Menu
creative monsoon
  • Arty
    • Original Paintings
    • Prints
      • Abstract prints
      • Geometrics
      • Landscape prints
      • Florals
      • Vintage
      • Kids
      • Photography
    • Printable art
      • Babies and kids
      • Personalised Prints
      • Teens
    • Craft & DIY
  • Party
    • Weddings
      • Save the dates
      • Invitations
      • Showers/Engagements
      • Day of designs
      • Thank you cards
      • Wedding prints
      • Guest book prints
    • Baby
      • Baby Showers
    • Parties
      • Kids birthdays
      • Grown up birthdays
      • End of school
    • Seasonal
      • New Years
      • Valentines
      • Easter
      • Mother's Day
      • Father Day
      • Halloween
      • Thanksgiving
      • Christmas
    • Guest book prints
    • Personalised prints
  • Home
    • Original art
    • Prints
    • Cushions
    • Puzzles & games
    • Pets
  • Fashion
    • Accessories
    • Kids clothing
  • Kids
    • Kids prints
    • Kids clothes
    • School
  • Vintage
    • Vintage Prints
    • Stationery
    • Homewares
    • Curious finds
  • Stationery
    • Stickers
    • Journals and notebooks
    • Cards
  • Freebies
  • About
  • Arty
    • Original Paintings
    • Prints
      • Abstract prints
      • Geometrics
      • Landscape prints
      • Florals
      • Vintage
      • Kids
      • Photography
    • Printable art
      • Babies and kids
      • Personalised Prints
      • Teens
    • Craft & DIY
  • Party
    • Weddings
      • Save the dates
      • Invitations
      • Showers/Engagements
      • Day of designs
      • Thank you cards
      • Wedding prints
      • Guest book prints
    • Baby
      • Baby Showers
    • Parties
      • Kids birthdays
      • Grown up birthdays
      • End of school
    • Seasonal
      • New Years
      • Valentines
      • Easter
      • Mother's Day
      • Father Day
      • Halloween
      • Thanksgiving
      • Christmas
    • Guest book prints
    • Personalised prints
  • Home
    • Original art
    • Prints
    • Cushions
    • Puzzles & games
    • Pets
  • Fashion
    • Accessories
    • Kids clothing
  • Kids
    • Kids prints
    • Kids clothes
    • School
  • Vintage
    • Vintage Prints
    • Stationery
    • Homewares
    • Curious finds
  • Stationery
    • Stickers
    • Journals and notebooks
    • Cards
  • Freebies
  • About
Picture

Halloween monster eye door

21/9/2022

0 Comments

 
Picture
We're making a nice early start to our Halloween planning this year. New house, we've got some cool ideas. First job we ticked off - a spooky monster eye for the front door. So super easy to make, perfect if you have a round glass panel like us but it will still work on other style doors too.

All you need is paper and glue. A big sheet of white paper, some black and a colour. We went with green, but you could do red or yellow etc.  Just cut a big circle of white paper to a size big enough to cover your round window or fit the width of your front door. Next circle a bit smaller is your colour, smaller again for the black and a little circle of white to look light the light bouncing off. SO EASY! Glue together with some stick glue and for longevity have it laminated!
Picture

You might also like...

monster eyes party circles - PRINTABLE FILE

A$2.50
Shop

halloween shut the gate sign - PRINTABLE FILE

A$2.50
Shop

halloween photo booth props - PRINTABLE FILE

A$2.50
Shop
0 Comments

Kids craft - painted geodes

14/8/2022

0 Comments

 
Picture
I love the colours, shapes and sparkle of a geode. So we thought we'd try making our own with whatever art supplies we felt like - watercolours, pens (markers) and a bit of bling!

How to make geode art:
* You'll need a large piece of thickish paper to start Any sort of watercolour or heavier drawing paper will do. 
* Get some scraps of paper in colours that work well together. 
(This can be a good opportunity to talk to kids about the colour wheel, complementary and harmonious colours if you like - colours on opposite sides of the wheel are called a complementary. Colours adjacent to each other are harmonious. A harmonious colour scheme works really well for this project.)
​* Rip the scraps of paper into a few different sized circle/oval shapes. These will form the 
centre of the geode so you want them to be increasingly bigger. Three or four pieces is enough. 
* Stick your ripped paper onto the large piece of paper right in the middle.
* Using pens draw around the outline of the largest piece of ripped paper and repeat as much as you like.
* You can add watercolour paint the same way (don't be afraid to wet the pen lines that adds to the effect) 
* We added glitter paint, some sparkling sequins and paint dabs to finish!
Picture
0 Comments

School holiday fun

4/4/2022

0 Comments

 
Picture
The school holidays certainly seem to have come round quick this time. Well I guess in Queensland they kind of did, we had a later start to term here due to covid concerns = a shorter term. Here are a few of our favourite ideas to keep the kids busy these school holidays. 

We've got a stack of FREE DOWNLOADS including the very popular emu template for kids to colour in. The blog also has some other fun ideas like this half face portrait idea, just search the Kids art and craft category. There's also our cut and sew fabric panels for kids to make their own cute animals cushions!
Picture
Picture
0 Comments

Free emu colour in for kids

11/3/2021

0 Comments

 
Free emu colour in template
Create your own crazy colourful emu with our cute free printable template of the emu eyes, beak and a fine guide for the neck. Prints onto standard A4 or it's fine to blow up a little bigger to A3 like we did here. Available from the free downloads section.
Picture
0 Comments

Ugly sweater pattern colour in

15/12/2020

0 Comments

 
Polar bear colour in
Just in time for Christmas we've got a new fun, festive and educational free download. Kids give the polar bear an ugly sweater by adding in lines of repeating patterns. You can draw them, stick on sequins, or here we even used pom poms! A cute project to help with pattern recognition. Print onto A4 or letter sized paper, or easily blows up to larger sizes if you prefer. 
Download here.
Pattern recognition activity for kids
0 Comments

Trending: UFOs

28/7/2020

0 Comments

 
Picture
Are we alone? Be inspired by an other-worldly trend we're seeing more of lately - flying saucers.
Here are some other alien ideas we love - a UFO made of a paper plate, half of an acrylic ball and a pom pom. A fun kids activity great for party decorations too. Delicious looking UFO cupcakes by Donna Hay. The recipe is no longer available but you can use this very similar step by step on Sweetest Kitchen.
Picture
Flying saucer via sinelli
Picture
Space Invader Cupcakes by Donna Hay
Picture
NEW UFO cushion cover
Picture
NEW My dad is out of this world onesie
0 Comments

Half face self portrait for kids

28/2/2020

0 Comments

 
Picture
Self portraits are such a great way for kids to explore their sense of self as well their creativity. But younger children might find the idea of drawing a whole picture of themselves a little daunting - so this version is great as half the face is already there. We picked a photo, cut it in half and printed it out. Then drew back in the missing half for a wacky self portrait. You can also ask kids to surround the image with pictures of their thoughts and imagination which is a great way to talk about feelings and any worries they might have. 
0 Comments

Halloween ideas: Yayoi Kusama pumpkins

20/9/2019

0 Comments

 
Picture
With Halloween just around the corner I had to share this great idea for pumpkin decorating! If you're familiar with Japanese artist Yayoi Kusama's work you'll probably know about her pumpkin sculptures, but I just loved this idea from handmadecharlotte as it combined that with her instillation work - the obliteration room. Paint a pumpkin white, cover it with colourful sticker dots! Love it.
0 Comments

FREE PRINTABLE Easter Bunny Treat Cones

8/4/2019

0 Comments

 
Free easter download
With Easter just around the corner I thought I'd design another FREE printable, this time an Easter bunny treat cone for collecting all those little eggs in.

Instructions:
1. Visit the free download section of the shop and print out the PDF template
2. Cut around the outside of the template (parents may want to do this for smaller children especially round the tricky ears)
3. Fold the tab over then glue or tape it into place
4. Go hunting for yummy treats
0 Comments

FREE download - octopus scissor skill template

26/3/2019

0 Comments

 
free download scissor skills octopus
After a couple of weeks working on some new bathroom designs and octopus illustrations I decided to put together this quick kids craft project. It’s the perfect way to practice basic scissor skills with some simple straight lines to cut along.

Instructions:

1. Visit the free download section of the shop and print out the PDF template
2. Cut around the outside of the template (parents may want to do this for smaller children) then cut along the dashed lines to create the legs
3. Glue or tape the tab into place
4. Curl the legs out so you octopus can sit down
You might even want to decorate him a little more and add googly eyes


0 Comments

    welcome to the CREATIVE MONSOON blog, an online rambling of art, illustration and design

    Archives

    January 2023
    November 2022
    September 2022
    August 2022
    July 2022
    June 2022
    April 2022
    March 2022
    August 2021
    July 2021
    June 2021
    May 2021
    March 2021
    February 2021
    January 2021
    December 2020
    October 2020
    August 2020
    July 2020
    May 2020
    April 2020
    March 2020
    February 2020
    January 2020
    November 2019
    September 2019
    May 2019
    April 2019
    March 2019
    February 2019
    January 2019
    December 2018
    November 2018
    October 2018
    September 2018
    August 2018
    March 2018
    December 2017
    February 2017
    December 2016

    Categories

    All
    Cakes And Treats
    Fine Art
    Home Decor
    Home Prints
    Kids Art And Craft
    Kids Prints
    Limited Editions
    Nursery Ideas
    Party Ideas
    Stationery

    RSS Feed

    Unicorn print

    A$20.00 - A$300.00
    Shop

    Unicorn pug print

    A$20.00 - A$300.00
    Shop

    Believe in unicorns pug print

    A$20.00 - A$300.00
    Shop

    Magical unicorn nursery art print set

    A$55.00 - A$800.00
    Shop

    You are magic print

    A$20.00 - A$300.00
    Shop

    Shine like the stars print

    A$20.00 - A$300.00
    Shop
Our Story  |  Blog  |  FAQs  |  Guide to Printables  |  Shipping and Returns  |  Wholesale  |  As Seen  |  Contact Us
FREE SHIPPING in Australia
+ most items SHIP FREE to the US and UK too!
Subscribe to the newsletter for news and updates from the studio
Picture
© COPYRIGHT 2023. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.