My newest book, Art with Anything,
has 52 weeks of art ideas, 5 days a week!
I call that a very Happy New [Art] Year!
With 52 weeks of art projects using easy-to-find, everyday materials, Art with Anything provides a year of creativity, imagination, and fun for children ages 4-10! Organized alphabetically by material, each week features one everyday material (like address labels, fabric scraps, leaves, rocks) and provides five days of unique activities, increasing in complexity with each day. Art with Anything encourages recycling and reusing materials like buttons, cardboard, hole-punch dots, junk mail, masking tape, sandpaper, and salt -- things found commonly in most homes or classrooms (or easy to collect).
Some examples? Children will love making “Glitter Photo Jars” or “Shake-It-Up-Bag Paintings,” and projects like “Family Finger Puppets” and “Fluff-N-Puff Mobiles”will keep them entertained for hours, stretching their imaginations.
Whether at home or at school, in child care or an after-school program, exploring the process of creating art is one of the most compelling ways children learn, and Art with Anything keeps children learning creatively all year long!
Did you know that children who participate in the arts
tend to do better in the academics?
Below is a sample page spread for you to enjoy. The five days use aluminum foil in five different projects. Use one or use them all! The first day is easiest, and the fifth day is "fanciest", as the kids say. Day 4 is an open-ended craft, and all the other days are pure art.
* These pages are copyright protected.
You are welcome to use them for your own reference,
but reprinting for distribution to others is not allowed.
Multiple copies are not allowed without permission.
copyright restricted © Gryphon House, Inc. 2011
For permission, write to MaryAnn Kohl at maryann@brightring.com
If you can't read these images, write to me and I can email them to you in a larger size.
Or better yet, go to the library or bookstore for your own copy to enjoy.
HAPPY NEW {ART} YEAR!! Imagine all 52 weeks of art spread out before you and your kids!
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