Hi All,I am writing a series of posts about introducing Photoshop to elementary school kids! Did you get a chance to read the first post in the series, Introduction which talks about what are the basic software my daughter has used to get the understanding of graphics? As my daughter has got introduced to various drawing …
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As you might know, we love aluminium foil. We have done Aluminium foil stained glass painting, Aluminium foil flying hearts, Aluminium foil heart, Aluminium foil jewelry, Aluminium foil flowers. This time we made earrings with foil. They are very simple to make. My eight year old is very happy that she can make her own jewelry. …
My eight old daughter shows interest towards embroidery and crochet. During her last summer holidays, we were doing few embroidery and crochet projects. As she is busy with her school work now, we can’t find time for those kids of time consuming projects. I thought needle weaving will give her the satisfaction of embroidery. Let …
Coffee filter flowers are very simple to make and they look beautiful. We inserted a lollipop in the middle to make it more presentable for Valentine’s day. Materials needed: 1. Coffee filters 2. Crayola Watercolor 3. Lollipop 4. Tape Method : 1. Color the coffee filters with watercolor. The color of the filter …
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Aluminium foil is one of our favorite mediums to work with. In our house, it is used more for arts and crafts than in the kitchen. We have done various projects like Aluminium foil stained glass painting, Aluminium foil jewelry, Aluminium foil flower art, Aluminium foil heart in the past. This time we created a flying heart …
After we had fun doodling hearts, my eight year old wanted to create something with coloring. This time we created a very simple colored heart. Instead of coloring the heart with single color, we split the heart and colored each portion with different color. It created a beautiful colored heart! Materials needed : 1. Copier …
I had written about our hand drawn 3D heart earlier. It was very simple to create. Again we tried creating a 3D heart using a slightly different technique. This is also a very simple and fun procedure! My eight year old enjoyed creating this 3D heart. Materials needed 1. Copier paper 2. Sharpie or any …
We had tried progressive watercolor technique earlier while doing Sun. We did not get the effect we were hoping for. I had done progressive watercolor technique at my school, but could not recreate. When I did a google search for progressive watercolor technique, I found progressive watercolor art tutorial from Grow Creative. Followed the tutorial …
Kandinsky is a well known Russian painter and artist. He is known for his work ” Farbstudie Quadrate” – Squares with concentric circles. I had created a matching activity earlier inspired by his work. Now we did painting – squares with concentric hearts as part of our Valentine’s day activities. Affiliation links are used Materials …
Hi All,Do you know doodling has therapeutic benefits? I read somewhere but not very sure on that! But I am sure that simple doodling is so much fun. I wanted to introduce doodling to my 8 year old daughter. After watching few youtube videos, she wanted to try doodling. But she was not confidence enough. …