over Winter break. This was made with a student who celebrates Chanukah. The same materials can be used to make Christmas ornaments. I’ll show those ideas soon…
Category: drawing/coloring
teaching the artist to SEE…
this is my Monday, after school, art class…three 1st grade girls (my classes are no more then 3 children at a time, that i way, i get to create art with them) i know these girls have been taught all day long, so i make my teaching very brief. At first, it is difficult to…
ready for a good laugh? My art class
At the beginning of all my art classes, the children learn to draw something, some times we ink & color it. The younger the child, the simpler the subject. I usually chose animals. Animals that can be drawn by using basic shapes. Yesterday, I had three boys. The youngest is in kindergarten. The oldest is…
rock, paper, scissors & glass
her media choices are ever changing, her style changes as does the seasons. My mother finds an art form & takes it every direction she cares to, until she stumbles onto another. Her studio table, today, is covered in glass- bright, colorful & sharp. All waiting to be assembled. On her shelves, sit her origami…
wonderful gift idea for Grandparents…or anyone
I wrote these words on card stock & gave them to the children to color. I gave ‘We’ to my youngest because it has the fewest letters, therefor less effort required. My oldest daughter, she had to color both, ‘Grandpa & Bubbe’ & ‘Nana & Giddy’ for both sets of grandparents (Bubbe is for a…
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…
brighten this cement covered earth
the children used chalk to brighten the cement @ a birthday party.
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…
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