Posts Tagged ‘school’
Chinese Lanterns
Get ready for Chinese New Year! Learn how to create lanterns can help students work with form and color to create these awesome, decorative projects. We’ll show you the step by step process using our R22021 Color-In Chinese Lanterns and our R55009 Shape Sponges! Age: 5+ Duration: 20 minutes You’ll Need: • R22021 Color-In Chinese Lanterns…
Read MoreNew Year’s Masquerade Masks
This year’s New Year’s party will be a blast with fancy custom-made masks! Celebrate the past year and what the New Year will bring! Age: 5+ Duration: 10-20 minutes Learning Objectives: You’ll Need: • R15623 Tie Dye Paper • R22020 … Continue reading 
Project Spotlight: Snowflake Weaving Mats
Add beautiful snowflakes to your winter display with artwork your students get to make! The R16027 Snowflake Weaving Mats kit contains 24 projects for your classroom in four unique snowflake designs. What sets each of your students’ snowflakes apart from each … Continue reading
Craft Spotlight: Nature Paper
Take a good look at the images in our R15290 Nature Paper, and think of how you can combine them to make colorful, crazy critters! The Nature Paper elements can also be hung from mobiles or pasted onto picture frames or posters as decorations. The R15290 Nature Paper features 32 sheets of brilliant graphics that are…
Read MoreCraft Spotlight: Sew Up Vests
Wear your art! That’s what we say for our amazing Sew Up Vests! These multi-skill craft projects are made from versatile Color Diffusing material so that the paint design you make on the vest creates a tie-dye like effect when you add a bit of water. Paint, fold, sew and wear your vest for a variety…
Read MoreThe Differentiated Kindergarten blog uses our Manuscript Letter Beads!
Students will love being able to see their numbers and letters up close! These sturdy, colorful beads can be strung on thread or sorted into trays just like the photo above. Use the beads to teach number and letter recognition using visual and tactile approaches. Like blogger Marsha states, the beads aren’t simply beads, because…
Read MoreThis Little Class of Mine uses our Color Diffusing Paper!
Used to make ocean backgrounds for these adorable squid characters, Color Diffusing Paper was combined with paint and bit of salt to create neat bubbly water effects! This activity was part of a literacy/art class that studied a fun children’s book, I’m the Best Artist in the Ocean by Kevin Sherry. The squid on the front cover was…
Read MoreCraft Spotlight: Stand Up Letters
Our newest product addition: R49702 Stand Up Letters! Students can color in and decorate the letters, adding their own unique touch with collage materials, stickers, mosaics and more! The Stand Up Letters are perfect for helping students picture exactly how each letter looks like–since they stand out so well! Stand Up Letters can be used…
Read MoreMs. Johnston’s class makes our Tessellations!
Today we get to show off more Tessellations fun with art projects from Ms. Johnston’s class! This post, titled “Tessellations are so fun!” was published on May 9th, 2012 and was posted on Mrs. Johnston’s Blog: Adventures in Fifth Grade. Click here to visit the link! Our R5863 Animal Tessellations are a hit in classrooms!…
Read MoreCraft 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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