Discover how to build your art foundation skills and express your creativity by learning different art techniques.
After learning about perspectives and drawing in 3 dimension, it is time to build our own houses with paints! Image from Printable Coloring Pages Students first draw the blueprint of the house by drawing a large rectangle and divide it into two parts with a straight vertical line. The first …
Your Destination: Inspired by the lion in Genevìeve Côté’s Mr. King’s Castle, create a castle using collage techniques with pre-cut triangle, square and rectangle shapes. This project reinforces shape recognition and sharpens reasoning, creative and imaginative skills. Travel Kit: Mr. King’s Castle by Genevíeve Côtè oversized construction paper pre-cut triangle, …
Image by Public Domain Pictures, License: CC0 Public Domain Your Destination: Inspired by the Peter Reynolds book, “The Dot,” create a dot masterpiece by gluing pre-cut circles in various sizes and colors onto paper. On the Path: STEP #1: Prepare the dots and frames. Using circle hole punches in various …
Your Destination: Learn how to mix the primary colors: red, yellow and blue into secondary colors: orange, green and purple. Using red, yellow and blue play dough experience color mixing through a tangible process. On the Path: Hands-On Color Mixing Step #1 Review the color wheel. Look at the …
Image from Rainbow Walking Water Science Experiment for Kids blog on Fun Learning for Kids Supplies: half sheets of papertowls plastic cups food dye water Pre-Activity Discussion: What do you think the water will do? How can the water move against gravity? Ask the students what colors they think will …
(Translation by ASI Volunteer, Yesenia Huetter) Título del Proyecto: Naves Espaciales de Papel Descripción: Los niños decoran sus propias naves espaciales que pueden ser lanzados con una pajita. Una gran manera de introducir la confianza. Los astronautas tienen que confiar los unos en los otros para perseverar juntos a través …
The children at Shissler Rec Center were given blank sneaker shapes to create their own shoe! Starting with a blank slate is hard, but these kids really nailed it. It was amazing to see how different and creative each child was. Many kids looks at their own feet and tried …
