The Printmaking Center in my TAB- Choice Based Art classroom

The Printmaking Center in my TAB ClassroomPrintmaking is actually one of my favorite activities. Unfortunately it didn't catch on as well as I thought it should have.We did

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What’s wrong with copycat crafts

What’s Wrong with Copycat Crafts  Are all crafts really good for our children? Believe it or not, and I’m sure you believe it; many people don’t even think

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Chalkboard markers perfect for kids portfolios

I was recently sent these chalkboard markers to review and I decided I can only review them if I actually saw how they worked in real life. It

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2 Mixed media fall projects using warm color tissue paper

The media used for these projects (mixed media)were bleeding tissue paper and oi pastels. there were 2 different grades that did these 2 projects.A first grade class and

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Lines in art (for Kids)

Line is one of the 7 elements of art. Even though I usually do activities with my classes that incorporate the elements into the project we are doing, sometimes I

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Spending some vacation time in the city? Recreate your kids day with city landscape art

Summer vacations (which it is what we in the States are in middle of now) are a time that many parents spend time with their children exploring the

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Making animals out of square shapes

I really did start this project with squares. You would never believe it looking at these amazing pictures these kindergarten and first grade children created.I started out by

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Multi Step Flower murals: Great summer project

Spring and Summer are perfect times  for flower projects with kids and this flower mural is such a fun idea. I actually saw the original idea on Pinkandgreenmama.com

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Ocean crafts: Create murals of the ocean

This ocean crafts activity was inspired by this  swarm of sea creatures that I found on Pinterest.As you may know already, I love mixed media art and I also love

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Painting from primaries to secondaries: (revisited)

I've been doing tray painting with kids for years. I wrote about tray painting in this kindergarten art lesson and this painting for kids post. I would have

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