hello initial stamping projects!
Here’s a project that combines pre-reading skills and stamping. Letting kids create prints with plastic cookie cutters and foam letters gives them a fun and low-pressure way to reinforce their letter...
View ArticleHello string and straw paintings!
Painting with strings and straws is a great way for students to experience process-oriented art and creating with non-typical tools. The children enjoy seeing how the paintings evolve with each step;...
View Articlehello rolling pin paintings!
Here kids use a familiar tool in a novel way, utilizing a rolling pin typically found in the kitchen in a new place: in the studio to create. We have a few types of special rolling pins we use for...
View ArticleHello 3D paper cities!
We love open-ended process-oriented art projects here at The Messy Artist, and this 3D paper sculpture project gets high marks on both counts. We often read a Dr Seuss book before we start to get the...
View ArticleHello butterfly paintings!
Something as simple as tweaking the scale of a project creates excitement about it for the students. Working very large or very small intrigues the children, and encourages them to use a new...
View ArticleHello warm color circles!
In our Chagalls class for 3-6 year olds, we use this multi-step project as one of the many ways we teach color mixing. With primary colors of red and yellow, the students create a palette reminiscent...
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