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Design Thinking and Building Empathy for Kids

Design Thinking and Building Empathy for Kids

Have you ever heard of Design Thinking?  It’s a creative way of solving problems in business and in the classroom.  I was lucky to learn about it last year along with some pretty fantastic 5 and 6 year olds.  We tasked the first graders with discovering a school...
Alexander Calder Inspired Bottle Cap Mobiles

Alexander Calder Inspired Bottle Cap Mobiles

Ahh, bottle caps.  How I love thee.  It started with the bottle cap mural and the love affair continues.  I have maybe a bazillion bottle caps left over from the mural project, so when I was asked to come up with a mobile project after our school visited the Calder...
How to Make a Seven Layer Cake from Sculpey

How to Make a Seven Layer Cake from Sculpey

I can’t say enough about how much I love sculpey.  It’s just the most awesome polymer clay for kids and adults. (Check out this collection of Alien Army figures I made one summer pre kids)  It’s one of my absolute favorite art materials and though on...
Little World Shadow Boxes

Little World Shadow Boxes

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...
Lottery Tickets for Kids

Lottery Tickets for Kids

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...