Kids love any opportunity to work in 3D and are surprised to discover all they can make using just toothpicks and some modeling material. After practicing a few basic forms, let their imaginations run wild and see all the creative ideas they can come up with! First, let's begin with some basic vocabulary.... Tetrahedron - a pyramid with four faces that are all triangles … [Read more...]
Art Demo ~ Crayola Model Magic
Here are a few scary (and sadly, out of focus!) monsters from a product demo I did yesterday for Crayola, using their Model Magic modeling material. These imaginative creatures were created by an 8 year old boy who couldn't get enough of this stuff!Before being asked to teach this demo, I always thought Model Magic was more of a pre-school type of thing, but after spending a … [Read more...]