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Drawing in the Air: A String Sculpture Inspired by Ruth Asawa
Drawing in the Air: A String Sculpture Inspired by Ruth Asawa Before we wrap a single string around a balloon, let’s talk about the incredible artist behind our inspiration: Ruth Asawa. Ruth Asawa was a groundbreaking American sculptor known for her intricate, looping wire forms that seem to float in space. Her sculptures look like
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Designing a Robot Chicken: Where Art Meets STEAM
Designing a Robot Chicken: Where Art Meets STEAM This week in the art room, we engineered a chicken. Not a fluffy farm chicken. A blocky. Structural. Possibly-ready-for-liftoff robot chicken. And yes — it was one of the best STEAM lessons we’ve done all year. Step One: Think Like an Engineer Before we ever talked about
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The “Chatterbox” Comeback: A Classic Paper Toy with Big Creative Power
The “Chatterbox” Comeback: A Classic Paper Toy with Big Creative Power Remember the paper fortune tellers from childhood? The ones folded from a single square of paper—opened and closed with fingers while someone picked a color and a number? In my classroom, I’ve brought it back as the “Chatterbox”—and it’s become one of the most
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Slit & Shape Slotted Sculptures: From 2D to 3D With Cardboard
Cardboard Sculpture Project: Building a 5-Piece Slot Horse 🐴 One more horse themed project to usher in the Lunar New Year of the horse! Sometimes the simplest construction methods create the strongest results! This cardboard horse sculpture uses basic slit-and-slot construction — no fancy tongue-and-groove joints required. Just carefully measured slits that slide together to
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Pop, Pour, Print! Soda-Pop Powered Lithographic Art
Kitchen Lithography: Printmaking Magic with Soda-Pop (Really!) I love a project that makes students say,“Wait… that worked??” Kitchen lithography is that project. It looks like legit, old-school printmaking… but we’re using foil, soda, and oil like we’re about to cook something instead of make art. It feels slightly unhinged and very science-experiment energy — which
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Seeing Like an Impressionist: Crayon Sketchbook Studies
Seeing Like an Impressionist: Crayon Sketchbook Studies Painting with Crayons, Pastels, Dashes & Dots Some art lessons unlock a brand-new way of seeing.This week, Impressionism did exactly that. I brought in a handful of landscape reference photos — scenes filled with shimmering water, trees dancing in sunlight, and wide skies full of colour.Before we even began,
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From Hand to Algorithm: Sculpting with Air-Dry Clay and Generative AI
From Hand to Algorithm: Sculpting with Air-Dry Clay and Generative AI This week in the art room, our young artists stepped into an enchanted forest—well, a clay version of one! Using air-dry clay, students created whimsical woodland creatures: gnomes, mushrooms, tiny critters, and anything their imaginations could dream up. Although the project was full of
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Pointillism: Tiny Dots, Big Picture
Pointillism: Tiny Dots, Big Picture Pointillism is a wonderful way to introduce young artists to the magic of color, patience, and creative decision-making. Using only a simple watercolor palette, primary students can experiment with how tiny marks come together to form a larger image—much like a visual puzzle their eyes solve as they step back
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Discovering the Magic of Playful Making! Sewing a Sock Animal
From Socks to Creatures: Teaching Foundational Sewing Skills Through Playful Making A hands-on art and design project for ages 8–11 Introducing sewing to children can be both exciting and a little daunting—especially for those who have never picked up a needle before. This project, From Socks to Creatures, is designed to make that first experience
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From Blank Canvas to Bold Creation: One-On-One Painting Lesson with a 10-Year-Old Artist
From Blank Canvas to Bold Creation: One-On-One Painting Lesson with a 10-Year-Old Artist This week’s 1.5-hour one-on-one session with my 10-year-old student began, as always, with a blank canvas and a big idea. She wanted to paint something “dark but cool,” so we decided to reinterpret the Grim Reaper — not as something scary, but as
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