Do you need a fun elementary art sculpture lesson? Build easy model magic food sculptures for one of your next kid arts & crafts projects.

A collection of Model Magic craft project ideas for elementary students. Stop by and check out the gallery of 12 different Model Magic crafts.

Warm Color Lady Bugs Buggin' Out by Emily Moseley of Memphis One of my favorite annual summertime adventures (second only to this summertime fun) is Tennessee Arts Academy. I've already went on about it here, so I'll save you the displeasure of hearing me repeat myself (I'll save that for dear ole hubs). However, I did want to share with you some art lessons and techniques from the instructors and my fellow art buddies. For the week of the academy, the art teachers are separated into two groups: elementary and secondary. Each group attends a two day workshop with one instructor and then another two day'er with a different instructor. For the elementary art teachers, we had the pleasure spending our first couple of days with the awesome art teacher Elizabeth Willett. One of my favorite things is seeing the different takes on a single project idea. I love how this elementary art teacher incorporated nature into her sculpture. Elizabeth has taught elementary, been a rep for Crayola and is now back in the classroom. She's also in charge of putting together the NAEA Conference which is in her hometown of Fort Worth. I've never been to Texas before, so I'm really stoked about the conference. I was also thrilled with the lessons she shared with us. We worked with Crayola's Model Magic to create the insect sculptures that you see. All of the lessons Elizabeth shared incorporated math, science and language arts. We were given a fantastic bibliography and a ton of Crayola's Dream Maker's lesson plans. This lesson focused on science with the theme being insects and their surroundings. Okay, I'm just gonna say it: whenever I attend these art teacher inservices I feel soo intimidated. And is it any wonder why? These art teachers are artists. What lucky kids their students are! Another wonderful lesson was mask making. The mask base was one made from paper that I believe was picked up from Dick Blick. From there, themes about cultures and/or identity could be covered. Again, it was a thrill to see the assortment of ideas. The above was created with Model Magic which will adhere to the paper mask without glue. My friend Ann Wolfe created this mask. She told me that she added the Model Magic and once that was stuck, she painted the entire mask with watercolor paint. The black accents were created with a sharpie and the texture on the paper part of the mask were created with the back of her brush. I am working on creating a Venetian Mask lesson for my fourth graders this year and this lesson has given me so many new ideas. Yes, those are paperclips protruding from van Gogh's hat. Just in case you wanna lend him an ear. Sadly I didn't catch the artist who created this piece. This lesson was one that integrated language arts. The premise was that the children create a tin foil armature and attach that to the lid of a jar with masking tape. Flattened pieces of Model Magic are shaped over the armature to create the face. Paper clips are added to the head to hold words that are being learned. Once the vocabulary is mastered, the paper strips of words are placed in the jar. Model Magic is a different world that clay. I found it to be like sculpting with a marshmallow (which apparently I suck at). This art teacher had the right idea by adding the 'Magic on in bits. Just adorable. This one was created by Nashville elementary art teacher Tina Atkinson. If you know her, you know this looks just like her! Minus the purple/pink/blue hair of course. You can see the vocabulary words on her paperclips here. My friend Ann's adorable gyotaku. For this lesson, Elizabeth focused on geography and took us on a trip to Japan. We sampled some food (sea weed, anyone?) and created these gyotakues on muslin. The Japanese tradition is to make a print of a fish that was caught to remember the size and the beauty of the fish. Beautifully bound and decorated book by an elementary art teacher. The following two days were spent with Bookbinding Pros David and Julie Williams. We created several books and learned many different bookmaking techniques. I learned that as much as I love embroidery, sewing these books up was more than my pea-sized brain could handle. Thankfully, I made some buddies that bound my books for me when I was busy thumping my head against the wall. Stunning, right? I will never understand those that can watercolor. Now, on to the secondary art teacher folks. Since I wasn't in their class, I am not sure what they were instructed on but their work was too beautiful not to share. For this class titled Mixed-Media Blitz, the had the super sweet and amazing Linda Peterson. Pretty Poppy by Jo Ellen Thatcher. Hilarious! Not sure of the artist but love this just the same. Darling Dachshunds by Michelle Malencha Linda Peterson, the instructor, is an incredible calligrapher. She showed me some calligraphy tips and she made it look so easy (and, honestly, it was!). For this lesson, a simple animal was drawn, calligraphy was added and shading was the final touch. Created in two days. Wow. The other instructor for the secondary art teachers was Sheri Treadwell. Sheri's class was amazing, I so wish I could have attended hers as well. She demonstrated creating a bust and adding a head. None of the artists were allowed to create a sketch prior to beginning their sculpture. This really helped the artists step out of their comfort zone and create something that even surprised them. Love the snotty snout and the spiral repeated in the bun, the earrings and the necklace. Sigh. Can you see why I just love the Tennessee Arts Academy? I was in my art room today with a bah-jillion ideas bouncing around my head. I'd say I can't wait until school starts...but that'd just be crazy talk. TAA friends, if I have shown your artwork here but failed to recognize you, please leave a comment below with your name and I'll be certain to give you credit. Thank you!

Wayne Thiebaud is a fun artist! His depictions of cakes, pies, ice cream, and collections of toys make his art so appealing to children. Second graders just finished some Thiebaud projects. Here are our lollipops, made from model magic and watercolor paints, and our gumball machines!

Kids love Model Magic! The only downside to Model Magic is that it's a bit on the pricey side. That is one reason why we are so excited about this homemade recipe. Click here to learn more at Kidcreate Studio!

Custom Client 3D Samples Client: National Institute of Health Industry: Government. Medical. Techniques: 3D Modeling. Incorporate 2D illustrations. Design Challenge: Create a hidden image for NIH's scientific discovery. Design Solution: Modeled the hidden image using 3D software. Incorporated related illustrations into the 2D visible pattern.

Hello!! Thank you for your interest in our downloadable brush set for Procreate!! This brush set includes 60+ different Mandala and Sacred Geometry designs, perfect for Tattoo Artists or Designers who use Procreate on their iPad. You can find free tutorials on how to work with these Digital Tools below: PINTEREST: https://www.pinterest.com.mx/NouvelleARTdesigns/ INSTAGRAM : https://www.instagram.com/nouvelle_digital_art Includes : *1 Procreate Brush Set (.brushset file) with 60+ different designs *1 3D model of arm ** DOWNLOAD INSTRUCTIONS** 1. Sign in to Etsy.com and go to Your account. 2. Go to Purchases and reviews. 3. Next to the order, select Download Files. This goes to the Downloads page for all the files attached to your order. 4. You can also go back to the item’s listing page, where you should see an “Instant Download" message on the images for the item. There are generally no limits for when or how many times you can download a file. In most cases, you can access a file any time on your Purchases page (www.etsy.com/your/purchases) , provided the transaction hasn't been canceled or removed. Files CAN NOT be accessed/downloaded from any hand held devices including tablets, mobile devices, etc.. Please ensure that you are downloading the files from a desktop or laptop. How to install brushes: 1. Send the file "GeometrySymbol1" and "GeometrySymbol2" to your ipad 2. Unzip the file 3. Tap on "Share" 4. Select Procreate App How to install 3D arm: 1. Download the file "Brazo 3d" 2. Go to Procreate > Import and select the file If you encounter any difficulties with the installation process, you can contact me anytime by ETSY messaging. ** COPYRIGHT NOTICE ** Please do not share, resell, or store files online on publicly available sites. By purchasing this design you agree and are bound by the copyright agreement.

Abbreviations: ML: Magic Loop ST: Stitch/Stitches SC: Single Crochet DEC: Decrease INC: Increase 3INC: Triple Increase, SC in the nxt ST 3 times SL: Slip Stitch CH: Chain BLO: Back Loops Only CC: Cha…

Model Magic air dry clay and painted paper make for a stunning art project that my students absolutely love. Have fun creating these mixed media pieces of art inspired by the fabulous artwork…

In the last few art classes, before summer break, my special ed students made these lovely creations! These snails were a cinch to make! We used model magic air dry modeling clay, liquid tempera pa…

I often like to connect what we are doing in art to what they have learned about in science class. Insects can provide a lot of inspiration for artists. The colors and designs in insects can be intricate, beautiful and amazing. Start by showing the students pictures of many types of insects (or collect real ones, if you are brave.) Talk about the parts of an insect.. head, abdomen, thorax, antennae, wings. Looking at reference photos and begin sketching insects. … Read more... →

Are you Looking for a New Medium for your Art Period? Let's face it, most of us who have to teach our own art outcomes tend to stick wit...

Every summer, right in the middle o' July, I attend the most amazing professional development known to man: The Tennessee Arts Academy in beautiful (albeit hawt as Hades) Nashville, TN. If you follow me on the Instagramz than you've prolly seen me sharing the most amazing projects, craziness and overall good times which all went down this past week. AND if you've been hangin around this here blog for a pinch, then you've seen my past TAA adventures here and here. This year was easily one of my faves because I got to spend time with my craziest art teacherin' buddy, Laura Lohmann of Painted Paper! Laura is a powerhouse of an art teacher, y'all. My group stayed with her for just two days and we learned so stinkin' much about her amazing approach to teaching art to children. I'm gonna share just a handful of her projects but I gotta encourage you to visit her Teachers Pay Teachers store to purchase complete copies of her lesson plans. Laura pours over these plans and they are a steal of a purchase when you see all of the art history and project ideas included. Y'all can thank me laters. On our first day with Laura, we worked with Model Magic to create flowers. Our inspo was Monet but Laura left the creativity and imagination up to us. Her projects are very open-ended and her directions are short and to the point. Once the flowers were done, we set about painting paper. This is Laura's whole deal: have the students create tons of painted paper to use in later projects. That stack in front of her was created by my group in a matter of an hour. We used a variety of texture tools and simply painted as many papers as we could in the time we had. This became our beautiful stash to create later projects with. Like those flowers I mentioned... Once the Model Magic was dry, we painted our flowers anyway we liked an adhered them to a piece of cardboard with Aleene's Tacky Glue. Our painted papers serving as a background. After gluing my papers, I did enhance them with a small brush and some white paint. Because of Laura's anything-goes teaching technique, everyone created a wonderfully different piece. This photo gives you a little peak into how Laura teaching painting to children: without water. RIGHT?! The kids work from paint palettes that have been set up in Roy G. Biv order. When they paint, they start with the lightest colors first and work their way around the color wheel. When they wish to change colors, they simply wipe their brush on their place mats. We used maps of Laura's home state of Ohio for our mats! Laura's suggestion of painting tools included many that I'd never thought to use with my students: round stencil brushes, scouring pads, odd looking paint tools from Lakeshore, you name it, her kids are painting with it! Next up, we created Tikis! Using our painted papers, we learned about Paul Gauguin, Tahiti and the history of tikis. Then Laura let us loose and we created the most amazingly fun tikis ever, if I do say so mah-self. Like, riiiiight? On our second day with Laura, we painted large flowers on tag board. This lesson is actually FREE on Laura's TPT page right meow. You needs to get it because these flowers were so beautiful and fun! What a lovely way to start off the school year and brighten the halls of our schools, right?! After that, Laura had us creating landscapes inspired by Monet... Like this lovely reflections painting by a fellow art teacher buddy. And Gauguin. Now, I gotta tell ya, normally, I'm all chatty at TAA because I do love to hang with "my people". However, I was so into what I was creating on this day that I don't believe I said a peep...and I ended up with a stack of ideas to bring back to my classroom. I'm so excited! A view of our Gauguin-inspired landscapes. On the third day, it was time to switch classes and go spend the next coupla days with one of the funniest dudes I've ever met: Jim McNeill. Jim is the illustrator of Pam Stephens' "Dropping in on [insert famous artists' name here] with Puffer" and Tessellations: History & Making of Design. I gotta tell ya, I've never been a fan of tessellations myself and had some pretty serious reservations about this two day event. However, I really got into it! I fell in love with creating my Diner Dames, as I've dubbed them, and actually think I might have to make more! Folks had some super clever ideas for their tessellations. There were even ones that popped out, morphed and transformed! It was pretty magical. I even did a lil art teacher teachin' for a couple days and taught some fiber techniques for teachers to take back to their classrooms. My art teacherin' students learned needle felting, string art, yarn bombing and how to teach embroidery to small children. I absolutely love teaching art teachers, they come up with THE BEST ideas! On Thursday, Laura and I had to get all pretty for our big AOE conference! I was so glad that Jessica of AOE allowed that crazy girl and me to present back to back since we were at TAA that day. I had the opportunity to watch the presentations last night and, as always, I learned so much (Alecia Eggers, can you PLEASE come organize my liiiiiiifeeeee?!). Now, whilst I was painted paperin' and gettin' my tessellation on (er, whuuuut?) the high school art teachers were hanging with Debbi Engbring, high school teacher from Arizona (pictured second from the left) and Laurie Gatlin (on left) from SoCal. Laurie is an incredible teacher with a unique way of teaching her students through the use of sketchbooks. And I'm not talkin a black-leather bound book or some spiral bound nonsense. Naw, her kids MAKE the books, paint the pages, and sketch daily. I first met Laurie this past fall at our state conference where she was our keynote speaker and shared her method. I was blown away. She's amazing! Debbi had her students IN TWO DAYS create these magnificent teapots. Y'all. These were not thrown on the wheel! She had a very clever way of having the students use half styrofoam sphere's to create each half of the sphere and then put the two together. From there, more clay was added to decorate as well as black glaze for some sgraffito. Super amazing. Now, I gotta tell ya, my favorite-favorite part of TAA is hanging out with this bunch! We are the facilitators or the helpers for the arts portion of TAA. Jim Dodson, on the left, is our fearless leader who organizes everything from the art shows that take place (both student and teacher art shows happen at TAA) as well as arranging all of our presenters and speakers. Libby Lynch (second from the left) organizes the art shows mentioned including the finale art show that features the work of all the teachers. And the rest of that line up is just a buncha trouble! From the right, there's Ken, me, Debbie Flynt and Kim Shamblin, all art teachers and all TAA buds for life. Okay, that's a wrap! For more information on Tennessee Arts Academy and how you can attend (anyone can, y'all!), be sure to pop over here. There's A LOT more to it than I've managed to squeeze into this already-large post. So, if you have any questions, leave 'em in the comments!

Summer Enrichment 2017 Summer Art For more information please follow me on Instagram @youngschoolartwithmr.g Like me on Faceboo...

I'm so excited to share with you just how amazingly awesome these exotic birds by my second graders turned out! If you subscribe to my YouTube channel, then you might already be familiar with this video lesson I created (and may have used it with your students!). I was uncertain how I wanted the kids to finish them off (to glaze or not to glaze). In the end, we went with this super fun florescent paint and metallic watercolor for the base. Here's the how-to video! For our school-wide art show, our clay sculptures will be based on a pet shop theme with each grade level making animals, reptiles and fish for the occasion. Our theme last year was a 1950's diner where the kids all made food...after doing that fun theme, I wasn't sure if we were going to be able to top it. But these birds have certainly changed my mind about that! In the video, I use skewers as the legs but in the end, I was worried that they would not be strong enough to support the bird. So as the kids finished their birds and bases, I had them bring them to me. I used the skewer to write their name and class code on the bottom of each. Then I pushed popsicle sticks into the bottom of the bird and the base just to make sure they would work together. After the kids left, I removed the sticks, wiggling them back and forth. I did this because I know that clay shrinks as it dries. I then allowed the clay projects to dry for a week or more. Last week, the kids got their birds and bases back and were given bright colors of paint and plenty of visuals to work from. I gently suggested that they might want to make them look like parrots or toucans...but I also wanted them to explore the idea of creating their own idea of an exotic bird. Once the paint was dry, I hot glued the sticks to both the birds and the bases (I had used the stick to add the holes into both before firing). Sparkle ModPodge was added to the finished birds because...SPARKLE MODPODGE. Need I say more? Today, the kids were given sparkle pipe cleaners, feathers (both of which were found at the Dollar Tree) and beads from my unending supply of beads (seriously...do they multiply?!). I gave them a couple of tips on how to twist the 'cleaner and add the feathers...and then just let them go to town. They had a blast and are just so super proud of their birds! I suggested folding the pipe cleaners in half, adding beads if desired and bending the 'cleaners into spirals. Of course, their fave part was digging through the treasures on their tables... Once complete, they brought their birds to me where I hot glued their feathers and pipe cleaners into place. I found this great resource and asked the kids to do a little bit of research on their birds before our short 30 minutes was up. I borrowed some books from the library to help them with that task. Tomorrow, they'll continue writing, add an illustration and learn even more about exotic birds. Now that we are closing in on the art show and the end of the school year, I don't plan on doing too many more projects with these guys. We do have this project to finish up next week...but after that, we'll be working on decorating the art room for the art show! I love all of the creativity that went into these birds! They were colorfully beautiful before...and now they are just fantastic. Teaching clay is one of my all time favorite things because the kids absolutely LOVE it! Ask them what their favorite medium is and it is always clay. I haven't been able to share some of my fave clay projects with you as they are in THE BOOK and, therefore, owned by the publisher. I was so excited last week to get my copy of it! Almost all of the projects in the book (with the exceptions of the edible clay {yes, there is an edible clay project!}) can also be created with kiln-fired clay. So it's perfect for those with or without a kiln...really anyone who wants to explore clay with kids! And, in case you are a little intimidated by clay...OR just want a reason to play with the stuff yourself, you might want to join in on my FREE clay workshop! I'll be hosting it on my Facebook page every Wednesday night LIVE for about an hour. I'll be working with Celluclay, air dry clay and plaster wrap. You can use whatever supplies you have on hand OR you can purchase a kit of the supplies to explore and create along with me (and many others!): I cannot wait. Craft nights on Facebook LIVE have been so much fun! And, stay tuned...I'm unloading that kiln daily and the clay projects coming out of it have just been so fun to see. I find myself scrambling to get to school just to peak inside. Here is an accurate portrayal of my face when doing so, ha! Y'all have a great week!

Get more from AggressiveKitty on Patreon