• Blank Paper - any kind

• No. 2 pencil - or other types of pencils if you have them.

• Eraser

• Ruler or other straight edge to help you draw straight lines (the side of a cereal box, a paper folded lengthwise, etc.)

• Other utensils for drawing such as pens, sharpies, etc.

• Crayons, colored pencils, or markers to add color to your drawings

• Watercolor, tempera or acrylic paints

• Cup or other container for water

• Plate or plastic lid or other flat surface to use as a paint palette

• Paintbrushes - or get creative and paint with a cotton swab, a straw, leaves, bubble wrap, plastic fork, or your fingers:)

Any available digital camera. For example: point & click camera, smart phone camera.

• Backer board - could be a piece of cardboard, or a heavy sheet of paper or cardstock.

• Elmer's glue, glue stick, or a glue gun (with parent permission)

• String, pictures cut from old magazines or newspapers, colored paper, stuff from the recycle bin, stickers, other old stuff lying around the house that your parents say is OK to use;)