Fun With Paint

Say good-bye to plastic bags and replace them with reusable totes full of style and pizzazz. You'll love showing these off at the grocery store, farmer's market, mall, or beach. There's something for every style and taste, from flashy and whimsical to graceful and artistic. Help save the planet, one tote at a time! 13 painted totes by 12 designers: Gone Green (Annie Lang); Flower Power (Linda Gillum); Hot Chicks (Doxie Keller); Rose Trellis (Barbara Mansfield); Market Fresh (Laure Paillex); Earth Angel (Shara Reiner, CDA); Wine Time (Patricia Rawlinson); Bali Hai Calls (Diane Bunker); Dream Green (Laurie Speltz); Herb Bouquet and Holiday Trees (both by Judy Diephouse); Veggies Rule (Nancy Genetti); and Flamingo Beach (Barbara Baatz Hillman).

Presents eight project ideas involving paint, including a funky flowerpot, a still life with fruit, and a camouflaged toy box.

Young artist use paint to create colorful crafts.

If you wish you knew a bit more about making fantastic arty things then look no further! Fun With Art will show you the basics of drawing and painting as well as brilliant new techniques, such as how to paint using tissue paper and how to use crayons to create a brilliant underwater effect. It's a jam-packed, easy-to-follow guide that will show you how to really have fun with art.

Learn how to have lots of fun painting!

Just add water! A fun (and mess-free!) painting activity book for kids, Easy and Fun Paint Magic with Water: Unicorns and Friends features 12 mystical line art designs of beautiful fairies, from carefree unicorns, from llamas and kitten mermaids to unicorns floating in outer space, flying over rainbows, and more. Using the provided paintbrush, simply wet with water and watch the colors magically appear on each black-and-white illustration within this paint book as it comes to life!

Discover the popular art of paint pouring with projects for the whole family! The Grown-Up's Guide series features how-to projects, creative prompts, and crafting activities to inspire hours of messy fun for you and your little ones. Now you can learn the trendy paint pouring technique—and teach your kids to do it too! Paint pouring, also known as fluid art, uses acrylic paint and a variety of everyday tools to create colorful, abstract art poured on canvases and other surfaces. With this book, prepare to get messy—some techniques require touching or even hitting the paint—but that's half the fun. (Consider doing the projects outside, where it's OK to make a mess!) You'll find:An introduction to the affordable tools required to pour paint, from cups and canvases to stir sticks, paper, reusable straws, and more Techniques to familiarize yourself with the pouring process before you startColor mixing tipsInstructions for finishing paintings with varnish and other materialsStep-by-step projects, easily customizable by color, surface, and skill level—with options for non-canvas surfaces such as coasters, pieces of wood, gift boxes, and moreTips on how older kids—with the help of their parents, of course—might even learn to use a heat torch to create the cell-like structure typical in fluid art Kids of all ages will love the tactile experience of pouring paint—and you can participate too, enjoying family togetherness for hours as you learn to create colorful, abstract art together.