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This magic paper towel art will blow your child's mind. As if by magic you can make pictures or colours appear by placing a paper towel in water. How is this possible you ask, is it magic or is it science? Whatever it is this surprise drawing activity is definitely fun!
Magic milk is a cool science experiment for kids of all ages! Learn how different molecules in milk interact with soap!
This activity combines the wonder of science and art as children explore paint, salt, and water.
This mark making forest project is a great way to experiment with print making. This fun nature art invitation is perfect for kids grades K-6
My dear sweet friend, Stacey, shared an amazing lesson during a staff meeting last week and I just HAVE TO pass it along. This is an impactful way to introduce mindfulness no matter where you are in your school year. It has proved to be especially powerful in her 3rd grade class as we start a new school year and she was kind enough to let me share it with you today. This post includes some affiliate links which means I get a small portion if you purchase through this link at no additional cost to you. Thank you for supporting my blog! Stacey came across this book My Magic Breath by Nick Ortner. With mindfulness on her mind she knew it was a PERFECT back to school activity! The book discusses ways that children (and adults!) can discover peace through the magic of mindful breathing. The illustrations are FANTASTIC and show how we can calm our minds when we are mad, happy, excited, or sad through our magic breath. I felt calmer just after reading through the beautiful pages. She didn't stop there! Immediately she knew this was going to be a wonderful art opportunity to remind her students each day the power that they hold in their magic breath. A few quick photos on Friday afternoon in front of the white board and she was ready to read the book on Monday and do this art project. She asked students to pretend they were blowing out a candle (or a dandelion, whatever works for you) and snapped a picture. They didn't know what the project would be at this point! She had them printed out over the weekend as actual photographs but if you have access to a color printer regular printing would be just as great too! On Monday after reading the book and having SO MANY great discussions about feelings she presented each student with their own picture glued to a white piece of paper and some watercolors. Students then painted their own magic breath and the results were AMAZING! You can see each student used so many colors and different lines to represent their own magic breath. We have so many emotions inside of us everyday! Right now she has them hanging in their classroom to remind everyone that they have the POWER to calm their own minds with their magic breath. She even told me that students will stop during a lesson and remind her, "We need to take a magic breath." How powerful is that? Full disclosure, she couldn't remember if she saw this somewhere first but with a little digging I did find a similar project from Adventures in Kindergarten. It is a great blog to add to your read list if you teach the littles! She also mentioned that the author, Nick Ortner, has a Facebook post about his book and I loved watching it too! Here is a link to his Facebook live video that explains more about the book and gives us (the grown ups!) some great tips about bringing mindfulness into our lives. Of course now I am following his page because I am obsessed with his positivity! Would you like to save this post to share with your colleagues? Pin it here! Are you looking for more books on the power of mindfulness? Here are some suggestions for you too! My favorites are Sitting Still Like a Frog and I Can Handle It! Thank you for stopping in today. If you are feeling overwhelmed, take a breath, it can do wonders! P.S. Get a free ALPHABET ACTIVITY when you sign up for my newsletter HERE!
Try thois fun magic paper towel science art! The children will love seeing magic pictures coming to life!
Primary colors are one of the first art concepts. Experience olor mixing first hand with this coffee filter crafts that requires only washable markers!
Join me for a magical city break in the capital city of Czech Republic, Prague with the best things to see, eat and drink.
Did you ever play with carbon paper as a kid? (Hmm... have I just seriously dated myself here?) I LOVED that stuff. You stuck it behind a sheet of blank paper, went to town doodling, lifted up your carbon paper and then ooh la la! Instant copy. So, so cool. Today I'm sharing an easy and fun art activity that hearkens back to good old carbon paper. We're making ourselves some colorful, color transfer art! (It's like making your very own rainbow carbon transfer paper!) Magic Color Transfer Art! This post contains affiliate links. Thank you for your support! For my full disclosure policy, click here. I got this idea from a really neat book- Tangle Art and Drawing Games. My bloggy friend Jeanette (who blogs over at Craftwack) is the author of this seriously fun kids art book. She sent me a copy to review and my son and I went to town with it. :) The activities are so incredibly kid friendly. They're easy to do, super fun, and require very little set-up (which is a must nowadays!) So if you're looking for some easy ways to encourage creativity at home, definitely check this book out. And now... are you ready to make some MAGIC color transfer art? Ok! Here's what you have to do. Grab a sheet of regular paper. Fold it in half vertically. Color one half with crayons (really, really hard) or just use oil pastels. Make sure to fill in every nook and cranny with color! Then, fold your paper back in half. Press hard and draw a design! Then, open your paper to reveal your design... in multi-color! Tada! Isn't that neat? The activity was so easy to do, we did the activity together while the baby napped. And then since the baby took an extra long nap... we did another one together. :) (So cool right? It really is like rainbow carbon paper.) So definitely check out Jeanette's Tangle Art and Drawing Games for this activity and others! Let's Keep in Contact! You can always find more easy and fun ideas on my Pinterest, Facebook, or Instagram accounts! (Or subscribe to my email mailing list by filling out the pink bar at the top of the screen.) Happy making, friends!
Try these easy, yet magical, floating chalk prints with your kids!
The Ultimate Tarot Guide, get to know the Tarot Cards, their meaning and how they are used in Tarot readings and predicting the future.
Dancing rice experiment for kids. Make rice dance like magic in this super simple kitchen science experiment from Green Kid Crafts...
Stadt- und Straßenkünstler setzen mit ihren Werken besiedelte Räume in einen neuen Kontext. Figuren im Miniaturformat etwa werden zum Personal dieser Mikrowelten.
Make your very own magic pictures using materials that you already have at home!
The following basic crochet stitches are perfect for beginners, especially in amigurumi patterns. If you are an amigurumi lover, you can't resist the
Pokemon Go revived nostalgic feelings in many of us, and it was incredible to see the number of people it brought out to the parks this summer. Sadly, the game isn't so popular anymore, but my love for Pokemon is here to stay! I recently designed this palm-sized Pikachu amigurumi pattern that I'm excited to share. Finished Measurements: Approximately 2¼" x 2¼" x 2¼" (not including ears or tail) Materials: Vanna's Choice Baby Yarn in "Duckie" Yellow (worsted-weight yarn, less than a skein) Caron Simply Soft in black and brown (worsted-weight yarn, small amounts) G hook (4.00 mm) 6 mm safety eyes small amount of red felt black embroidery thread tapestry needle polyester filling hot glue Body: Round 1: With yellow, 6 sc in magic ring. (6 st) Round 2: 2 sc in ea st around. (12 st) Round 3: *2 sc, sc in next st*, rep 6 times. (18 st) Round 4: *2 sc, sc in next 2 st*, rep 6 times. (24 st) Round 5: *2 sc, sc in next 3 st*, rep 6 times. (30 st) Rounds 6-9: Sc in ea st around. (30 st) Round 10: *2 sc, sc in next 4 st*, rep 6 times. (36 st) Rounds 11-14: Sc in ea st around. (36 st) Round 15: *Sc2tog, sc in next 4 st*, rep 6 times. (30 st) Insert eyes between rounds 8 and 9, six stitches apart. Using black embroidery thread, stitch on a small W-shape for the mouth and a short line above it for a nose. Using brown yarn, sew a stripe on the back between rows 9 and 10 and a second one between rows 11 and 12. Begin stuffing the body with polyester filling. Round 16: *Sc2tog, sc in next 3 st*, rep 6 times. (24 st) Round 17: *Sc2tog, sc in next 2 st*, rep 6 times. (18 st) Round 18: *Sc2tog, sc in next st*, rep 6 times. (12 st) Round 19: Sc2tog 6 times. (6 st) Fasten off and weave in ends. Ears (make 2): Round 1: With black, 4 sc in magic ring. (4 st) Round 2: *2 sc, sc in next st*, rep twice. (6 st) Round 3-7: Switch to yellow. Sc in ea st around. (6 st) Fasten off and leave tail for sewing. Tail: Note that the stitch counts in parentheses include single crochet stitches only, not chains. Holding two strands of brown together, ch 3. Row 1: Sc in 2nd ch from hook, sc in next st, ch 2, turn. (2 st) Row 2: Sc in 2nd ch from hook, sc in next st. Switch to holding two strands of yellow together, ch 1, turn. (2 st) Row 3: Sc in ea st, ch 4, turn. (2 st) Row 4: Sc in 2nd ch from hook and in ea ch across, sc in next st, ch 1, turn. (4 st) Row 5: Sc in each st across. (4 st) Fasten off and leave tail for sewing. Assembly: 1. Sew each ear at an angle on the head. 2. Sew tail at two rows below second stripe. 3. Cut two small circles from red felt and use hot glue to attach to the face. Pikachu from Pokémon is copyrighted ©The Pokémon Company. All photos and text are copyrighted ©The Bunny Studio. Please do not sell, reprint, or distribute this pattern in part or in whole without my written permission. If you would like to share this pattern, you are welcome to link to this page. Thank you.
Argh! These wenches need to walk my plank!
Use this simple free printable glasses craft template to make these fabulous and fun crazy glasses with your kids!
With Sam not feeling well earlier today, we decided to spend our afternoon close to home and out of the sun. I love setting little play invitations out for the kids to discover after school, but since I hadn’t gotten a chance to set something up during nap time, I quickly pulled together a classic…
Get close to your monitor and slowly pull away, try not to blink,if you do it right you will see a 3d object in the middle of the image,i tested...
Paul Klee for kids! You are going to love this fish art for kids inspired by Paul Klee's Fish Magic. This DIY scratch art painting is such a fun and e
After Jack and Annie spent an afternoon in the Amazon rainforest dodging mangos and facing perhanas, crocodiles, vampire bats, and army a...
Lines are an excellent starting point for lessons with Kindergarteners. To begin this line unit, we read the book Lines That Wiggle. The students used colored tape to make straight lines across their paper. We talked about horizontal, vertical, diagonal and ziz-zag lines. During the next class period, the students used tempera cakes to paint a variety of lines: wavy, loopy, dotted, dashed, squiggly, spiral, jagged and more. Aren’t these lovely and expressive? After the painting project, we moved … Read more... →
Learn how to crochet a magic circle with our tutorial for beginners! Whether you call it magic ring, magic loop or crochet magic circle, start crocheting!
Are you looking for a comprehensive, beginner-friendly Chakra Chart to quickly kick start your chakras learning journey? You are in the right place! In this quick post, I decided to create for you few amazing and well-researched chakra diagrams and tables.I believe that chakra charts are the easiest way to learn about
Take the kids on a nature walk and collect leaves to make this gorgeous leaf butterfly! Kids will love painting leaves to reveal the wings.
A collaborative art project that creates a castle in the style of Mary Blair (approx. 4'x7', but it can vary). Mary Blair is famous for designing the castle in Disney's It's a Small World. Create a stunning fantasy castle that will add some modern flair to your art show or as a backdrop to a Disney music program. The perfect lesson after reading the book Pocket Full of Colors: The Magical World of Mary Blair, Disney Artist Extraordinaire. Be sure to take a look at my lesson for drawing smaller individual castles and the money-saving bundle of both. Your students will: OPTIONAL: Read a book about Mary Blair (not included) ** See an illustration of Mary Blair OPTIONAL: Draw a castle design Test out color variations of one color Explore media/color combinations Add color using their color and media choices Cut out their castle square Use the tabs to glue the castle together What You Get: Teacher Instructions (4 pages) Castle Design Ideas (2 pages) Dome Drawing Pages (6 pages) Clock Face Drawing Pages (6 pages) Blank Design Page (1 page) Castle Designs (60 pages) Door (4 pages) Windows (4 pages) Mary Blair Portrait (2 pages) >>>>> A total of 89 pages You will get 80 pre-designed pages that make a castle approximately 4 feet tall and 7 feet wide. You can add or subtract pages and arrange the castle any way you'd like to fit the number of students and the space you'd like to fill. Use your choice of media or mix things up and use crayons, markers, colored pencils and watercolors to create some beautiful color variations. There is also an option for using a blank square to have your students draw their own design (and 60 sample design ideas). ** I recommend buying or borrowing The book Pocket Full of Colors: The Magical World of Mary Blair, Disney Artist Extraordinaire, to use as an introduction to this lesson. What happy teachers are saying: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ I absolutely loved this project. I always do a Mary Blair weekly study when teaching biographies to my class, and I wanted to amp it up a little. My class is very artistic, and first graders can absolutely handle this project. It turned out beautiful. Thank you! ~ Mckinnon Magic ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ I love that there is a resource about Mary Blair! I used this in the library with my first graders after we read a picture book about Mary Blair. The castle turned out awesome! ~ Renee H. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Well thought out collaborative activity. Each page has an area for testing out colors and designs. Many options given in the directions. ~ The Colorful Art Room *************************************************************** Easily download this PDF with a link that is automatically emailed to you immediately after your purchase and you can begin drawing right away! ************************************************************** Stay Connected Blog Instagram Pinterest YouTube Facebook Thanks for visiting! Expressive Monkey makes engaging resources that help students build confidence and express themselves through ART! Oh, wait! Don't forget to follow me on Teachers Pay Teachers ... just click to follow! Created by Stacey Peters, © Expressive Monkey Permission to copy for single classroom use only.
How to make oobleck (sometimes called goop). Oobleck is made of cornstarch and water. We share tips for making and cleaning up oobleck!
Download free printable string art patterns and start your project immediately. These string art templates are so much fun and easy to do.
La apasionante historia del Tarot y el revelador significado de sus cartas
Try these simple paper tricks that seem like magic! All you need is a little paper, tape and scissors to wow your friends and family.
Try these easy, yet magical, floating chalk prints with your kids!
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All the best secret Porto Instagram spots and hidden gems in this Portugal city for amazing photos! At golden hour, head to the Douro River lookout spot at...
How to crochet a flat circle every time in single, half-double, or double crochet, in joined or spiral rounds. Tips for fixing wavy edges.
Kick off the school year with an easy First Week of Art Lesson Plan! Engaging icebreakers & creative drawing activities for an fun start.
Dancing rice experiment for kids. Make rice dance like magic in this super simple kitchen science experiment from Green Kid Crafts...
