crafts, cooking, and birthday parties

craftychica.com I love Crafty Chica!  She provides a lot of ideas for serious crafters (grown-ups) but many can be adapted for kids.  "Peace Love and Glitter" is what she's all about.

www.cradlestocrayons.org This is a philanthropy site that distributes clothes, gear, school supplies, and CRAFT materials to families in need in the Philadelphia and Boston areas.  Everything is provided to these familes free of charge.

http://delawarecountykids.blogspot.com A great resource for parents in the area!

http://www.jacksonpollock.org/ So simple, yet so fun--this interactive program lets you create your own (on-screen) painting in the style of abstract expressionist Jackson Pollock. Let your kids click & drag the mouse and see what happens.

*Also see more art museum links and interactive computer programs in our section Kids & Art Museums.

Artist links to inspire young artists

http://www.stickwork.net  Check out the art installations of Patrick Dougherty, then take your kids outside and let them collect sticks! This is a great site to inspire your nature-loving artists.

http://www.artgrange.com/michelleworkshop.html  Michelle Stitzlein is an Ohio artist and educator who makes unbelievable murals and installations with plastic bottle caps.  You'd never think that trash could be so beautiful.   So save your bottle caps!  Then go make art.

http://www.borofsky.com Jonathan Borofsky makes larger-than-life art using human silhouettes.  You can talk with your kids about how these human forms are used to create patterns and structures.  See our Supersize blog post for other larger-than-life ideas.