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GO BANANAS! Super Fun Paper Mache Tutorial for Kids

GO BANANAS! Super Fun Paper Mache Tutorial for Kids

Every few weeks I give the kids in my art classes free choice as to what we will make.  Each student gets to pick the project for the following week.  They really love it.  For this week, the request was bananas.  Yes, bananas.  “Okkkkkk,” I said....
Recycled Art Garlands

Recycled Art Garlands

Hi everyone.  I’m over over at Hello, Wonderful today sharing how to make this easy and really pretty art garland.  We’re pretty obsessed with pastels these days.  Head over to Hello, Wonderful for more pics and the how to. If you want to read more about...
Self Portrait Paper Cutouts

Self Portrait Paper Cutouts

This project was so much fun and the results are fantastic.  We needed to spice up our display for some written material in second grade.  It can be so boring to just see 8.5 x 11 papers hanging on a bulletin board.  We decided on a self portrait paper cut out that...
DIY Big Foot Shoes

DIY Big Foot Shoes

Gigi woke up to some really big shoes to fill this morning.  Ba dump bump. First I drew the feet on cardboard.  Then she painted them white. We let them dry and then I outlined the toes and foot with black marker.  Then I gave the feet a nice pedicure with flourescent...
Tissue Paper/Paper Mache Hot Air Balloons

Tissue Paper/Paper Mache Hot Air Balloons

This was not an easy project.  I see these hot air balloons all over pinterest and different blogs and for some reason no one seems to be mentioning how labor intensive they are.  So either I did this in a really complicated way or my fellow art bloggers just...
Around the World Bulletin Board

Around the World Bulletin Board

Each year around this time our school studies different countries and then puts on a big Multicultural Day performance.  This is our MC Day bulletin board.  I had all the kids and staff create drawings of themselves and cut them out.  I made the earth, which was...