Giraffe Valentine by Betsey McLawhorn Level: 1 – 5 Time Frame: 15+ minutes  Goals: To make a Valentine for someone you care about. Materials: Cardstock Scissors Google Eyes Glue Pencil Sharpie Colored Pencils    Steps: Fold a card the size you would like your animal/monster/creature to be.  It can be a small card, or you [...]

  Level: 1-5 Time Frame: 30 minutes  Goals: To discover different options with crayons and melted wax. To learn how to use everyday materials, like sandpaper, in new ways.  Materials: Sandpaper – the finer the grit, the less mosaic in appearance Crayons – remove paper from crayons White construction paper Iron Tea Towel or cotton [...]

Time Frame: 30-45 min + drying time Skill Level: 2-5 Goals To use simple materials in an unexpected way to create a stamp. To practice a basic printmaking skill—stamping. To practice drawing animal outlines to be used as silhouettes. Materials Small square of cardboard (2” or 3”) Twine (fairly thick) Scissors White cardstock Acrylic Paint [...]

Skill Level: 2-5 Time Frame: 1 hr Goals: To learn simple methods of face drawing. To use a conventional material in an unexpected way. To learn and use the tools and methods associated with printmaking. Materials Piece of Corrugated Cardboard, at least 9 X 12 Pencil X-Acto Knife (teacher use only) Scissors Block Printing Ink [...]

Skill Level: 1 Time Frame: 1 hr (or less depending on the size of your paper) Goals: To provide a simple first introduction to making prints To provide opportunities to teach young kids about color mixing, overlapping lines, and etc.. To provide the opportunity for basic shape recognition Materials: Large white paper Black tempera paint [...]