The kids from art camp made these incredible collages the other day from magazine cut outs and tape. Their original work was so inspiring I thought we had to do more with them. I asked the kids if they had any ideas and one girl said “We can make pencil...
I love shadow boxes. There are so many kinds and they have endless possibilities. I introduced these little worlds to the campers on Friday to lots of “oohs and ahhhs.” I’m excited to see what they come up with. I gave them the option of using...
This project was by far the biggest hit of Summer Art Camp 2013 Week 1. The kids LOVED making these lottery tickets. I had the older kids explain to the younger kids what a lottery is. Then I showed some samples I had prepared of some possible kid questions. My...
Summer Art Camp is in full swing. We finished up our door signs today and the kids took them home. I like to picture the kids putting the signs on their bedroom doors, telling their parents not to come in all serious. I was actually surprised more kids didn’t...
I’ve accumulated a nice collection of cardboard cutouts over the years from teachers that bought them and then decided they didn’t want them, so they gave them to me. Score. I finally got around to using them at art camp this week to make door signs and...