This portrait is made of tiny pieces of masking tape.

The end part of the tape were cut with a scissor really thin and taped in interesting ways.

Each part of this tree was carefully cut with a scissor.

You can mix the colors.

Tape draw really big on a wall,

or on the street.

Put tape across your paper.

The paper can be any shape or size.

The more tape you criss cross, the more interesting the design will be.

Color over your drawing with chalk, crayon, oil pastels or markers.

Artist Tip: if you wet the chalk, it will stay and draw on the paper better.

You don't have to worry about getting messy with the edges. Color "out" onto the tape, so you can get sharp edges when you peel the tape off.

When you are all done,

Slowly and carefully peel the tape off.

The tape makes crisp black negative lines.

Fold the paper in half the tall way, and cut at the fold.

You will get two strips like this.

Overlap a bit of the paper at one end so it becomes one long piece.

Then attach it together with a stapler or tape.

Fit the paper around your head to get the size just right,

and staple or tape it into a crown.

You can also cut to change it into a different shape.

I cut mine curvy, to make it look a bit like a real crown.

Cut two long pieces of string or ribbon.

Tape them down on the inside of your hat, one on each side.

Artist Tip: really rub your tape down so it will stay.

It will look like this when done.

Put your hat on, tie the string or ribbon to your chin and you're good to go!

You can make any shield shape by folding a piece of paper in half and cutting half the shape at the fold.

This will make the shape symmetrical, or even on both sides.

The trick is to cut the same shape two to three times, and overlap, so your shield will be nice and BOLD.

Instead of an image of your candy, you can also cut and paste the first letter of your candy,

Just like they do with skittles and m&m's.

You also have the choice of drawing, coloring and cutting out the image of your candy.

Artist Tip: cut really close to the drawing so there is no white showing. That way, it will look BOLD when you overlap it together onto the shield.

Choose a color.

Fold the paper in half.

Cut the paper where the fold is.

You will get two long pieces.

You can add matching designs as your face mask.

To wear the arm band, attach a piece of tape to the back of each arm band.

You now have candy power!

Jaw Breakers

Start with a blank piece of paper.

Fold it in three sections.

Fold the paper so only the top section shows.

Person #1 draw a head and neck,

any type of head and neck.

Important!! Don't show the drawing to others, otherwise it will not be a surprise at the end.

Make sure you extend a little bit of the neck over the fold, onto the next page.

Important!! At each step, keep the paper folded so you will not see the drawings of the previous person.

Person #2 take over.

Begin drawing from where Person #1 left off.

Draw the body and arms.

It can be any type of body and arm.

Do the same thing as Person #1,

Make sure you extend a little bit of the body or arm over the fold, onto the next page.

Person #3 take over.

Begin from where Person #2 left off

and draw the legs, feet or shoes.

It can be any type of legs, feet or shoes.

At the very end

Open up the drawing and see!

Fold the piece of paper evenly into 3.

Cut it into 3 even sections on both sides like so,

So you have 6 flaps.

Draw a full body at the center.

Make sure head and neck is within the top section,

Body and arms within the second section,

Legs and feet within the botton section.

Fold the top right flap down.

and draw a different head.

Do the same for the top left flap.

All together you will get 3 heads.

Then play with the different combinations by flipping the flaps!

Water bottle, a paper towel roll and something small and hard to put inside can make Maracas!

I am going to use lentils to go inside the water bottle.

1. Put the anything hard and small into the water bottle and close the cap.

2. Cut the paper towel roll like so, roll it on the cap part of the bottle and tape it nice and secure.

Artist Tip: You can put anything inside that will make a noise. You can also decorate the handle with markers or special paper.

You can stretch balloon tops over a can to make Drums.

Or use lots of tape and cans with a lid to make multiple Drums.

Coloring with Designs makes the instrument that much more special.

Castanets made of cardboard and bottle caps.

Artist Tip: you need strong glue to attach the cap to the cardboard.

Thumb piano.

Hair pins opened and taped in a row on something hard.

some foods

toys

keys, tools

tiles or the floor

backs of shoes

anything that feels bumpy when you run your fingers across it!

Artist Tip: The flat side of the crayon or chalk works best. Same goes for pencils. Think holding the pencil sideways. Rub and cover as much of the bumpy side of the object as you can.

The object

The speaker's dots were very interesting to me so I chose it.

Then I rubbed over the texture, with the side of my pencil.

While rubbing, I noticed how perfectly lined up each dots are.

Artist Tip: Crayons work best for rubbings.

Cut out the rubbings.

Glue the cut out rubbing onto a blank paper.

Artist Tip: Glue sticks work best for gluing flat.

You can also do this part after drawing.

Sketch out the rest of your object, using the rubbing as part of your drawing.

Look at your object in detail.

What kind of lines is it made of?

What kind of shapes is it made of?

What other details makes this object interesting and unique?

You can also sharpie or outline certain parts to make it stand out.

Add color with anything you may have.

This is not so colorful, since the object is not colorful.

But I did notice that the parts of it were darker and lighter. So I colored it light and dark by changing how I press into the colored pencil as I colored in.

Flat Paper Collage Mask

Paper Bag Mask

You can collage or draw eyes, nose mouth, and attach ears.

Cut a hole for your eyes so you can see.

Paper Plate Mask

Cut out a hole in the center of the paper plate, so your face can become a part of the mask.

You can also cut out a hole in the center, cut and attach ears, and you got yourself an animal headdress!

Packaging paper can be rolled up into a snail shell to turn into a snail.

Even your pet can change into another animal!

Who can you be?

Recycled Bottle Headdress

Puzzle Piece Crown

The pieces are painted and glued together

Even a plastic bag can turn into a headdress!

Materials:

Construction paper or any paper you may find

Scissors

Tape

Stapler

Cut a piece of paper into strips.

You can use as many as you like.

Roll and tape it into your head size.

For my head, it was 2 strips 11" long.

With the other strips, you can...

Staple or tape and bend in interesting ways.

Cut in interesting ways.

See where your scissors will take you.

This is where my scissors, stapler and tape took me.

You can also add other details, and let it go farther than just your head.

Here is a dinosaur headdress that extends down the back.

Materials:

Egg carton

Scissors

Markers or Paint

Glue

Any color paper

String

Hole puncher or anything sharp to make a hole

Cut 1 egg container from the carton.

Add color using markers or paint.

I wanted to add whiskers, so I cut strips with a scissor.

What details will you add?

Glue details.

Cut some string, long enough to tie around to the back of the head.

Punch a hole on each side of the nose.

Put the string through the hole.

Artist Tip: The cut curved part of the egg carton should be at the bottom of your nose to fit well.

Snug fit your new nose, tie the string at the back of your head.

What Animal Am I?

Materials:

Choose a character you want to create.

It can be people, animal, or made up.

Sketch with a pencil.

Add color.

Cut the puppet's shape.

Flip the puppet over and tape the stick to the back.

And your puppet has come to life!

Materials:

Choose a character you want to create.

It can be people, animal, or made up.

Sketch with a pencil...

outline...

add color.

Cut the puppet's shape into movable puzzle parts.

Example: I want the beak and wings of the bird to move, the tail and head I am not sure yet.

Artist Tip: Tape the parts you don't want to move first. Then tape the stick on well and sturdy.

Example: I decided I want the tail and head to be still, so I taped those together well.

Artist Tip: make sure you have enough space on all sides, so the hole will not rip.

Artist Tip: If you don't have a hole puncher, you can use anything that's pointy and sharp to make a hole.

I do not have paper fasteners at home, so I am going to use a wire tie to attach the movable parts.

Here's how to make your own fasteners- put the wire through both holes.

Wrap the wire around tight into a snail like shape, bigger than the hole in the back....

and in the front.

Artist Tip: Make sure it is wound tight and loose enough so that the parts are movable just right.

Tape a stick to the back of each movable part.

Example: I have 4 sticks because there in the main holder on the body, 1 each for the wings and one for the lower beak.

And your puppet has come to life!

Meet Bobby the Bluejay.

Rip and tear the papers...

Or cut the papers with a scissor...

Arrange them by color, image or any category you like to make it easy for you to work with.

You can sketch an idea of an image and fill the mosaic pieces in like a puzzle,

or dive in and arrange pieces as you go like a puzzle...

Randomly

Or neatly,

And Glue.

Cut paper mosaics...

The trick is to fill the entire page as tight as possible, with no blank spaces.

Torn paper mosaics...

This one uses different kinds of magazine paper with construction paper.

You can get very creative with the mix of papers!

Hunt for and collect any materials around the house.

Arrange them by color, object or any category you like.

The trick is to fill as tight as possible, with very few blank spaces.

These are arranged by color.

But you can arrange them in any way you like!

You also don't have to glue them.

You can arrange as a mosaic and take a photo of it.

The photo will be your work of art!

If you don't have markers you can also use colored pencils as well as paints. If you have collage materials like construction paper or recycled paper, you can use those too!

Fold the paper in half.

Go to Step 4 if you want large size.

Go to Step 2 if you want smaller size.

Fold it again and cut it in half.

I used 4 pieces of letter size paper here, which gave me 8 pieces.

Stack each pieces of paper like this- one page facing up, the other page facing down.

Glue each page together at the fold and around the edges .

Keep going until all of your pages are glued together into an accordion shape.

Fold the accordion book closed, cut it in any shape.

The shape can relate to your story.

Important: Do not cut off all of the folded edges to the right and to the left. If you do, the pages will no longer be connected.

If you don't want a hard cover, you are done at Step 7.

If you do want a hard cover, trace the front end and back end to the thick paper and cut.

Make two- one for the front of the book, the other for the back of the book.

Glue the cover to the front end and the back end, and you have an accordion book!

One long drawing...

across...

all the pages.