Learning how to make clay is so easy! This homemade clay recipe uses simple ingredients you probably have in your kitchen already, and it's so nice to work with! How to Make Clay - Only 3 Ingredients! Air dry clay is so easy and so inexpensive to make! Why spend tons of money on store bought clay, when learning how to make clay at home is so much cheaper and so much fun?! We tested a few different clay recipes and this one was the BEST! And you only need 3 ingredients - water, cornstarch, and baking soda! You don't

Printable playdough mats are the perfect way to help inspire creativity with very little guidance. We have created 5 PRINTABLE playdough mats for parents.

Van Gogh Projects for Kids - 10 Inspiring Ideas to try with your kids, celebrating 'Inspire your Heart with Art Day' starry night, sunflowers, art & craft.

Sun prints are so easy, fun, and exciting to make with kids. They are also called cyanotypes and can be made on fabric as well as paper.

You’ve made your beautiful air dry clay pot, now what? How do you seal and protect your finished piece? Air dry clay can be used to make almost anything. You don’t need any special tools or equipment and there’s no kiln needed to achieve a beautiful end product. But without a kiln how do you glaze a

O'Keeffe's paintings make great inspiration for kids' art projects, so let's check out 10 of the best Georgia O'Keeffe projects for kids!

I hope your February is off to a great start! So far my year has been mostly full of projects, planning for future traveling (!!!), making a bunch of delicious Hello Fresh recipes, playing my daily wordle, and catching up on Succession (OMG this show, you guys. I think I have audibly gasped in every

Fun art appreciation activities for kids in the Styles of the Great Masters. Andy Warhol, Picasso, Van Gogh, Michelangelo, Matisse, Frida Kahlo

Logan and I first attempted to make a Greek-style pot by covering a glass vase with air-dry clay, which worked years ago for his older ...

Hi friends! You may be seeing these super cute, trendy earrings popping up all over the place, (they are currently taking over my discover page on Instagram) and I’m here to tell you how to make them! This trend actually popped up for me during the beginning of the quarantine chaos when I legit thought I wouldn’t be able to leave my apartment so I STOCKED UP on clay, assuming this was going to be my new craft of choice while wedding calligraphy is on the back burner. (And I’m not sad that I was

This adorable Ice Cream Theme is packed full of hands on fun. Children will get to learn math, literacy, colors, patterns, counting and more.

Students investigate vertebrates and invertebrates with this engaging, hands-on science activity to determine the purpose of the backbone.

Cute, printable Letter Recognition Worksheets are a great way for kids to practice their ABCs. Each page from A to Z has a different theme!

I am very excited about today’s collection of kids craft ideas – it is all about Air Dry Clay Projects for Kids (well for kids and big kids… ). We love using air dry clay, but find it is something that many people shy away from. Yet air dry clay is inexpensive (when not buying...

DNA Gene Bracelet for Kids, an easy STEAM Activity using beads to create pattern bracelets. DNA is also a pattern.

4 Best DIY paper mache clay recipes for home decor & kids crafts! Easy to make with pulp, flour paste, or glue, some without joint compound.

Students choose different ways to create the longest paper chain out of one sheet of construction paper in this easy to prep and complete STEM Challenge.

Students began this lesson with a week of watercolor painting. We learned four painting techniques and each student created an assortment of painted papers in each style using warm, cool and “free”…

Dale Chihuly is one of my favorite glass artist. You see his work a lot here in the Northwest. He even had a piece on the Frasier TV show. But not all of us can do blown glass. I really like wh…

Create your own artistic interpretations of famous artists' work with these Famous Artists Crafts for Kids!

This roll game has been designed for more senior students, and includes an extension activity that can lead to 3D art (clay sculptures, softies, etc.). Use only the chart page for a fun activity of creating creatures, or use that as a starting point for a more advanced art work.

Everyone will have a blast making these 25 Shrinky Dink ideas that are easy to make. Find ideas from key chains and necklaces to magnets and much more!

We searched all over the internet to bring you the best free Totem pole kids craft activities and projects. All of these kids craft projects are for Native American Totem poles. Perfect for class a…

Artists are creating amazing projects using computer-controlled cutting devices such as those from Silhouette and Cricut.

Are you looking to elevate your Ecosystems and Biomes unit? This 4th or 5th grade project based learning unit for ecosystems incorporates science, nonfiction reading, research, writing, and the arts! Read to find out how I organized the research project, what our launch activity was, the driving que

Learn how to make better dough at home with this clay recipe. It's much better than salt dough and super simple to make. Perfect for Christmas ornaments or hand prints.

Try this easy tinfoil sculpture art lesson in your classroom. Learn more from this blog post.

Easy baking soda clay for creating a beach craft for kids. Form white baking soda and cornstach clay into seashells, starfish, and more.

These air dry clay projects for kids are easy, creative, and make the perfect homemade gifts and keepsakes for family and friends!

10 FREE printable picross grid puzzles for kids of ALL ages. Use logic to reveal a hidden picture by turning numbers into an image.

IF you are like me, you are looking for FUN, yet simple projects for the end of the school year!! I got this idea from this fabulous blog called The Lost Sock I found these great videos to show the students before they get started! Bubbles from baris parildar on Vimeo. First we talked about the properties of bubbles. I blew some bubbles for the kids to look at (with their hands in their laps...pure torture) but I really wanted them to use their eyes. What shape is the shiney? Where is the light source? For example a window will make a window shaped shiney! What color are the bubbles and why do they start as a clear liquid and then turn rainbowy? 1 First students traced as many different circle shaped objects I could fine!! 2 They added at least two shineys to each bubble 3 Then colored the bubbles using oil pastels, and making sure to leave at least part of the bubble black to make it look transparent So, first the students started drawing bubbles individually... Then, one student suggested that they put their papers together and connect their bubbles. Within a few minutes, I had an entire class on the floor connecting EVERY one of their papers to make a huge bubble mural! They were SO excited and I loved the conversations I heard as they ALL worked together as one giant group!! The end product was a masterpiece and the kids were SO excited!! Some classes drew bubbles together to form words. You can see the words " Pie is Good" at the top of this class' Art! The great thing about this project is that its fun for ALL ages! My four year old (below) drew her own bubble artwork (all by herself) and included herself blowing the bubbles in the bottom corner! She had fun searching for circles in the kitchen. There are Tabasco bottle circles, and salt shaker circles, coffee can lid circles, a soda can circle! So get out your oil pastels and go create some Bubble ART to kick off the SUMMER!!!! The great thing about bubbles is that they are inexpensive and fun no matter what age you are! My daughter got a bubble blower last summer that blew small bubbles inside large bubbles! We took this picture last August!

Learn about famous art and create your own sculpture with this fun lesson about Giacometti.

Way to go 8th grade! Unbelievable work and craftsmanship. Keep it up! Looking forward to the rest of the quarter. -Mrs. Hare

Why does your air modeling clay crafts crack? Learn how to stop air dry clay from cracking and alsoa few tips on how to fix cracks.

Olympic Medal Craft Air Dry Clay- After School Art just finished a unit on the Olympics. This is a super-easy air dry clay Olympic medal necklace. These necklaces would also work great with Model Magic* or ceramics!

This preschool curriculum has 36 weekly lesson plans for September through May for one year. I have a year 1 curriculum (this one is year 2) which can also be purchased. This allows for a 2-year preschool curriculum rotation. This curriculum works great for in-home preschools and homeschooling. I operate my own preschool in my home and use this curriculum for ages 3-5. I have both 2 days a week and 3 days a week classes. I print the daily lesson plan schedule worksheet and fill in activities from the weekly lesson plans for each month. There are 36 weekly lesson plans that are literacy and theme-based which include multi-sensory activities including yoga, dramatic play, and music/creative movement. Also, included are ideas for group activities, phonics, math, science, geography, writing, fine motor skills, and art. As an added bonus all the songs and nursery rhymes are included. I hope you find this resource useful for your own preschool! This is a PDF download please make sure you have the ability to download a PDF before purchasing. The document needs to be downloaded and printed from a computer. Also, if using a MAC please make sure you have a PDF reader downloaded as APPLE products have a hard time with all PDFs. Try downloading the free Adobe PDF reader. Also, please only print a few pages at a time to make sure the document is printing correctly before proceeding. If you are a MAC user send me a message with your email and I will email you the PDF without the cute clipart. Apple for some reason prints better without the clipart banner. Thank you!