Create this Starry Night Masterpiece with your students! This Van Gogh inspired Art Project for Kids uses simple materials you already have in your art supply closet. Free Step-by-Step video and tutorial at The Crafty Classroom.
Covid-19 didn’t stop us from celebrating St. Martin’s day, so we had to make lanterns! In art class I wanted to work following the example of a famous artist with my fifth graders . The…
Celebrate your favorite shutter bug with this camera quilt block!
I came across these adorable Volksbagon van/buses and had to share! There is a free pattern on Ravelry. I just love the color she used! Made by VelvetKey You can get the free Volkswagon van
Free Jellyfish art tutorial for kids and adults! This stunning jelly can be recreated with a few watercolors and a bit of clear glue. This mixed media art project creates lots of interesting textures and designs that are sure to delight your students.
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.
We have been experimenting a lot with watercolors lately. Something about seeing the colors mix and blend together is incredibly satisfying! I also love that there are so many watercolor painting ideas for kids out there that are easy and also look stunning. That's a win-win! If you have a little artist on your hands,
Onlangs kwam ik op Pinterest het patroon van de Capri Circle Bag tegen. Ik was meteen verkocht en ging aan de slag met dit leuke haakproject.
The Starry Night (1889) “This morning I saw the countryside from my window a long time before sunrise, with nothing but the morning star, which looked very big,” wrote Van Gogh to his brother Theo,…
Paint Van Gogh's Starry Night using forks! Learn about creating movement and texture in painting like Van Gogh with this fun and engaging art project that will have your kids wanting to paint with forks over and over again! A great process art project.
Make your own Roman writing tablet with this craft activity for kids.
Helpful resources for teaching young artists about the techniques and popular works of famous artists throughout history
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Het mini-dekentje met oranje hart is inmiddels klaar maar ik haakte nog even door met het nieuwe voorraadje katoen. Simpele vierkantjes van 4 toeren vasten, waarbij ik alle beschikbare kleuren gebruikte. In totaal haakte ik er 84, genoeg om er een zgn. scottie dog knuffel van te maken. Al jaren bewaarde ik het quilt patroontje, met het voornemen om dat te vertalen naar een gehaakte versie. Het resultaat is een grappig, kleurig, zacht knuffel-hondje! Zoals vaak het geval is, bleek ook hier dat het in elkaar zetten meer tijd en aandacht vroeg dan het haken van de vierkantjes. Ten opzichte van het naaipatroon maakte ik een kleine aanpassing: ik vond het leuker om er twee oortjes op te zetten, in plaats van één vierkant blokje op die plaats. Mocht iemand ook zo'n hondje willen haken: er volgt hier een beschrijving. Ik ga er daarbij vanuit dat je enige ervaring hebt met haken en met het in elkaar zetten van de onderdelen. Schematische tekening scottie dog De vierkantjes werden gehaakt met 4 toeren vasten en zijn 4 bij 4 cm groot geworden. Door meer toeren te haken kun je de grootte uiteraard naar wens aanpassen. Voor de voor- en achterkant gebruikte ik allerlei kleurtjes, de tussenstrip haakte ik met uitsluitend grijze katoen. Ik gebruikte deze beschrijving, uit het boek "200 crochet blocks" van Jan Eaton. De ogen van het hondje maakte ik door de eerste toer in een andere kleur te haken dan de rest van het vierkantje. Doe dit dus bij 2 vierkantjes. Als alle vierkantjes klaar zijn kun je de voor- en achterkant aan elkaar naaien zoals in de schematische tekening aangegeven. Voor de oortjes: naai twee vierkantjes aan 3 zijden aan elkaar (goede kanten op elkaar leggen, naaien, binnenstebuiten keren). Van de opengelaten zijde naai je op de aangegeven plaats één deel vast aan de voor- resp. achterkant. De tussenstrip maak je door de daarvoor bestemde 28 vierkantjes aan elkaar te naaien tot een lint. Naai de strip helemaal rondom de buitenzijde van de voorkant (of de achterkant), en let vooral op het aannaaien van het nog losse deel van het oor! Herhaal dit voor de andere kant. Begin nu in ieder geval aan de onderzijde (vergeet bovenaan het tweede oor niet!) en laat aan het eind een stukje open. Vul het hondje via deze ruimte met fiberfill en sluit daarna het laatste stukje.
I came across these adorable Volksbagon van/buses and had to share! There is a free pattern on Ravelry. I just love the color she used! Made by VelvetKey You can get the free Volkswagon van
Buttons make a wonderful craft material. Here are some fantastic DIY Button Craft Ideas to try throughout the year!
Als ik door het bos loop, wandel langs het strand of zomaar ergens op straat, en ik zie een mooie veer, dan neem ik deze mee. Ik vind ze mooi, en zijn allemaal verschillend, en wie weet waar die veertjes allemaal geweest zijn. Als ik aan veertjes denk, denk ik aan engelen, een teken van boven... Een tijd geleden kreeg ik een glazen doosje van een lieve vriendin en besloot om daar een deel van mijn verzamelde veren in te doen...pauwveertjes, flamingoveertjes, meeuwenveertjes, eksterveertjes en zwanenveren en nog van vele andere vogels.... Maar zelf veertjes maken is ook erg leuk en heel erg eenvoudig. Ik vond een template op pinterest en zocht nog wat naar leuke ideetjes. Zin om ook even lekker te knippen? Zoek een papiertje wat je mooi vind, ik gebruikte zwart en wit, maar kleur of een printje is ook heel mooi. Teken een paar sjablonen of druk deze veertjes af, knip ze uit en leg ze als sjabloon op het papier wat je wilt gebruiken. En ga gewoon knippen, hoe meer je oefent hoe mooier je veertjes worden! Dit is mijn knip resultaat. Op een witte deed ik wat lijm en strooide er wat goudglitters op om het etra feestelijk te maken. Met wat touw en inpakpapier maak je zo een mooi cadeautje! Op de achterkant van je geknipte veertjes kun je een mooie boodschap schrijven. Of maak er een slinger van! Heb je een etentje en wil je wat extra's doen? Bind met een mooi touwtje het bestek bij elkaar en doe daar een veertje bij. Iedereen een vaste plek geven? Schrijf er met mooie letters de naam op van de persoon die op dat plekje moet zitten.... *
Crochet Eeyore Toys Free Patterns : Crochet Eeyore Amigurumi Toy Crochet Eeyore Amigurumi Toy; Crochet Eeyore Buddy Lovey
Why did Edvard Munch paint 'The Scream'? Find out this and more about the artist with the help of these Edgy Edvard Munch Art Projects for Kids.
I know just because I'm on vacation and I'm not really making anything doesn't mean you aren't! I thought this would be a good time to share some bag patterns I've been gathering for a while now. In fact, I ended up with so many I'm going to do this in two parts, and that's after I narrowed the list
He created over 2,000 artworks during his short lifetime, but still died a pauper – now he’s featured here in our Vincent Van Gogh Word Search Puzzle. Share with your students to help them learn more…
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We love 3D paper art at our house and this 3D paper lizard is a fun and artsy craft for kids. The easy lizard template is included and with some brightly colored card stock paper, you’ll have an adorable paper reptile that can be used as a fun gift tag. If you like working with…
I've had quite a few emails asking for fitting help so I'm going to delve into some common fitting adjustments here on the blog. If you have a question that isn't covered, throw it into the comments so other people can benefit from the hive mind! It's clearly your lucky day as I turned pictures of me in my bathing suit into drawings for illustrative purposes. This shows my underbust line, high waist line, low waist line, and an entirely accurate belly button. Although I am slimmer towards my underbust, the intended seam line of the pattern (The Zone) falls around the high waist (if it was at the underbust it would become empire line which might indeed be cute but is not how I designed it). Like a lot of people that may or may not have had children, things become 'less streamlined' below my high waist so the seam falling above and the drape of the skirt should skim over that and be more flattering. How do you find your Zone? When drafting for grown-ups, there's no way to make a golden pattern that will fit everyone without adjustments. Not only are people different heights and sizes, but the distribution of their body parts varies wildly. The good news is that the Skater Dress only has one really important horizontal seam- the bodice / skirt seam. I am very short-waisted (that's actual me to the left), but I manipulated the pictures to show different torso builds for a proportional waist and a long waist. This is nothing to do with your overall height, but proportions. Although the busts are identical and the underbust lines even, the high waists and low waists shift incrementally. The standard pattern pieces for the Lady Skater are for the proportional waist in the middle, which means that even I have to make changes to my own pattern to fit me better! If you have experience of making adult clothes for yourself, you probably have a good idea of your body type but if you're new to this a really useful exercise is to do just as I have: take a photo of yourself in your bathing suit or tight fitting clothes and trace around it. Find your underbust, high waist, low waist, and hip lines and look at how they are distributed. If you're still having having trouble conceptionalising, here are some (fast and loose) indications that you might have to tinker with your bodice length: Your overall height. The pattern is graded for a 5'5" woman. If you are shorter than 5'5" or taller than 5'5" you will probably need to utilise the lengthen / shorten line on the bodice. Your torso proportions. Again, this takes some body awareness and experience, but if you are short or long waisted you will need to adjust the bodice piece to remove or add height. Bust size. This is the least important factor of the three but if you are of the small to average bust you might need to shorten your bodice as less of the fabric is being used to go up and over the breasts. Equally, very large busts might need to add length to the front bodice piece / remove length from the back bodice to have an evenly hanging hemline. Bodice length adjustments might be something that you're able to do to the pattern before sewing, but you might find that locating your Zone is only achievable after muslining the bodice. If you've made the bodice and tried it on, is it hitting you at your high (natural) waist? Is it too close to your underbust? Is it clinging or pooling somewhere closer to your low waist because it's too long? Lengthening your bodice This is probably the most straight-forward change to make! All you need to do is split the pattern all the way across the lengthen line, add height with a piece of paper underneath, and smooth your side seams. The grey section is what you've added. Make sure you do the same change to your front and back bodice. Shortening your bodice Split your bodice along the shorten line, pull the bottom section up so that it overlaps with the top section (keeping the fold line aligned), and then smooth out your side seam. The grey section shows the overlap. Make sure you do the same change to your front and back bodice. I'm happy with my front bodice length but my back bodice is hanging lower / I'm having pooling centre back: As per my tutorial instructions, I highly recommend that you muslin the bodice before cutting precious hoarded fabric. When you make the bodice to ascertain if the waistline is hitting 'The Zone', you might notice when turning sideways that the back bodice is hanging lower than the front. Or- you might not notice until your final dress is finished and you want to know how to fix it. Uneven hems can be very common, particularly if you're busty. Now, I did a sway back adjustment to every size of the master pattern to try to counteract this but your own proportions might mean that you need to make further adjustments. Like the lengthen and shorten instructions above, what you need to do is slash your pattern along the lengthen / shorten line but do not cut through your size line on the side seam, only cut very close to it. Swing the lower section upwards so that you are overlapping the upper section at the centre back. This probably won't need to be a huge overlap (3/4" to 1"), and tape in place. The centre edge of the lower section will swing over the vertical fold line. Return this line to vertical and (if required) add the same amount of width that you removed at the centre vertical to the side seam. The sway back adjustment is essentially taking a wedge out of centre back to reduce pooling, nothing else is changing in a major way. Depending on how much you removed, you might need to smooth your bottom seam line so it's convex rather than a harsh angle. If you only found this pooling after your entire dress was complete, try it on inside out and with the help of a friend pull the back bodice / skirt seam up until the hem is even and pin in place. Seam-rip along the centre back (the side seams should be unaffected), remove the excess to the back bodice piece and re-sew. If you find pooling both at the front and the back your bodice is too long. My high bust and waist aren't the same sizes: When you are measuring your high bust and high waist, you might find that your high bust corresponds to a different size than your waist. The above picture shows smoothing the side seam between smaller bust / larger waist and larger bust / smaller waist. When blending sizes, the majority of the extra room happens in the bust where its needed. Depending on your fabric choice and your cup size, you might find that you need more room in the bust only. Using a fabric with less stretch capacity like interlock or jersey without lycra might result in a drag line across the full bust. Fixing this is almost the same as blending a larger bust to smaller waist except you're doing it to the front bodice only. Adding extra width to the armhole and upper bodice means that you'll have to also add the same amount to the front sleeve so it fits. If the front bodice side seam becomes slightly longer than the back bodice side seam, ease the extra length into the top half of the seam where the bust is. **EDITED TO ADD ANOTHER ONE BASED ON COMMENTS** Shortening the shoulder height / Upper bust height: If you find that after making a bodice muslin that there is pooling above your bust towards the sleeve hole, or that the sleeve cap is sitting funky off your shoulder cap, you might need to shorten your shoulder height or shoulder width. With your bodice muslin on inside out, pinch the shoulder seam to bring it up and pin out the excess. On your paper pattern, match the amount you pinned out to the corresponding smaller size (for example, if you pinned 1/4" below the shoulder seam you would go down one size to both the front and back bodices, 1/2" goes down two sizes, etc). Use that armscye / sleeve hole but when you get to the side seam increase the width to your original size. In the picture above (as per Lyn's adjustments in the comments!), I'm showing how to use the upper bust and shoulder of a size 3 with the width of the size 6 in the lower bodice. Use the sleeve of the smaller size but add the extra width at the front and back corners to reflect the size of your lower bodice. I hope all of this helps! If you have a question about fitting that I haven't covered, chuck it in the comments. Pin It Tweet
