All you have to do is search Pinterest for kids art projects and your screen will be immediately flooded with Monet-esq water lilies in tempera paint and Degas ballet dancers made from coffee filters. But do kids learn anything by trying to recreate the appearance of famous art using craft supplies? The Tradition of Students …
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Why We Don’t Just Copy the Masters’ Art with Our Kids Art Projects
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Lines & Patterns Insider’s Club Project
HERE is your downloadable project plan! Below is the video for the main projects Here’s your video for the Taking It Further section Supplies & Links: Gel Pens or Markers: markers should be fine point or bullet tip.White drawing paper: acid free is nice if you want to preserve the drawings, otherwise, even white printer …
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Atmospheric Perspective Insider’s Club Project
Your Downloadable Project Plan! Project Tutorial Below Supplies: •We recommend you purchase bleeding tissue. Some very inexpensive tissue papers will bleed just because they’re not color fast, but the only way to test that is to get a piece wet and press it onto a piece of white paper. Then, if it easily transfers color …
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easy creative ways to display your kids’ art (and why you should!)
at Outside the Box Creation, we believe in focusing on the process rather than just the pretty end product when you do art with your kids. That being said, when they create art that they’re proud of, it’s a great idea to display it!
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Why You’ll Never Regret Doing Art WITH Your Child
I often talk and write about why engaging in art making is really great for kids. Art helps them develop their creative problem solving skills, create new synapses in their brains, and enhances their empathy and self-esteem. But why should you do art with your kids?
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Using Art With Your Kids to Help them Express Gratitude
Art & Gratitude Art + Gratitude = an award winning combo! Thanksgiving is a great time to engage in gratitude activities with kids. Paring art and gratitude is a win-win: Art sets the stage for kids developing the seeds of gratitude, self-confidence and empathy. It also allows them to feel invested in what they’re making …
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STEM + Art = STEAM
Have you noticed STEM being promoted to the exclusion, or at least minimization, of the arts? Here at Outside the Box Creation, we believe STEM should have an A in it for art. STEM + Art = STEAM (science, technology, engineering, ART and math).
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Leonardo da Vinci Insider’s Club Project
Here’s Your da Vinci Project Plan! A Word About Supplies: •If you want to read a book about Leonardo da Vinci, we recommend Leonardo Da Vinci; Getting to Know the World’s Greatest Artists by Mike Venezia. You can probably pick up a copy at your local library, or here. And we found this read aloud …
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How to Choose A Drawing Pencil for Your Child
We’ve been thinking a lot about pencils lately because our November 2021 box is all about Leonardo da Vinci! We are fans of kids drawing anywhere, anytime with any pencil, or any pen, for that matter. Drawing and doodling are always a good idea, no matter what pen or pencil you have available and can …
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Mosaic Project for Insider’s Club
Mosaics are pictures created by arranging small pieces of colored glass, stone, pottery, paper, or other materials, we’re using paper! Here is your Mosaic Project Plan! Here is a Mosaic Ideas Handout, front & back! This is a video of the author of I Love You to Pieces, Barbara Benson Keith, reading her book and …
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