In the studio, we can warm-up before a big project in a variety of ways; this can be open-ended drawing or painting, play-doh, or even sensory boxes! For this project we made a sensory box for each student so sharing space or materials wasn’t an issue. Sensory...
Kids love leaf rubbings with oil pastels. Materials: White Paper Colored Paper Leaves (green and flexible work best) Oil Pastels or crayons Scissors Glue Sticks Real leaves or Fabric Leaves (optional) Begin with white paper, leaves, and oil pastels or crayons. Place...
This week over at Studio Sprout we explored… CLAY! Our younger students created some really inventive and unique pieces! Materials Needed: air-dry clay (we use 25lb blocks of Laguna) tempera, activity or acrylic paint paint brushes cotton cloth or wood board to...
Materials Needed: black construction paper (we used 12×18) aluminum foil (for paint pallette) flat paint brushes leaves (still green and flexible) newsprint/scrap paper sponges (cut into four pieces) tempera paint (the more quality, the better it will show up on...
Autumn Hangers are great for a wall or a front door. I know that many places have already seen the leaves change and are experiencing snow but we in California have a slower, more subtle change of seasons so before winter arrives we are still relishing in the glow...
