The flower plant motif is inspired by an etching of 19 century designed by Maucherat de Longpré. Plants appear in many different forms in art, and artists historically drew inspiration from different types of plants and flowers at different times.
Arts and Crafts for kids
A book with 50 contemporary mandalas to color
Designer’s Mandalas is a collection of 50 unique illustrations to color, inspired by contemporary art and design. Coloring pages might help you calm your mind, daydream, meditate and relieve stress naturally, offering also an opportunity to practice color and aesthetic awareness in a pleasurable way.
Click on the link to purchace the book Designer's Mandalas.
The following designs are contained in the book and are colored by the author.
Paper city
Make a colorful two dimensional city scape, maybe a theatrical scenery. Before you start drawing and cutting papers, think the type of city that you would like to recreate.
Materials & tools
Materials & tools
- Heavy colored paper
- Scissors
- Pencil
Play-dough woman in blue
Modeling clay is ideal for creating 3d characters, men, women, kids, comic heroes and much more. Lets make the figure of a lady. Working with clay is really enjoying, relaxing and a wonderful medium to understand the world. As the kid progresses from simple models to more complex project he will become hooked.
Non-baked Modeling Clay Rose
Modeling clay, such as play doh or dough, is a versatile, cheap material suitable for endless experimentations. See how you can make a romantic rose with plasticine.
Pixel Art Style Painting (graph paper art)
Pixel art is a form of digital painting where pictures are constructed out of small colored square units. In this activity you can create pixel art style graphics and images using graph papers.
First you need to print a graph paper. You can search for a graph paper either in the web or you can print the following graph paper. In printer settings, choose to fit the grid in an A4 paper.
First you need to print a graph paper. You can search for a graph paper either in the web or you can print the following graph paper. In printer settings, choose to fit the grid in an A4 paper.
3D free-standing, modular structures with clothespins
Create free standing sculptures composed of wood clothes pins. The goal of this activity is the kids to understand the concept of modular constructions and to experiment with an interesting technique of grasping and joining things together: When the two prongs of clothes pins are pinched at the top, the prongs open up. When released the spring draws the two prongs shut, gripping anything in between. In general, 3d crafts activities are an excellent opportunity to experiment with balance and three dimensional space.
Combine folding and zentanlge drawing
Combine folding and zentagle methods to create a beautiful, structured drawing. Zentangle is a technique which allow you to create impressive patterns by simply following and repeating the same motif. In this art activity we added some folds to create random straight lines.
Crumpled paper doodle art
Kids love to work with their hands. But most of all they love to do all those things that normally are not allowed to do, such as to crinkle pieces of paper. Surprisingly, the following activity is suitable for both kids and adults. Especially if your are a stressed adult you might find the activity extremely relaxing. The result will be quite unexpected. You can either add color or simple work with a black pencil.
Collage using magazine pages
Collage using easy to find, recycled materials such as pages from old magazines, is a fun and cheap activity. Kids can express themselves shaping portraits, landscapes, animals and much more. The fun is even bigger, if you suggest kids to use their hands to tear the pages apart. The result will be spontaneous and quite unexpected. The activity is safe even for small kids, that can not use scissors.
Egg Carton worms
Worms and caterpillars are sweet little creatures while some of them have bodies with vivid colors and patterns. Recycle empty egg cartons and make colorful worms.
The easiest Airplane craft from clothspin and popsicle stick
This is probably the easiest airplane craft. All you need is a wood clothspin and a wood popsicle stick.
Stacking toilet paper rolls game
Building blocks are a popular toy for children and one of the earliest educational toys that parents buy for their kids. Children, before they are even ready to write and distinguish letters and numbers, they are able to play with shapes and colors.
Use toilet paper rolls and colored paper to make a set of building blocks. Stacking paper rolls, one on top of the other, is a wonderful way to have fun and develop important motor skills like eye-hand coordination and balance. Remember also, that kids are naturally attached to the bright colors, so make sure to select bright color papers.
Experiment with stuctural frames, modules and architecture
Let kids experiment with toilet paper rolls and pieces of cardboard and discover the basic elements of architecture: The column and slab.
Dollhouse furniture: Bed
The bed is a basic piece of furniture in doll houses. Recycle toilet paper rolls and cardboard paper to make DIY paper beds.
Seashell boats
Crafts from
seaside finds are really fun, inexpensive and will bring memories of a sunny beach to your family or classroom. Some of the most beautiful and precious items you can collect from the beach are empty clam shells. See, how you can trasform those shells into tiny boats.
3d geometric frames
Modeling clay, like play dough or plasticine, are perfect materials for sculpture experiments with kids. You can also use toothpicks to make 3 dimensional geometric shapes and frames like cubes and pyramids.
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