art
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Textile art
I am constantly looking for new ideas for art projects. We have painted with every single utensil that I can think of, we have made pictures with glue, and sculptures with a vast array of different materials. So last week I deployed materials from my own creative stash. I am an avid quilter, though you wouldn’t know it because I haven’t had much time to devote to this over the last couple of months. But I figured it was time to attempt a quilting project with my class. We have sewn before, creating scarves one winter, and sewing paper to create decorations for the classroom, so they have seen me…
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The best art activity ever – Primary color mixing
This activity is one of my all time favorites, it is completely open-ended, and children love it as much as I do. I start by covering an entire table in white paper. This is important because it really encourages collaboration between the children, and they can see the colors that they have created on the white background. Then I set out cups of paint – red, blue, yellow, and white (you could also use black, but then everything seems to turn black). I tell the children at the beginning that they can mix the colors all they want. They love this! Some times when I do this activity the children…
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The messiest activity ever!
I have a class full of boys, so they aren’t super interested in the Valentine’s day activities that I have done with groups in the past (however I suspect that may change next week when half of my plans include candy hearts…), but yesterday we did an art project that had them hooked. I know you’ve seen this one on Pinterest, that’s where I first saw the idea. I was sure the boys would love it, but I was wholly unprepared for the mess that it would make. The idea is that you put a piece of paper on a tray or cookie sheet, then stretch rubberbands across the tray.…
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It’s cold outside!
It has finally gotten cold and snowy in our neck of the woods, which means no more outdoor play time and planning lots of extra activities to keep our energetic kiddos busy. Here are a couple o the things that we have been working on: Masking tape resist snowflakes: simply use making tape to make snowflake shapes on a piece of white paper, then let the children paint over the tape. We used different shades of blue paint with a little extra sparkle, but silver or gray would be pretty too! When the pint has dried you can peel the tape off and you have white snowflakes. Name snowmen: this…
