Fall, which it is now here in New York is a great time to make projects with leaves. Of course, fall projects will consist of gorgeous red, yellow
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Discovering Lines and Shapes in Everyday Images
This post is from a series of art classes I did years ago with some children. We are exploring art fundamentals with kids through lines and shapes. These
The beginning of a new art class
This past Sunday was the first of a new series of art classes that I am running in my home. One of my objectives with this art class
Does a Square need to be Perfect? (literacy art projects)
The perfect square was actually the perfect excuse to do some collages with kids. Any reader of this blog will know how much I love collages and you
Using a book as an incentive to make flower projects: Counting in the Garden (literacy art projects)
This is our second book in our literacy art project. Our first one was the dot book projects. This second way is based on the book Counting in the
The amazing versatility of painting with kids: It’s not all process only
This is a post about painting for kids. As you probably know, the internet is flooded with wonderful, process only painting activities to do with children. I think
▶A really cool technique called watercolor lifting (video)
Watercolor Lifting A couple of weeks ago I did a post on making your own papers for collage. That is a favorite technique of the well know author/illustrator
Literacy based art projects: We started with dots
We recently finished a wonderful summer in our art camp. Every summer we collect the artwork the children do and make a book out of their work. Last
Not your typical bunch of apple crafts ideas
Tis' the season for some apple crafts. For me apples have a close connection to Rosh Hashana, the Jewish New Year which is a couple of days away.
Don’t know what to do with old magazines? Use some cut out pictures and then draw to finish the picture
If you have old magazines and want to use them in some way for an art project for your kids, here is the perfect idea. A few weeks