Craft Spotlight: Clay Rollers

Get ready to roll with Clay Rollers! The rollers create new designs every time. Use on clay, Plasticine, dough and more!  The Clay Rollers are easy to put together, too. The kit features 4 rollers with accessories: 4 large cylinders, string, and stoppers. To make the rollers, tuck one end of a length of string…

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Yoga in the Classroom

Classroom exercise can be a source of joy for both students and teachers, but to fit exercise into an already stressed schedule, it needs to have clear objectives and measurable results. Many teachers feel uncomfortable about implementing an exercise program because they don’t have sufficient confidence in their own knowledge and skills. The benefits far out…

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Craft Spotlight: Paint Bellows

Explore a new painting technique with Paint Bellows! These neat little painting tools feature an accordion-style chamber to help push paint out in a splatter-like design.  A few drops of tempera paint go a long way with this painting tool! First, press out all the air from the Paint Bellows chamber. To do this, squeeze…

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Butterfly Day at the Art Junction!

The amazing art community at the Art Junction made butterfly crafts using our R2450 Bug Bodies during one of their family days! See more of their brilliant artwork at the Art Junction blog!  The Bug Bodies were combined with painted coffee filters to make the bug wings. Antennae were formed from pipe cleaners that were…

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Craft Spotlight: Mosaics!

Use new materials to create stunning art projects! Our line of Mosaic products will inspire your students accomplish this simply using glue and a bit of colorful imagination. Our videos below showcase some project ideas you can use in your classroom. Have a look below at some of our mosaic products, including R15639 Spectrum Mosaics,…

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Willard City Elementary Artists use our Tessellations Animal Templates!

The Artman posted his students’ math/art projects that used our Animal Template Tessellations! Tessellations are a great way to build coordination and patterning skills! See more about Artman’s process below. Artman posted many photos of his students using our Animal Template Tessellations. A variety of designs from the pack were used. These included the elephant,…

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Personalized Art Totes!

Store your art materials in personalized art totes! Make one for yourself (the ever-patient and longstanding art teacher) or invite your students to make one for you. The project is pretty simple and quick so students will love the opportunity to make more! Age: 3+ Duration: 5-10 minutes You’ll Need: • Assorted rubbing plates: R5841…

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Craft Spotlight: Masterpiece Fingerpaint Frames

Make a work of art out of every fingerpainting session! Simply slip students’ fingerpaint artwork underneath any one of our R75421 Masterpiece Fingerpainting Frames.  Each of the Masterpiece Fingerpainting Frame packages comes with special fingerpaint paper that slips perfectly into each of the frames. Use regular fingerpaint on the paper. To enhance students’ sensory awareness,…

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Colored Rice Stencil Shapes

Earlier this week, we posted a Craft Spotlight post on Colored Rice. Today we’ll show you how to use Colored Rice with our various stencil shapes to make decorative shapes for your classroom wall! Age: 4+ Duration: 15-20 minutes You’ll Need: • R2114 Colored Rice • R5522 Child’s First Stencil Set • Construction paper /…

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Craft Spotlight: Colored Rice

R2114 Colored Rice doesn’t work just as a collage material. It produces artwork that can be used in sensory activities! Non-toxic and easy to use. Check out more below! A basic way to use Colored Rice is to first draw a basic image onto construction paper. Construction paper holds up best against glue, which is…

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