We've put together 10 projects made from rubbish that you will actually want to keep. From magazines to plastic bottles and coke cans!
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If you're new to Art Journal Every Day, there is a short introduction here. All of the previous posts can be found archived here. Remember, it's just ten minutes of nourishing your creative self every day! No need to finish anything or even like it. If you've done some art journaling this week, use the hashtag #artjournaleveryday so that we can all take a peek. Even if you're not on social media, you can see everything (from twitter, pinterest, instagram, and facebook) that uses that hashtag here. Today I've got a heap of awesome for you: techniques and ideas and...
Learn how to paint fireworks with acrylic paint and paper rolls. The perfect kids craft for the summer holidays, these fireworks paintings are absolutely gorgeous, and they're SO EASY to make! How to Paint Fireworks with Acrylic Paint Who knew that a cut up paper roll could create such beautiful fireworks?! These firework paintings are so colourful and impressive looking, yet they're incredibly simple to make! We chose seven different colours for our fireworks, but you can make it even easier by choosing three or four of your favourite colours - they'll still look awesome. Try red, white, and blue to
These easy to make abstract wall art projects are a cheap and easy way add decor to your home. So grab a canvas and your favorite colors and paint away!
Learn alcohol ink basics and how to make your own beautiful alcohol ink art with this DIY alcohol ink art for beginners tutorial.
Make beautiful bubble painting Hydrangea flowers! Fun DIY dish soap paint recipe. Great kids art activity & easy beginner watercolor ideas!
One Point Perspective Trees | Art Lesson for Kids | Beverly Gurganus Fine Art Perspective, whether an idea or physical object, is the way we view something. It helps us to understand that idea or the subject in relation to its context or environment. Can you create art without using the right perspective? Yes, you can, but an art professor once told me that you need to learn the rules before you can break them; therefore, I always begin a drawing unit with perspective.
DIY Yarn Art | Easy Tactile Canvas 'Paintings': I've always liked simple, bold and colourful designs....and it just so happens I also have a rather large collection of yarns...so I thought I would combine the two! This Instructable shows you how I made a collection of mini artworks out of stretch…
Waste time... productively!
Tiny Flowerpot Monster: Several weeks ago (while I was looking online for some random crafts I wanted to do over the weekend), I came across this Etsy page, featuring little tiny air plant pots. I immediately fell in love! Of course, I wanted to see if I could do it too. A…
Make a Cool Sharpie and Alcohol Painting on Canvas where the alcohol makes swirls of permanent marker color on the canvas, it’s just magic!
This Roll-A-Kandinsky art lesson will help you learn all about Wassily Kandinsky and the Expressionist movement he was a part of. You'll also make your own Kandinsky-style art using the free printable and a pair of dice to guide you in which colorful elements to add.
Pottery is one of the oldest human inventions. Some fragments of ancient pottery found in southern China date back 20,000 years.
These up-and-coming influencers share amazing ideas for teaching our children through art, nature, and play. Also, their ideas are educational and fun!
A fun abstract art project for kids using cardboard and simple art supplies Inspired by Pablo Picasso's famous Bull (Plate V )
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.
From mixed media to simple sketching, there's something here for every first grader.
Basic Silver Soldering With Strong Joints: In this Instructable, I'll show you the absolute basics for making silver-soldered joints that are simple, and structural. To accomplish this, these are the MAIN tools and supplies needed: Harris Safety-Silv 56% Harris Stay-Silv Flux Mapp Gas T…
Make a 3D paper doodlebug with our printable template. This is a fun STEM craft for older kids, exploring patterns and symmetry in nature
I've created this 'Creating with Shadows' video as a home learning project. I had great fun making this and experimenting with different media.
Thank you Elmer’s for sponsoring this post. All opinions expressed are my own. Today we're experimenting with salt, glue, and watercolors to create some colorful ocean art. You'll only need a few materials to create
Learn about famous art and create your own sculpture with this fun lesson about Giacometti.
10 AWESOME ARTIST INSPIRED ART PROJECTS FOR KIDS
Save a couple stalks of fresh broccoli back from your meal & paint redbud trees as you Paint with Broccoli, making a Fun Stamped Spring Tree!
This chalk pastel galaxy art project is out of this world! Kids will love using easy chalk pastel techniques to create this stunning galaxy craft.
We love using materials that we already have lying around like cardboard so we turned some scraps into a 3D cardboard structure.
Teachers almost always have the best intentions. I know that. I was a classroom teacher. And even now as I teach at home, I also know that sometimes a good deed goes awry. That is what happened with Mr. Frog. Mr. Frog was my kindergartener’s clay creation for art class this year. For weeks I...Read More
Kids can make something pretty incredible when they pool their talents.
Learn how at Dollar Store Crafts.
A fun, processed based Fibonacci art project for kids. Great for S.T.E.A.M. learning at home or at school.
Go big, go bold, go outdoors and create some beautiful flower printing garden art.
Kids can make something pretty incredible when they pool their talents.
String paint art is SO PRETTY and it's really simple to create! This is such a fun and easy art technique and a great art project for people of all skill levels. You can make pull string art with any kind of acrylic paint and either string or yarn. Pull String Art With Acrylic Paint String paint art using acrylic paint is a great art project for kids, tweens, teens, adults and seniors! I love how bright and bold the acrylic paint looks on the black paper. This is such a pretty art technique - and it's SO EASY! We
Inside every kid lies the heart of an artist.
All you need: Rocks, paint + brush, googly eyes, small pot or container.Instructions: Cactus Pet Rocks
Make your own beautiful fabric bowl DIY gift. Turn fabric scraps into a fabric bowl DIY gift with a sensory activity that helps build fine motor skills.
Turn crumpled pieces of paper into colorful artwork in this fun art project for kids. This easy art activity is inspired by the children’s book, Ish, by Peter H. Reynolds! The colorful paper has such a cool texture when finished and can be used for making collages or writing notes! (This post contains affiliate links.) …
Blow and make a wish! Today's Thumbprint Dandelion craft tutorial is super easy to make within minutes and it’s relatively inexpensive too. If you have a
I've created this 'Creating with Shadows' video as a home learning project. I had great fun making this and experimenting with different media.
This chalk pastel tulip art project is a great spring activity that kids will love to create! Learn easy and fun pastel techniques.
This project was inspired by Salvador Dali’s painting The Persistence of Memory. While I worked on these with my kids, we talked about surrealism and imagination. The info sheet on Dali is at the bottom of the post. This project was a little bit harder than the others I’ve posted and younger kids
Pottery is one of the oldest human inventions. Some fragments of ancient pottery found in southern China date back 20,000 years.
Earlier this year, my co-worker Jayne found the idea to make a collaborative school-wide paper mural based on the artwork of Thank YouX. The idea for a student mural originally came from Jenell No…
Middle School students will love this pop art lesson that focuses on the principle of movement. It also makes a great abstract portrait that is frame-able!
Art projects that are fun for kids and bring in big bucks for your school auction!
Image transfer techniques can be used to transfer an image from one surface to another, and they can be a fun and creative way to add a personal touch to your projects. One image transfer technique…
There's so much more than finger painting!
Ah yes… it is that time of year again.. time to create some wonderful recycled crafts. Today the focus is on Newspapers and wonderful DIY Newspaper Ideas with this super duper EASY Newspaper Flowers DIY! These paper flowers are super drifty (they cost us practically nothing to make) and look great on the front of Greeting...
