Education & Inspiration

Craft Spotlight: Farm Animal Masks

Dress up, learn facts, exercise and play farm with Farm Animal Masks! These pre-printed, coated masks are the perfect tools for encouraging students to participate in dramatic play and physical education! There are 8 different animals to choose from, so your students … Continue reading

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Fingerpaint Sensations Alphabet

It’s almost time for Back to School! …And that means getting to know new students through their names. In order to spell their names correctly, students will need to begin their literacy lessons. It just so happens that September is … Continue reading

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Craft Spotlight: Peel and Stick Making Faces

Make hilarious faces with creative Peel & Stick face stickers! Choose from a wide selection of funky eyes, noses and mouths to decorate any object! This post details how the face stickers were used to decorate homemade maracas for a … Continue reading

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Wild Flower Vests

Make a bright and beautiful vest to commemorate the end of summer! To add some fun to your students’ painting experiences, try painting outside as a tribute to all the great days spent in the sunshine (and to enhance students’ sensory exploration!) … Continue reading

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Craft Spotlight: Mix and Match Emotion Masks®

How are you feeling today? Pretty good or what?! Our art campers were feeling their very best while playing with our hilarious R4959 Mix and Match Emotion Masks®!  The Mix and Match Emotion Masks are a unique set of masks … Continue reading

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Tropical Art-a-Roni Bracelets

Today’s craft is pretty simple, but no less fun to try out! We’re making use of our extra-bright and colorful Tropical Art-A-Roni® Noodles to fashion exotic-looking bracelets.  Age: 4+ Duration: 5-10 minutes Learning Objectives: Develop manual dexterity while threading pasta beads through pipe … Continue reading

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Craft Spotlight: Nature Stencils

Use detailed Nature Stencils to draw beautiful pictures while developing fine motor skills and encouraging image association. Each shape has a coordinating border to add interest to students’ drawings. The stencils kit features many different types of flora and fauna … Continue reading

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Paint Bellows Tree

Use process-based methods to create colorful tree artwork! The techniques used involve materials such as Paint Bellows, fingerpaint and Squiggle Pipettes, all combined to give your students an exercise in fine motor development while enjoying the result of the final image.  … Continue reading

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Bug Rubbing Plates

Find out how we used our Bug Rubbing Plates to make stunning suncatchers! The raised edges on our rubbing plates make it easy to develop impressions of the assorted designs. Create beautiful prints using simple materials! Age: 5+ Duration: 5-10 minutes Lesson … Continue reading

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Chromatography Flowers

Find out what colors of ink are used in your markers! Chromatography is used to break a solution into its component parts. In other words, the colors of markers are often made by combining several other colors together. To split these … Continue reading

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