For many of my fifth grade students, learning about and creating their own Hundertwasser inspired art was the best ever lesson.
It’s no secret that I love a great budget-friendly, time-saving DIY home decor project. If I see a piece of art that I really want in our home and know that I can make it myself for less money and a little time – I usually try it. This lead to my latest creation. I used a super simple method to make a personalized hand lettered canvas that turned out beautifully! It is also week 2 of the One Room Challenge hosted by Calling It Home and I have updates on what I have been working on for my modern farmhouse girl’s room makeover. I’ve purchased a few items for my daughter’s room and I’m so excited about how everything is coming together so far. If you follow me on Instagram you will be able to see some sneak peeks of my progress. You’ll definitely want to stick around for the next few weeks to see the reveal! UPDATE: Here are the links for the remaining weeks and the full reveal! Week One | Week Three | Week Four | Week Five | Week Six Reveal! I admire artists that do hand-lettering with ease – it is a beautiful art […]
This step-by-step block printing lesson teaches how to do linocut and foam printing with your students complete with block printing supplies and videos.
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I’ve had numerous people ask me recently to teach them how to make worksheets for their classroom and products for TeachersPayTeachers. Being a visual learner myself, I decided to lay it out step-by-s
I LOVE using printables in my junk journals! Luckily I am a designer and can make them for myself (and you) to use for holidays, vintage and specialty journals and folios. And YES! There is a free commercial license included!
Learn how to turn empty plastic water bottles into a fun garden art craft. It's the perfect summer art project for kids!
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The 'I Like Myself Mirror Craft' Activity is a great way to kick off the school year. Perfect for Pre-K, Kindergarten and Grade 1. Enjoy!
These Wild Animal Pattern Block Mats build visual and spatial skills. Well, if you read my post last week, you know I was planning to make more play dough
Knowing that so many of us are teaching and creating remotely, I thought it would be fun to do a little art teacherin' online. I shared yesterday all of the resources of mine that are free and able for you to use if you need to prepare art lessons for at home artists. However, I wanted to create something fresh and new and do a little LIVE art teaching as well. So...here's what I came up with: Robot Week! What's Robot Week? Well, it will be a daily dose of creating centered around the theme of Robots. I'll kick it off on Monday this this lesson that I'll be doing LIVE but I will also attempt to archive to my YouTube channel. For this first LIVE, I'll probably go for about 30-45 minutes. We'll just play it by ear. If you and your young artists can make it, great! You can join me on my Facebook page here or on my Instagram here! Big thanks to our sponsor Dixon Ticonderoga for joining the fun! Free How to draw Robots resource for you! To practice, inspire or color! In my art room, we call these Idea Sheets. This one is yours here! Mitch said I should make y'all a coloring sheet...so here you go! On Tuesday, I won't be live but I will be posting a video on how to create robots that look more three-dimensional on my YouTube channel! Again, simple supplies can be used or swapped out for whatever you have on hand. I am super stoked about this one, stay tuned! I know we probably all have a couple of cereal or snack boxes laying around. For that reason, why not try your hand at a collagraph rubbing? It's when you cut and glue shapes to a surface, lay a piece of paper on top and then, using a "sleeping" crayon (one on its side), rub over your design. I then added a watercolor wash to some of mine! It's a Build-Your-Own-Bot kind of Wednesday! What to do with that cereal box collage? Well, on Thursday, I'll show you how to cover it in foil and make a print with just markers and water! Oh yeah, this one's magical! On the final day of Robot Week, we'll make a collage with one of my favorite papers to collage with: business envelopes! They have the coolest patterns and designs. I do hope you'll join the fun! If you do, I would love to see what you and your awesome artists create. You can email me your images at [email protected] and I'll try to feature them right here!
An elementary art teacher blog with art projects and lessons, DIY projects and outfit photos as well as clothing I have made myself.
Crochet art portrait. How did I make myself in crochet? Follow the process! Crochet self portrait.
Do you Didgeridoo? Making Your Own Didgeridoo I think this post needs a little background about myself and my family before I proceed... Our family is from Washington State (in the US), but we are currently living in Sydney, AU. My husband's job brought us here for three years. While here, I have been fortunate
Let's face it, if your a crafter, you're a DIYer. I just can't help myself from trying to "make it myself". The idea to use a hinged stamping tool has been around for a while. I've used my Lifestyles Crafts Letterpress platform for stamping for some time now and when a cleaver crafter reworked the hinged stamping id
Easy idea for building self confidence and celebrating individuality in children. I love using this as a back to school activity for community building.
Shadow or no shadow? That is the question! Check out these fun groundhog day activities to celebrate (or not) the winter season!
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Hello Daydreamers! T-shirts are one of the most popular items people create when they own a Cricut machine. They are easy to make and are the perfect personalized gift for ...
Learn how to print lithographic images using aluminum foil and coke. The joys of printing with items found in your kitchen!
Knowing that so many of us are teaching and creating remotely, I thought it would be fun to do a little art teacherin' online. I shared yesterday all of the resources of mine that are free and able for you to use if you need to prepare art lessons for at home artists. However, I wanted to create something fresh and new and do a little LIVE art teaching as well. So...here's what I came up with: Robot Week! What's Robot Week? Well, it will be a daily dose of creating centered around the theme of Robots. I'll kick it off on Monday this this lesson that I'll be doing LIVE but I will also attempt to archive to my YouTube channel. For this first LIVE, I'll probably go for about 30-45 minutes. We'll just play it by ear. If you and your young artists can make it, great! You can join me on my Facebook page here or on my Instagram here! Big thanks to our sponsor Dixon Ticonderoga for joining the fun! Free How to draw Robots resource for you! To practice, inspire or color! In my art room, we call these Idea Sheets. This one is yours here! Mitch said I should make y'all a coloring sheet...so here you go! On Tuesday, I won't be live but I will be posting a video on how to create robots that look more three-dimensional on my YouTube channel! Again, simple supplies can be used or swapped out for whatever you have on hand. I am super stoked about this one, stay tuned! I know we probably all have a couple of cereal or snack boxes laying around. For that reason, why not try your hand at a collagraph rubbing? It's when you cut and glue shapes to a surface, lay a piece of paper on top and then, using a "sleeping" crayon (one on its side), rub over your design. I then added a watercolor wash to some of mine! It's a Build-Your-Own-Bot kind of Wednesday! What to do with that cereal box collage? Well, on Thursday, I'll show you how to cover it in foil and make a print with just markers and water! Oh yeah, this one's magical! On the final day of Robot Week, we'll make a collage with one of my favorite papers to collage with: business envelopes! They have the coolest patterns and designs. I do hope you'll join the fun! If you do, I would love to see what you and your awesome artists create. You can email me your images at [email protected] and I'll try to feature them right here!
I hope that you will really enjoy reading this wonderful collection of Carl Jung quotes. Carl Jung was a Swiss psychiatrist and psychoanalyst who founded analytical psychology. His work was influential in the fields of psychiatry, anthropology, literature, philosophy, and religious studies. Carl Jung proposed and developed the concepts of the extroverted and the introverted […]
Hi there All Things Thrifty readers!!! I hope you had a great Valentine's day!! I have to admit, this time of year is so much fun for me! We had a candle lit dinner and
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This time capsule project activity is a digital and/or printable resource that is a perfect way to welcome your students back to school, celebrate New Year 2024, or the end of the school year! It also works perfectly as an after-state testing activity! It was created for first-grade, second-grade, third-grade, or fourth-graders. These time capsule activities are also perfect for All About Me activities at the beginning, the end of the year, or New Year's Eve activities, as they provide everything you need for a snapshot of your students' lives! This Time Capsule product contains the following items: How to Use this Packet Covers- Time Capsule and All About Me The Basics Snapshot of the U.S.A. This is Me! (Boy and Girl Version) My Family Best and Worst Thing Things I Love My Future This is How I Feel A Typical Saturday Filling My Brain The Size of My Hand The Size of My Foot World News A Letter to Myself A Letter to a Loved One Newspaper Article Autobiography That’s Funny! Ten Adjectives Being a Kid Responsibilities These are a few ideas that are included as part of the packet: 1. Use this packet as a beginning or end of the year ALL ABOUT ME or TIME CAPSULE unit. Each student can make a book and use the ALL ABOUT ME or TIME CAPSULE cover. Pick and choose which pages to use at different times during the year. Use the worksheets at literacy stations as they fit into your lessons. Use the completed booklet as Mother’s Day or Father’s Day gifts from students. 2. Use this packet as a TIME CAPSULE activity. Each student can make a book and use the TIME CAPSULE cover. Choose which pages to use for the time capsule as a long-term activity. Roll up the pages and place them in a canister (Pringles canisters covered in paperwork well) for a time capsule container. Establish the length of time students should wait to reopen their time capsule. NOTE: THIS FILE INCLUDES A DIGITAL DISTANCE LEARNING OPTION! This product includes a digital option (as well as the no prep printable option). The digital portion instructions appear at the end of the packet.
If you're anything like me, you love downloading and collecting aesthetic phone wallpapers to make your background look pretty. In this blog post, I'm sharing 18 aesthetic phone wallpapers that I designed myself and absolutely love. If you’re someone who loves a minimalist, neutral, clean, simple ae
SAILOR JERRY TATTOO DESIGNS (FLASH) FINE ART PRINT - So, this is the one I did for myself that actually hangs in my house. I wanted it to be more of a piece of art than to be poster. Which is why I choose to make the prints on a fine art paper. It is a 24" x 36" image size with a variety of Sailor Jerry Collins Tattoo Flash. I did add the slight coffee stains to the background (I don't know I just like it that way). Makes it appear that much more vintage. But if you or someone you love is a tattoo or (Sailor Jerry) fan. Than this makes the coolest gift to yourself or them. And if you don't like it, you can return it and I'll refund your money. (You pay return shipping, sorry.) There is an extra 1/2 inch border around all sides. I did this so that if you are using a professional framer to frame the item, they can choose to trim that 1/2 inch or keep it depending on if you have chosen to use a matt on the print in the frame. If you are buying a standard 24"x36" frame, you can just trim off the extra border and it will easily fit into the frame. This is a professional Giclee print using archival pigment inks, and is printed on Hahnemuhle Fine Art Photo Rag (which is very much like a hot press watercolor paper). It is UNFRAMED (the picture with the frame is an example of it framed). THERE IS NO WATERMARK ON THE ACTUAL PRINT. :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: PLEASE BE AWARE THAT BECAUSE OF THE RIDICULOUS INCREASES IN SHIPPING COSTS, UNFORTUNATELY WE NO LONGER OFFER FREE SHIPPING ON ITEMS THAT MEASURE OVER 22 INCHES IN WIDTH. (WE HAVE ONE PERSON TO THANK FOR THIS AS OF APRIL 3rd 2022... OUR CURRENT POSTMASTER LOUIS DEJOY.) :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: TO ALL INTERNATIONAL BUYERS - PLEASE BE AWARE THAT BECAUSE OF THE SITUATION WITH THE CORONAVIRUS, YOU PACKAGE MAY BE DELAYED DUE TO DELIVERY FLIGHT RESTRICTIONS TO CERTAIN COUNTRIES. I HAVE NO IDEA WHICH COUNTRIES THAT INCLUDE. ONLY THAT I HAVE BEEN TOLD BY THE POST OFFICE TO EXPECT DELAYS. Your print will ship within 2 business days in a sturdy tube. US orders ship via Priority Mail. Non-US orders via USPS Priority Mail International Mail which can take about two weeks. Rush shipping is available. Please see my shop policies and profile for more information about me and my work! Thanks for stopping by!
Painting with kindergarten...ahhhh. It's kinda crazy to think that one can experience literally ALL OF THE EMOTIONS in one 30 minute class period: happiness, fear, chaos-management anxiety, bliss, fright, horror and so much more. I decided to dive into painting with my kindergarten for their second art project (you can see our first day projects here) and I thought I'd share a little of what my lesson looks like. If it strikes you as familiar, that is because it's not that different from how I introduce painting to all of my students. Before I dive in to that, I have quite a bit to say about kindergarten. You can take a listen to my last two episodes all about kindergarten here: And here: And here's me teaching painting to kindergarten on the very first day: So much silly, so little time! Let me share with you about this lesson. In the first 30 minute art class, you see me introduce my students the concept of The Store. In my art room, that is the supply gathering table. I also introduce how to go about using painting supplies properly...and that's it. If I continued to do much more talking, the kids wouldn't have any time to create! We will be reading The Dot the following art class and making sure to finish (if not complete) and signing our work of art. In case you are wondering, I never mention having the kids write their name on their papers up to this point. That is because I've been doing it for them. As they are working, I have been going around, pushing their chairs closer to the supplies and jotting their names on the backs of their papers. From here on out, I'll be teaching them to do this. We'll also be looking at Kandinsky very soon. But, like I said, on this first day, our focus was just to get them painting and painting properly (meaning how to hold their brush and how not to mix up the paints). Now, in case you are looking to do this lesson with your students, I just so happened to be gifted a box of dots. That's what's in the center of these papers. Little precut concentric circles that I simple glued to the middle of each 12" square of paper. Last year, when I didn't have those dots, I just used sticker dots from the dollar store (the kind used for pricing yard sale items). The reason I like using a dot as the start as it gives the kids a little spot to begin painting around. AND, of course, because of Dot Day! If you are in need of some Dot Day activities, you can search my blog or stay tuned. I'll be posting all of my faves right here tomorrow!
Negative leaf print by one of my second grade students earlier this year. Hey, guys! This post has been very popular on my blog...if you are interested in other leaf-y projects, look at my Leaf Relief project and my Pressed Leaf Project as well. Thanks! I don't know what it's like where you live, but here in Tennessee, we are experiencing spring-like weather. For the most part. I mean it did snow the last two Saturdays (and, in Tennessee, "snow" means just a few flakes and a couple of inches) but the other day it was 78 degrees. Crazy, right? For that reason, I've got touch of spring fever. You too? Well then you might enjoy this leafy printmaking project I did at the beginning of the year with my second graders. It's simple, scientific, beautiful and fun...okay, enough talking about me (!), on with the lesson. For this project, you'll need the following: gelatin, not Jell-o. Most grocery stores carry a brand called Knox which sells in boxes of 16 pouches. cookie sheets printmaking brayer, sold at most craft stores printing ink variety of leaves paper Print pulled from the same printing tray, this time the positive version. The night before you begin, you'll need to prepare your sheets of gelatin. To do that, bring about 3-4 cups of water to a boil. Once boiling, whisked one pouch of gelatin into the pot. You don't want any clumps of gelatin, so whisk like there's no tomorrow. You'll end up adding about 12-15 pouches of gelatin into that one pot. Sorry, I'm not into exact measurements. Which could explain a lot about my cooking. If there are any remaining unwhiskable clumps, remove them with a spoon. Pour mixture into a cookie sheet filling it about 1". Leave uncovered over night. If you see any bubbles in the cookie sheet, pop them or remove with a spoon. For my class of 20 students, I made three trays. Pulling the first print always managed to get oohhhh's and aahhhh's aplenty. The following day, we were ready to print. The surface of the gelatin was squishy yet very firm, perfect for holding our printing ink. I think I can explain this best in steps, so here you go: Using a brayer and printing ink, cover surface of gelatin in ink. Place leaves onto the ink-covered cookie sheet with the veiny side down. I don't recommend using anything with pine needles because that will puncture the gelatin. But experiment, you never know! Once leaves are in place, lay paper on top of cookie sheet and rub (er, we call it "massage") the paper. Pull paper off, as you see in the above photo, and viola! You have your first print! Notice how clear the gelatin looks. All of the ink that was once on the tray is now on the paper. I love her dainty fingers pulling up the second print. So sweet. Now for the second print: Gently remove all of the leaves from the tray. It's best to pull them out by the end of the stem. Place a new sheet of paper over the now-empty cookie sheet and rub. Pull second print which will be a positive image of the first. Looks like a black and white photo, don't you think? Once both prints have been pulled, re-ink the tray and begin the process all over again. With a class of 20 students and 3 pans of gelatin, about 10 kids were able to print per half an hour class. The pans of gelatin can last about two days with an endless amount of printing. I tried to cover the gelatin and keep it for a little longer, but condensation droplets created strange little craters on the surface. If left uncovered for too many days, it begins to dry and crack. For that reason, if you plan to do this project for longer than a couple of days, you'll just need to prepare more gelatin pans the night before. Our second go-round of printing involved using white ink on black paper. Just as pretty. This project is so easy and the results so stunning that everyone is successful. I've now had a couple of craft get-togethers and this is always a hit. Once those leaves start growing in your neck of the woods, I do hope you'll give it a shot! I love the photo negative quality of this print.
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