Our family loves the arts, and we also love creating our own works of art. A few months back I read about a very cool art project for kids on the blog Mary Making and it inspired me to do a similar project with my children. The project was to create a plastic sculpture that resembles one of Dale Chihuly’s fantastic glass sculptures. I wanted this to be an all-encompassing project, where we learned about the artist before embarking on the actual art project. I think that the idea of exposing children to famous works of art in order to inspire creativity within them is a brilliant idea. And we are lucky to have some fabulous museums in our area, so I decided to take advantage of our local art museum and do our own family project, a Dale Chihuly-inspired sculpture. You only need a few supplies, and this can last for hours. We even stretched out our project over several days. Our journey began with trips to Museums, and ended with my children having learned about an artist and creating their own masterpiece. Chihuly Sculptures in Museums: First we went to the Cincinnati Art Museum to visit the beautiful […]