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Hello parents! I would like for you to use this Google Site as a resource for projects that your child can do at home with minimal materials. Every week there will be several new lessons and links so scroll down to check back regularly.
Hello parents! I would like for you to use this Google Site as a resource for projects that your child can do at home with minimal materials. Every week there will be several new lessons and links so scroll down to check back regularly.
Feel free to modify the assignments if need be. I just want the kids creating, problem solving, and expressing themselves.
Feel free to modify the assignments if need be. I just want the kids creating, problem solving, and expressing themselves.
Don't hesitate to contact me at mhopper@wcpss.net
Don't hesitate to contact me at mhopper@wcpss.net
Please let your kids know that I miss them all very much and I look forward to seeing them again. Miss you kids!
Please let your kids know that I miss them all very much and I look forward to seeing them again. Miss you kids!
These are just a few alternative materials that can be used for creating art at home:
These are just a few alternative materials that can be used for creating art at home:
Foil
Nature objects- leaves, rocks, vines
Toilet paper rolls
Junk mail- ads, coupons, etc
Cardboard boxes
used coffee grounds to add water to and paint with
paper bags and wrapping paper
FOOD!
Legos
Mesh wrappers/bags from produce
Magazines
used tea bags for watercolor paintings- just soak the bag in water like you would to make the tea
salt dough clay, flour dough clay
print making with found objects
save foam trays that food comes in (wash first) then use the foam tray as either a paint pallete or a foam printing plate.
No brayers, use a soda can, soup can to press and smooth the paper on the foam plate.
bubble wrap
laundry art (arrange clothing into a piece of artwork, either re-create or make your own)
newspaper
food coloring for watercolors or add to handmade dough clay (although the dye might stain hands with the dough)
Kool Aid for paint- (use less water to make the color more vibrant)
tissue paper, if any saved / reused from gifts
straws for blowing bubbles with bubble printing
toothpicks for a sculpture project with either glue or marshmallows
wax paper and markers for printmaking. Draw on wax paper with markers, then print / rub on paper or another paper source to see your print
If you have Legos this challenge might be something you would be interested in...
If you have Legos this challenge might be something you would be interested in...
Each week I will be posting at least 2 new projects/lesson for the students to learn and then create. I am not associating a specific grade level for each lesson. I want students to choose between them based on their comfort level with drawing or painting.
Each week I will be posting at least 2 new projects/lesson for the students to learn and then create. I am not associating a specific grade level for each lesson. I want students to choose between them based on their comfort level with drawing or painting.
Creating while recycling! The video features how to make handmade paper, how to use candy as a straw and how to make leaf confetti! One of the coolest things about it is that it's a kid teaching in the video!
Creating while recycling! The video features how to make handmade paper, how to use candy as a straw and how to make leaf confetti! One of the coolest things about it is that it's a kid teaching in the video!
Go to The Metropolitan Museum of Art kids site and explore! These two videos are my favorite from the "How to" section and the "Q & A" section. Look around and have a good time on this site.
Go to The Metropolitan Museum of Art kids site and explore! These two videos are my favorite from the "How to" section and the "Q & A" section. Look around and have a good time on this site.
How to videos for creating: https://www.metmuseum.org/art/online-features/metkids/videos/channel/MetKids-Create .;wl,;lkoi997
Q & A videos about art and the museum: https://www.metmuseum.org/art/online-features/metkids/videos/channel/MetKids-QandA
Here is a fun 3-D lesson for you guys based on Claude Monet's wheatstacks. All you need is paper and something to draw and/or color with:
Here is a fun 3-D lesson for you guys based on Claude Monet's wheatstacks. All you need is paper and something to draw and/or color with:
Click on this link to access several famous quotes about art or spoken by an artist. Once you choose one that you like the best, create a piece of art that incorporates the quote in the artwork. I have some examples below but they are just one way of interpreting this project. have fun. If you find a different quote that you like then go for it! Have fun!
Click on this link to access several famous quotes about art or spoken by an artist. Once you choose one that you like the best, create a piece of art that incorporates the quote in the artwork. I have some examples below but they are just one way of interpreting this project. have fun. If you find a different quote that you like then go for it! Have fun!
What is a Tessellation and who the heck is MC Escher? (Click link below)
What is a Tessellation and who the heck is MC Escher? (Click link below)
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1CULWmT52H9LrfmaYI88iD9bdFgHb1GcJ/view?usp=sharing
This link is for a Google Document so if you use Google to open the files it will work best.
This link is for a Google Document so if you use Google to open the files it will work best.
Art teacher Cassie Stephens created several cool dinosaur themed art projects. Here are a few links to the videos.
Art teacher Cassie Stephens created several cool dinosaur themed art projects. Here are a few links to the videos.
Baby Dinosaur puppets: https://youtu.be/D6xNi_jObEM
Dinosaurs Eating Snacks: https://youtu.be/ZZThUy7xUls
Art for Kids Hub is a series of directed drawings and folding projects done by a father and his kids.
Art for Kids Hub is a series of directed drawings and folding projects done by a father and his kids.
This video is a great simple folding project that turn your kids' hands into Velociraptor claws!
Radial Name Design (advanced project)
Radial Name Design (advanced project)
Check out this Google doc to see how to create a really cool radial design using the letters of your name!
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1mbIz155MHfgSpjMIe2ZMOdou6WjJsIFnb5oEW6flDZM/edit?usp=sharing
Picasso's Blue Period Self Portrait
Picasso's Blue Period Self Portrait
First, click this link to learn more about Picasso and his "Blue Period".
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1-3BkSo3RmxX3eMvJZLmniFnlX3QWYaGNTs0oh6TBR28/edit?usp=sharing
After you read (or your parent reads to you ) about Picasso you will be creating your own Blue Period self portrait. Any medium can be used: photography, drawing, sculpting. It's up to you!
Feel free to do one or all of these ideas!
Feel free to do one or all of these ideas!
Got cardboard?
Got cardboard?
Here's a fun project to utilize any scrap Amazon or pizza boxes. Parents can help younger children cut out the base or face shape of these masks. Since these are abstract, get creative with your shape. You can divide the face into sections with a permanent marker and paint with different colors. Facial features can be cut with scissors using thin cardboard like leftover cereal, soda or cracker boxes. Encourage them to be creative with their shapes for eyes, nose, mouth and ears. These can be colored with markers, oil pastels or paint or whatever you have.
Here's a fun project to utilize any scrap Amazon or pizza boxes. Parents can help younger children cut out the base or face shape of these masks. Since these are abstract, get creative with your shape. You can divide the face into sections with a permanent marker and paint with different colors. Facial features can be cut with scissors using thin cardboard like leftover cereal, soda or cracker boxes. Encourage them to be creative with their shapes for eyes, nose, mouth and ears. These can be colored with markers, oil pastels or paint or whatever you have.
Once their facial features are cut out, they can play around with where they'll be placed on their base. These are abstract, so eyes don't have to be side by side. Have fun! Now they can be glued down using regular school glue or taped on or if you have brads for thick cardboard or staples for thin cardboard they would work with . Last, if you have a junk drawer, you can encourage children to embellish their masks with buttons, bits of hardware, soda can tops or anything else you can think to utilize! Even food like dry pasta or dried rice. Who knows what you will find!
Kimmy Cantrell is a modern artist who creates faces out of clay! He uses slabs and cuts the shapes from leather-hard clay. After assembling and glazing (adding color) it is fired to complete the piece.
Click this link for some Cheap and Easy Crafts! I like how some projects are also Science based.
This PDF has some amazing activities for 5 DAYS worth of fun! Thank you Ana Dziengel for the resource.
Project: Rubber Band Stamps
Project: Rubber Band Stamps
Step One Wrap rubber bands around toy wood blocks.
Step Two. Press the blocks into an ink pad or using the rubber band wrapped wood blocks as stamps. You can also use slightly watered down paint soaked sponges in lieu of an ink pad.
Tips:
Tips:
Tempera paint is easier for young kids to use on a sponge. Sponges soak up watercolors and it’s hard for young ones to resist squeezing the liquid out all over their artwork.
Tempera dries sort of washed out. That’s why I love how the watercolor combo looked, the colors remained vibrant and pretty even when dry.
I recommend using sponges that are dense, such as the eraser type sponges. These get the best result when soaked with paint.
You can find great inexpensive sponges for art in the dollar bin at the drugstore or at the dollar store.
You can also try any of these projects using string. Simply wrap your board using a long string and tape to the back. I liked using the rubber bands, though, because they easily stay in place.
Grade 3-5 Crazy Hair.docxThis link to The Strong (the National Museum of Play) has a few neat ideas for imaginative play at home as well as a few crafts.
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