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Mix ‘n Match Faces

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Mix 'n Match Faces Project for Kids

Each month brings a new challenge with the Children’s Museum of the Arts (CMA) CIVIC KIDS campaign! Their theme for November is “Equity”…. perfect for election month, don’t you think?! equity noun 1 the equity of society: fairness, justness, impartiality, egalitarianism; objectivity, balance, open-mindedness." The challenge is open to kids everywhere… you don’t need to … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Lessons, Animals, Art Challenges, Bookmaking, Books, Crayon, Creatures / Monsters, Cutting, Drawing, Faces, Folding, Markers / Pen and Ink, Math with Art, Middle School Art, Paper Folding, Pencil, People Tagged With: #cmacivickids, Booklets, books, Bridgett Spicer, Equity, silly

Kaleidoscope Lettering – New & Improved!

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Kaleidoscope Lettering - New & Improved!

While I love creating new art projects to keep things fresh and interesting, some of the older projects are just so good, they’re worth repeating year after year…. which also gives me the chance to keep improving them! Kaleidoscope Lettering is one of those projects! It uses the concepts of bilateral (reflective) symmetry, tessellation, and positive/negative space to … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Abstract (Representational), Back to School, Colored Pencil, Crayon, Lettering, Markers / Pen and Ink, Middle School Art, Names, Paper Folding, Words / Letters Tagged With: symmetry

How to Make an Origami Flower Ball

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an image of an Origami Flower Ball

The Japanese art of making an origami flower ball always seems like a fitting thing to do at Christmas. It’s peaceful and calming, almost meditative to work on, and it makes a beautiful decoration when finished!  As with many origami projects, this origami flower ball ornament looks much more difficult than it is. It’s really just the same simple sequence repeated over and over … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Birthdays, Christmas, Flowers, Folding, Holiday / Event, Japan, Mother's Day, Origami, Paper, Paper Folding, Product Reviews, Valentine's Day Tagged With: DIY holiday decorations, ornaments, snow day projects

Easy DIY Envelopes to Fit Any Size Card

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Easy DIY Handmade Envelopes to fit any size card!

With Valentine's Day right around the corner, I wanted to share this super-easy DIY envelope you can make to fit any size card! How many times have you or your students created a wonderful hand-made card for Valentine's Day (or Christmas, Birthday, Mother's Day, etc.) and then delivered it in an envelope that didn't fit correctly, or worse yet, no envelope at all??! An … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Christmas, Easter, Father's Day, Folding, Greeting Cards, Mother's Day, Other, Paper, Paper Folding, Tips for Teaching Art, Valentine's Day Tagged With: envelopes, greeting cards, holidays

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

Folded Paper Stars With Symmetry

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Folded Paper Star decoration with symmetry

These folded paper stars are a hit year after year with my 4th graders. You can make these in any size you want.... the size of the squares you start with will determine the size of your finished stars.  When I teach this lesson, I use 12" squares in two different colors to demonstrate the folding and gluing steps on the white board. Instead of glue, I used tape rolls with low … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Christmas, Holiday / Event, Lessons, Markers / Pen and Ink, Paper, Paper Folding, Stars Tagged With: ornaments, pattern, stars, symmetry

Jacob’s Ladder Icicles

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Jacob's Ladder Icicle Ornament steps

I like to have each of my classes make a special ornament for Christmas each year. Here's an easy paper icicle that's fun for 1st grade and up. Once students get the hang of it, they'll be making these as fast as you can cut the paper! This project is a little more craft-like than I usually do with my students, but during those high energy days leading up to Christmas … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Christmas, Faith, Holiday / Event, Lessons, Medium, Paper, Paper Folding, Process Tagged With: Bible story, ornaments, paper folding

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