Tag Archives: art and crafts for kids
THOROUGHLY MODERN MATTISE
How do you suppose the Goldfish painting of Henri Matisse would look if he were painting it in the year 2014? Goldfish were a new craze in Europe in Henri Matisses’ time, and they became kind of an obsession with … Continue reading
Kids & Glitter is this blog where all the art projects I used while volunteering as art teacher at Holy Trinity Elementary, can be found. All are complete, with patterns and directions, and free for you to use. Since I … Continue reading
ROSINA WACHTMEISTER’S CATS
Rosina Wachtmeister has such a playful view to her art that the kids love to imitate it. We had a Power Point presentation of her paintings so the kids got a real feel for her style. Then with the help … Continue reading
WALLPAPER HEART COLLAGE
The coordinating samples in a wallpaper samples book make this project easy. There are so many beautiful wallpapers and the stores with discontinued sample books are usually happy to give schools the books. There are usually a number of pages … Continue reading
THE RAINBOW FISH
Marcus Pfister’s “The Rainbow Fish,” is a lesson on how sharing can make us feel good. The fish are drawn by starting a line for one side of the tail of the fish, extending the line and making an oval … Continue reading
WIND AND RAIN
In February we start to seriously think about the coming of warmer weather and Spring. Of course that means April showers and usually wind. We give our cloud and raindrops a 3-D effect by folding and allowing part of the … Continue reading
SUNSHINE OR NOT
The expression on your face lets the world know what kind of mood you’re in. We call this project “Moods.” It just fascinates me to see how enthused the kids are with this art venture. They are so expressive and … Continue reading
IT’S A HOOT
We call this project “Give a Hoot,” for no other reason than that I thought it was cute. You’ll need black construction paper, oil pastels and gold glitter glue for this project. I give a quick lesson on drawing an … Continue reading
