It?s official! Plans are now in place for my 3rd Annual Art Retreat in Hickory Valley, TN this summer. Years ago I met Regina from Whitney Hill Estate...
It?s that time of year, when many CA 4th graders start their mission projects. I?ve learned that drawing guides and brown paper with printed grid line...
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I was inspired by Dr. Suess? colorful Lorax Truffula Trees, which I recreated here with just some twigs, yarn, paint and a little clay. 1. Collect thi...
I found an amazing artist and illustrator, Nate Williams, who has a very childlike style that I think students will really relate to. (Check out the v...
The project was to make a sitting Model Magic bird with wire legs. This little kinder artist decided it was his bird’s birthday. (Note the party...
My mini Valentine’s Day Murals make really fun signs for parties. Purchase the PDF file for just $5 and print as many as you want. ? View Mini V...
This adorable little fellow was made by a kinder today. A KINDER. All I did was show the basics of making a ball body, small legs, neck with a stick i...
You can give Mr. Washington a contemporary look by only using three colors on my downloadable coloring page. Just follow the directions below. View an...
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Are your students studying American symbols? I tried this Bald Eagle drawing out with first graders last week, and they did an amazing job. The key is...
When great books can be found for kinder painting projects, you might just get some really amazing art. Here are two monsters paintings made today, Re...
Giuseppe Arcimboldo was an Italian artist from the 1500s who spent years working as an official court painter. He developed a style of composing portr...
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So it turns out that Model Magic comes in just the right colors to make some dandy looking tiny cakes. This may be one of my favorite projects so far....
If you press large coffee filters to make them flat, cut them into 2.5″ x 3.5″ rectangles, and paint them with liquid watercolor paint, yo...
These beautiful cartons started off as old plastic Model Magic containers two weeks ago. After two layers of paper mache, they were ready for some pai...
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This is one of my ‘keeper” kinder projects, so much more fun than painting a boring color wheel. Give students wide sheet of paper as show...
Today my Model Magic students made this polka dotted rooster, inspired by some figurines seen over at Etsy. It’s basically a bird shape with lot...
A tip from a teacher led me to this coil snake project, which I have recreated on my computer. The original called for drawing on paper plates, but I ...
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Here?s a brand new project that I tried with my after school kids today. I found it over at Dick Blick, and it worked really well for my range of kind...
Love it when old rolls of corrugated cardboard turn out to make the perfect cover for a wagon. Best of all, the curve is already built in. Use a paper...
One way to add depth to your art is to overlap things. I like how this project created lots of very full compositions today, no scrawny buildings with...
Found on Pinterest, a solution to making a bird with legs. Have him sit instead of stand! This little guy is made from about 50 cents worth of Model M...
All you need is some pretty pink paper from your favorite craft store to make these little valentines. These stamp edges were made with a hole punch, ...
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This project actually did triple duty last year: continued the student?s study of warm and cool colors, taught them about a Pop artist named Jim Dine,...
Look at all these adorable glasses made from some old Cheez it boxes. It took a bit of prep work, but I love the creativity that came out with them. ?...
I?ve made a blank hat template to help celebrate Dr. Seuss? upcoming birthday. I once used it as an art history lesson by reviewing a couple of famo...
Romero Britto was born in Recife, Brazil in 1963. He grew up with eight brothers and sisters in a modest home. He used newspapers, cardboard or any sc...
This craft project proved to be a good combination of art supplies: LOTS of 5″ corrugated cardboard squares, rolls of masking tape, black Sharpi...
Combine a color lesson with Valentine?s Day and you may end up with a very pretty card too. Try skipping the heavy pencil lines and give students a he...
The Eiffel Tower is a beautiful structure like no other, but it seems to the any drawing tutorials out there are either overly simple or overly comple...
I?m sure I first saw this project somewhere in on Pinterest, but I?m not sure where. All I know is that last year (almost) every kinder could make the...
