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Dear families, we wanted to bring you some of the most creative crafts to keep kids of any age engaged in imaginative play. These ideas will be the perfect way to bring colour into these School Holidays, weekends, summer break and more - so make sure to keep it handy for when you need a fun activity!

Making handmade gift for Father's day is the best way to show Dad you love him! You can create matching sets for all the dads in the family, and spread love through colour and creativity!

Kids and teens of all ages can make these amazing crafts to celebrate Father's day.

Dreaming of a little magic unicorn to display on a wall somewhere in your house? Give this easy to follow chalkboard unicorn a go using the new Life of Colour Chalk Markers and light up the face of all of the unicorn lovers in your life!

Learn easy chalkboard and liquid chalk projects to revamp any surface of your home! Liquid chalk paint is easy to use and easy to wipe off. You don't have to be a lettering or calligraphy expert to pretty blackboard signs either. DIY lettering is a lot easier to tackle using the chisel and bullet reversible nib on your chalk markers to help you achieve uniform upstrokes and downstrokes on your letters.

Do you ever find yourself looking at Pinterest tutorials and feeling discouraged? At Life of Colour we want to make art and creativity something anybody can do! These ideas are fantastic for any beginner DIYer because they involve things you will definitely have at home and colourful art you can be inspired by.

With Life of Colour art supplies is very easy to have arts and crafts kits at home or for holiday travelling. You can take art kits with you on your suitcase, purse or car and encourage the kids to create anywhere!

Check out these Easter DIY Ideas including wood bunnies, Easter egg hunts, Easter tic-tac-toe, eggs & flowers and more! Kids and adults will love to make these cute and easy Easter crafts together and decorate your home for the holidays

Washi tape is a multi purpose type of masking tape you can use in your journals, artworks, cards and more. In this article we'll show you the best uses the creative community has found for this cute material! We can all agree a desk full of washi is a lot more colourful!

Mixed media paper is the best for beginners and advanced artists because it's easy to test new materials and develop a daily art practice. In this article we will cover the benefits of choosing mixed media paper for dry mediums, like crayons, pastels and oil pastels, pencils and graphite, as well as for watercolour and other wet techniques...

What is so special about washi tape? Everyone can find their favourite design, and use it across different mediums and applications. From the more traditional Japanese washi tape designs, to cute and adorable characters, botanical washi, vintage washi, floral designs, food and more! 

Keep reading to solve your most asked questions about washi tape compared to masking tape and painters tape

Make these fun crafty projects to add colour to your garden, from gumboots planters, veggie patch tags and painted pots, you'll sure find a fun project to create!

Paint two cozy nordic winter scenes to decorate a Christmas vignette in your home. Get ready for the Holidays making DIY art using your pastel coloured paint pens

As we begin the fast approaching countdown till Christmas we will start to decorate our homes in the usual festive manner and the Life of Colours team would love to share in the Christmas cheer by giving you some handy ideas for making your own decorations and gifts!

We bring you the best ideas for making your own holiday wood slice ornaments and rock paintings. Easy Christmas painted rocks are perfect for holiday rock painting. From Christmas trees, Santa, gnomes, gingerbread houses, snowman and more! Stone painting makes fantastic DIY gifts.

Perfect gift for teens: wood slices and paint pens! Why? Let these two fantastic teen artists show you what you can create. From a Harry Styles inspired wood slice, to a cute stencil rainbow for your drawers, let's go!

Invite the magic into your home by making these adorable Hogwarts inspired ornaments. You'll love to have Harry and the gang in your room or any magical nook of your house.

Wood slices crafts have been on trend for years - and rightfully so - because they are ideal for any art or DIY project, including painting with paint pens, making coasters, Christmas tree ornaments, holiday decorations, wedding decorations, etc. We give your a fun rundown of ideas to make with your wood slices!

Spoil Dad this weekend with a handmade gift using your Life of Colour paint pens.

We all love a good superhero and Fathers are often the first superhero in our lives. Let’s show Dad how super he is this Father's Day!