10 Getting to Know You Easy Art Activities for Back to School
I love this time of year. It’s Back to School season which means teachers and students are busy getting to know each other as they transition into their classrooms. Kids, teachers, and parents alike are often having some pretty big feelings and everyone is...
How to Make Paper Tassels
If you follow me on instagram you know that we’ve become pretty obsessed with paper tassel making around here. It’s totally addicting and gorgeous, with the added bonus of using up all that kid art you have laying around that you have no idea what to do...
DIY Art Books for Kids
As an art teacher, I am constantly introducing young children to new process based art techniques, like salt painting, printmaking, and collage. Sometimes we have piles of art that needs a home. Making art books with young children is like an active art portfolio...
Make Robot Puppets
I think I’ve said before that every once in a while a project comes around that totally rocks and all the kids I teach love as well as my own kids. Well, this is that project. If you have kids age 3-6, making robot puppets with tinker trays is a total home...
Paint Dot Mural
I’d like to go on record saying that paint dots might be one of the most underrated art supply for kids ever. It’s true! I think the problem is that we all just assume they are for dot making and that’s it. Check out this paint dot mural....Meri Cherry
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