We got home from school @ 3:45. Henry & I made the sword & shield out of matt board. He painted the shield, I did the sword. My daughter found the ‘&’ dragon on the internet & cut it out from photo paper. Outlined everything in jumbo sharpie. My silver shirt on backwards, my brown…
Category: art project
halloween art projects
These are two originals done by two year olds. The ghost is a child’s foot painted with washable white paint. This is great fun, to make your student giggle by painting his/her foot white. I placed the black paper on the ground & i held the child’s ankle as he stepped on the black paper….
art class drop cloth
i used this drop cloth for every art class i taught for five years. it was my intent to have someone stretch it & frame it- it is canvas, but to my unbelievable disappointment…my very bad cat peed on it while i was in the hospital for a few days. revenge, i guess. i was…
DIY fake windows
we bought a house that had a room with no windows, it did have a half bath, so we knew the house had been remodeled to add another room behind the wall shown. we added natural light with a custom & crazy skylight. The house had so many additions added over the years, the roof…
can you paint bamboo & make a fence?
Bamboo is plentiful in Birmingham, Alabama. Can you believe that?! I lived in a house that was near unclaimed woods with all kinds of trees…and grass, like Bamboo. My children & i would wrestle dead bamboo out of the ground & drag it home (not drag, carry without effort, as it weighed nothing). I wanted…
Mad hatter’s hat decoration
Halloween’s coming. 1. White card stock painted black, while paint is wet, sprinkle black glitter (I know?! can you believe there is black glitter?) 2. When dry, cut a circle a little larger then a half dollar. 3. Cut a strip of the black painted paper about 2″ high, tape inside to hold together as…
Peace art project for kids…
Directions: I drew the dove & photocopied it onto card stock. I looked up every symbol for Peace in the world & drew them on a chalkboard. (At an art store, I purchased boxes of white only oil pastel) This project was done at our Jewish Temple in Birmingham. I had every class come to…
art class drop cloth 2005-2012
One project was done outside & this butterfly decided he wanted to join in the fun
art project for very young children
These colleges where made by children ages 3-5. I started with yellow construction paper, I dropped green paint at the top of the paper & gave them a painting tool, similar to a comb & asked them to comb the paint down, I then asked them to flip the paper upside down. I had cut…
Yellow & Blue make Green
art for 2-3 year olds. I used white card stock. Dropped blue paint on one side of the paper, yellow on the other & told the wee ones to use their fingers & see if they can find green. I bought the foam stickers at the dollar tree & picked out all the green animals….
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