Making a Shadow Box or Assemblage
This slideshow I found in my archives from 2017. I think this is a project worth revisiting next year. It…
Art Projects for Kids + Tips for the Teacher!
Art Projects for Kids + Tips for the Teacher!
Tinfoil Figure Sculpture
Here is a fun 3-d project I did with my 3rd-5th grade classes as an asynchronous (at-home) art project. We…
Model Magic Insect Sculptures
I often like to connect what we are doing in art to what they have learned about in science class. …
Lego Capitol Building at Madison Children’s Museum
This 12,000 brick model of the Wisconsin State Capitol building was built by my husband Andrew. It was commissioned by…
Found Object Puppets
My 1st graders had a blast making these found object puppets from recycled materials. We read this book by Hanoch…
Sailboats from Milk Cartons- 1st grade
Earlier I wrote a tutorial on how to make sailboats from milk cartons. My 1st grade students have finished making…
Bird and Nest Art Project
Visual textures are implied textures you can see such as cloudy, shiny, and windy and can be drawn as such.…
Cylinder Sculptures for Kids
I saw this post by the Art Bar Blog which gave me the idea to make these cylinder sculptures with my…