Education & Inspiration
This adorable origami project is perfect for desks or as a holiday gift container! This origami project looks professional and beautiful when it is complete, but it’s simple enough for little fingers to easily fold! Age: 4+ Duration: 5-8 minutes Learning Outcomes: Introduce students to origami. Exercise fine motor skills. Practice precise folding techniques. Use in the classroom…
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Put all four seasons on one very special tree! This is an adorable piece of take-home art that explores seasonal changes. Winter, spring, summer, fall! Each season brings changes to the world around us, and one of the best ways to see these changes is to look at the trees and plants outside. Using tempera…
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Integrate early geometry and holiday spirit with this adorable craft! Sponge painting is a tactile and fun activity! By combining our R55009 Shape Sponges with tempera paint and some old-fashioned Christmas Spirit, we have come up with a great way to integrate early geometry and holiday art! Age: 3+ Duration: 15-20 minutes (plus drying time)…
Read MoreCreate beautiful holiday ornaments with stringing stars and glitter chenille stems! Age: 4+ Duration: 5-10 minutes (plus drying time) Learning Outcomes: Practice pattern following. Exercise fine motor skills. Create a beautiful, take-home holiday craft. You’ll Need: R16024 Stringing Shapes: Stars R54466 Junior Paint Spritzers Glitter Chenille Stems Liquid Watercolor Paint Pencil To begin this craft, each child will…
Read MoreImmerse your students in the Japanese art of Kirigami! Kirigami is a variation on the Japanese art of origami. Unlike origami, however, the folding is not the end product for kirigami. Cuts are made in the paper, and then the sheet is unfolded to reveal the cut-paper artwork! Our kirigami sheets are printed with numbered…
Read MoreCelebrating the season doesn’t mean just focusing on Christmas. You can create inclusive crafts that all of your students will love to make. Here are some suggestions for fun art projects that are open ended enough to relate to Christmas, Diwali, Kwanzaa, New Years or just the first snowfall! Practice patterning and sequencing while creating…
Read MoreThese spritzers are the perfect new tool for art classrooms! Create beautiful works of art with these adorable, elephant-headed paint sprayers! Fill the sprayer bottle with liquid watercolor paint, point the elephant’s head down and squeeze the elephant ear-pump to spritz out a fine mist of color onto craft paper. Make yourself a rainbow of…
Read MoreCan YOU solve this math mystery? Today we are demonstrating a fun activity that uses our technique for folded mini booklets, and will help get kids excited about math! Challenge each student to write their own math mystery, then mix them up and challenge their peers to solve the mysteries. Age: 5+ Duration: 15 minutes Learning Outcomes: Explore…
Read MoreThis simple craft base is perfect for all kinds of classroom projects! Are students getting bored with writing? Has math lost it’s luster? Everything is more special when it is published! Reinvigorate students by teaching them how to create this little booklet and writing their own stories, favorite math facts, “All About Me” arts and…
Read MoreBe an emotions super hero with this snuggly doll! This doll is an emotional super hero! Use it to encourage students to talk about their own moods and emotions. This cuddly doll comes with lots of different Velcro® facial features, allowing you to decide what the doll is feeling. Store other emotions on the doll’s…
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