Be Creative
Summer Ideas - Visual Arts
· Crazy hats out of paper
· Paper mache – masks, bowl, free form sculpture
· Large group effort murals – paint
· Scratch art crayons with black poster paint over
· Collages with many different materials
· Stamp art
· Tie-dye t-shirts; roll on paint t-shirts
· Clay/playdough
· Soap art
· Side walk chalk on library steps - Make your own chalk
· Photography club with disposable camera/Photoshop program
· Pet rocks – Lin Wellford has great books on painting rocks
· Murals
· Local art teacher – teach calligraphy (tweens) - Water colors (kids)
· Origami program
· Sculptures with homemade clay /found items
· Flower arranging
· Sharpie and alchol tie-dye art
· Glue and sand art
· Mosaics with paint chip samples
· Gallery opening night showcasing children’s artwork or display in Children’s room
· Local artist regarding recycled art
· Caricature demo/discussion
· Use old art books to display art/info
· Recycled sculpture
· Jewelry making
· Henna/tattoos
· Read books done in water colors – then have kids do watercolors
· Read books illustrated with different media – have children make their own art
· Artist series – introduce different artists (Dali, etc and have them make art in their fashion)
· Paper making
· scrapbooking
