"Simplify, slow down, be kind, And don't forget to have art in your life - music, paintings, theater, dance, and sunsets."...
Create Eric Carle inspired paper collages using basic art supplies. A fun activity for any age to celebrate the incredible artist and author.
Puffy Paint Clouds art project for preschool
Learning about cloud shapes? Try this fun ink blot cloud shapes activity to go along with Eric Carle's Little Cloud book.
It’s time for The Kids Craft Stars monthly craft challenge! Every month we have a challenge between a few blogger friends and I, to in-cooperate a different craft medium or technique into a simple kid craft. This month’s
These FREE Printables and Unit Studies for Eric Carle's Books will help you expand on what your kids are learning through these beloved books.
We've recently been inspired by Eric Carle's 'I See A Song', a beautiful picture book that transports the reader on a magical musical journey. A violinist introduces himself at the beginning of the book saying; "I see a song. I paint music. I hear colour" As you start to read, the black & white illustrations of the violinist fade, & Eric Carle's wonderful artwork transports you through a colourful masterpiece. Minnie loves studying the illustrations & describing which shapes & objects she sees on each page of the book. Inspired by the illustrations we listened to a selection of classical music tracks to see if we could 'hear' colours. Minnie is currently fascinated by the ocean, & as soon as she saw a large art canvas she wanted to paint the sea, so we collected our art materials. Our art supplies for this activity were varied & nearly all recycled; we had paintbrushes (large & small), shells & pebbles, sticks, string & ribbons, sponges, bubble wrap, corrugated paper, jute gauze, & pencils. I added an old plastic food tray (purchased from a local Scrapstore) which was ideal to use with the different sized painting tools. We selected our music Anitra's Dance from Peer Gynt Suite No.1 by Grieg & Minnie started to create! She started painting with brushes, then with her hands, & soon explored the other items. Here's a glimpse of Minnie creating with a selection of different materials. (The scraping noise is a shell she's moving along the canvas.) As she painted she named each paint colour to herself, & briefly described what she was painting. She filled a big paintbrush with blue paint & shouted; "Deep blue sea, deep blue sea!" In this video clip you can hear her painting "Blue sky... a big blue sky!" The hand painting & exploration continued... She loved experimenting with the textures & pattern of the bubble wrap. The gauze & bubble wrap produced some beautiful effects. Minnie clearly enjoyed exploring the texture of the paints, as you can see! In case you're wondering, those are not blue gloves!! It was fascinating to observe her movements as she painted in time to the music with the roller & brushes. As certain parts of the music grew louder, Minnie smacked the paint onto the canvas & as the music grew softer, her fingers swirled & blended the paint. The last clip shows Minnie adding her green paper 'seaweed' to the painting. Her high pitch voice almost seems to be singing along with the music as she sprinkles her seaweed over the canvas. Some seaweed remained on the canvas, but she removed most of it before adding some cotton wool, & ripped pieces of tissue paper. This gave a new dimension to her creation, & it became a multimedia work of art. Here's Minnie's finished picture. Can you hear the music of the sea? I love the movement in the painting. What could this beautiful brushstroke be? It was wonderful to observe Minnie's creativity, expression, & sensory exploration as she painted alongside the music, it just made my heart sing! And I think the finished picture is pretty beautiful too!
These FREE Printables and Unit Studies for Eric Carle's Books will help you expand on what your kids are learning through these beloved books.
FREE printable book activity for toddlers to go along with Eric Carle's Brown Bear book. Great for toddlers and preschoolers who are learning colors and animals!
Eric Carle’s art is distinctive and instantly recognizable. Why not introduce your kids to Eric Carle with these 10 free printable eric carle coloring pages
Eric Carle's pictures are how many children the world over are introduced to art. Celebrate this incredible artist with these Eric Carle Crafts for Kids.
Discover fun and easy Eric Carle activities to do with your child! Here are a few ways to create art, games and activities inspired by the popular children's picture book author and illustrator Eric Carle.
Eric Carle’s art is distinctive and instantly recognizable. Why not introduce your kids to Eric Carle with these 10 free printable eric carle coloring pages
These FREE Printables and Unit Studies for Eric Carle's Books will help you expand on what your kids are learning through these beloved books.
If your little one loves The Very Hungry Caterpillar, then they're sure to delight in these printable coloring pages and activities!
Our post, Eric Carle Artwork, will show you how to easily make Eric Carle-inspired sun and moon textures! They will turn out amazing!
Eric Carle's pictures are how many children the world over are introduced to art. Celebrate this incredible artist with these Eric Carle Crafts for Kids.
One of my absolute favorite units to teach throughout the year has got to be my Eric Carle author study. Usually my little nuggets have bee...
Use this The Tiny Seed activity in classroom as yoga & reading activity Demonstrate importance of each season & how something so small can have big impact.
If you have little ones or are a teacher of little ones, I’m guessing you probably have at least one (if not many) Eric Carle books in your collection. We certainly do– like, The Very Hungry Caterpillar, The Very Busy Spider,and Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What do you see”. These are some of the boys’ very favorite […]
We adore Eric Carle books in our house. One favorite that we have been loving for quite a few years now is From Head to Toe. There are a few things that I love about this
Download activity sheets, coloring pages, and materials for use at home or in the classroom. There are many implements to choose from.
Aren't Eric Carle pictures just amazing? This post will focus on an artist study and art lesson, so it can be used with children.
We read the story by Eric Carle The Very Busy Spider After reading the story we had a class discussion on why do spiders bui...
Eric Carle’s art is distinctive and instantly recognizable. Why not introduce your kids to Eric Carle with these 10 free printable eric carle coloring pages
As part of a Kindergarten art lesson on value and texture, we did a few Eric Carle-inspired texture collage craft activities.
Make this delightful painted collage art using a really fun painted paper process. You will love making this as much as your kids do!
Eric Carle is a name Moms everywhere are familiar with. On his birthday, we feature the top 10 Eric Carle books for toddlers to read and make!
We adore Eric Carle books in our house. One favorite that we have been loving for quite a few years now is From Head to Toe. There are a few things that I love about this
One of my absolute favorite units to teach throughout the year has got to be my Eric Carle author study. Usually my little nuggets have bee...
Eric Carle's pictures are how many children the world over are introduced to art. Celebrate this incredible artist with these Eric Carle Crafts for Kids.
Today's Eric Carle book was The Mixed-Up Chameleon . After teaching the kids about chameleons (like how they actually change color according...
Even as an adult, children's books are still one of my favorite things. I have many fond memories of “story […]
It’s time for The Kids Craft Stars monthly craft challenge! Every month we have a challenge between a few blogger friends and I, to in-cooperate a different craft medium or technique into a simple kid craft. This month’s
