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Make a Crazy Crown Craft

By Cheryl Trowbridge 2 Comments

Crazy Crown Craft

Kids will enjoy making this Crazy Crown Craft to celebrate the Platinum Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II.  A "royal jubilee" is a special celebration to mark the number of the years a king or queen has reigned. It doesn't happen every year, but only certain years. Each jubilee is represented by a precious metal: Silver (25 years), Gold (50 years), Diamond (60 years), … [Read more...]

Filed Under: 3D / Sculpture, Crowns, Europe, Folding, Gluing, Gluing, Holiday / Event, Lessons, Markers / Pen and Ink, News & Announcements, Other, Paper, Process Tagged With: crowns, hats, jubilee, paper

The Color Wheel Challenge

By Cheryl Trowbridge 5 Comments

Photo of a color wheel made with found objects from around the house

If you've been following any art teacher accounts on social media lately, you've probably seen it... the Color Wheel Challenge! The idea is simple... gather items in bright, solid colors from around your home, assemble them into color wheel order, and snap a pic! Then share your creation on social media using the hashtag #colorwheelchallenge . Here are a few tips I … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Found or Recycled Materials, 3D / Sculpture, Color / Color Mixing, Creativity, News & Announcements Tagged With: art at home, color wheel, color wheel challenge, shelter in place, social media challenge

Water Bottle Fish

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Water Bottle Fish

What can you do with a plastic water bottle besides just recycle it?? Here’s one idea…. make something fishy!! Celebrate civic engagement through art making! In honor of their 30th anniversary, the Children’s Museum of Art in NYC is issuing a new creative challenge each month.  Are you ready to get creative? The #CMACIVICKIDS challenge for April is the "Plastic Bottle … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Markers / Pen and Ink, 3D / Sculpture, Art Challenges, Coloring, Fish / Marine Life, Found or Recycled Materials, Handbuilding & Sculpting, Recycling with Art Tagged With: #cmacivickids, crafts

Unwind with a Relaxing Ceramic “Feeling Sculpture”

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Unwind with a Ceramic 'Feeling Sculpture'

This "Feeling Sculpture" may be the most relaxing clay project you’ll ever do. My students loved it so much, they asked to do it again the next week! Ages 5-85 can all have fun with this project that could double as therapy. Credit for this awesome project goes to my daughter’s high school Ceramics teacher, Mr. Emery. He challenged his students to form the clay with their eyes … [Read more...]

Filed Under: 3D / Sculpture, Abstract (Non-representational), Abstract Design, Clay, Handbuilding & Sculpting, Lessons, Medium, Middle School Art, Process, Subject Tagged With: ceramics, glazing

22 Ways to Combine Writing & Art to Encourage Creativity

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22 Ways to Combine Writing & Art to Encourage Creativity

I recently had the privilege of helping my adult daughter edit the manuscript for her first book. Her first real, published book. A book with an agent, a publisher, a release date (April 2017), and it’s own pre-order page on Amazon. A proud parenting milestone for sure! But this book of hers has been a long time in the making. In fact, we can trace its origin all the way back … [Read more...]

Filed Under: 3D / Sculpture, Bookmaking, Books, Calligraphy, Collage, Creativity, Drawing, Greeting Cards, Illustration, Inspiration, Lettering, News & Announcements, Painting, Philosophy, Portraits / Self-Portraits, Sketching, Tips for Parents, Tips for Teaching Art, Trees, Words / Letters

Prevent Summer Learning Loss with a ‘Retro’ Flash Card Flipper

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Prevent Summer Learning Loss with a 'Retro' Flash Card Flipper!

'Summer Learning Loss', or 'Summer Slide' as it’s also known, is not just an issue for ‘at risk’ students. All students need to practice their academic skills to keep from falling behind over summer vacation. The year I taught 2nd grade I experienced firsthand how much students can forget over the summer. We wasted much valuable time that fall doing remedial work…. re-learning … [Read more...]

Filed Under: 3D / Sculpture, Art Games / Activities, Art History, Holiday / Event, Markers / Pen and Ink, Mondrian, Piet, Summer Vacation Tagged With: flash cards, math

Recycled Assemblage Sculptures Inspired by Louise Nevelson

By Cheryl Trowbridge 2 Comments

Recycled Assemblage Sculptures Inspired by Louis Nevelson

Louise Nevelson (1899-1988) was one of the most important sculptors of the 20th century. Born in Russia, she emigrated with her family to the United States in 1905. Her unique artistic style was influenced by the cubist movement, co-founded by Pablo Picasso, and the found object sculptures of Marcel Duchamp. Calling herself “the original recycler”, Nevelson is most famous for … [Read more...]

Filed Under: 3D / Sculpture, Abstract (Non-representational), Abstract Design, Art History, Earth Day, Expressionism, Famous Artists, Found or Recycled Materials, Lessons, Medium, Mixed Media, Modern Art, Nevelson, Louise, Process, Product Reviews, Style, Subject, Supplies / Products Tagged With: Elmer's X-Treme School Glue, found object assemblage, recycling with art

Haiku Tunnel Books PDF Directions

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Haiku Tunnel Books Pdf

This is one of my favorite resources in my TpT store... Haiku Tunnel Books! This project uses postcards to inspire students to write their own haiku poem and turn it into a tunnel book. A tunnel book is a three-dimensional movable book that you read by looking right through the middle of it. Originally from the mid-18th century, tunnel books are enjoying renewed popularity … [Read more...]

Filed Under: 3D / Sculpture, Bookmaking, Colored Pencil, Folding, Lessons, Middle School Art, Paper, Paper Folding Tagged With: haiku, tunnel books

Return of the Marshmallow Challenge!

By Cheryl Trowbridge 1 Comment

Back by popular demand, I ended our school year with "The Marshmallow Challenge".  I first tried this activity two years ago, after watching an inspiring TED Talk by Tom Wujec.  The Marshmallow Challenge is a team-building exercise where groups of 2-3 have 18 minutes to try to build the tallest freestanding structure - using just 20 sticks of spaghetti, one yard of masking … [Read more...]

Filed Under: 3D / Sculpture, Lessons, Process Tagged With: creativity, problem solving, teamwork

Gung Hey Fat Choy! Chinese New Year Dragons

By Cheryl Trowbridge 7 Comments

Chinese New Year is right around the corner!  Monday, January 23, 2012 will mark the start of the "Year of the Dragon", year 4709 on the Chinese calendar, where each year is designated by one of 12 animals.  I thought a dragon project would be fun for my first graders as we usher out the "Year of the Rabbit" and welcome in the "Year of the Dragon"!  We're making our dragons in … [Read more...]

Filed Under: 3D / Sculpture, Animals, China, Chinese New Year, Holiday / Event, Lessons, Multicultural, Paper Tagged With: 3D, China, Chinese New Year, holidays

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