Foam clay has to be the most amazing invention. Ever. It is so cool what you can create. At the museum, I had the children make little nests out of the brown foam clay – adding sticks to give it the “nesty” look. We formed our birds by making; a...
This is an art project I did at the local museum. I used the extra large black construction paper (24 x 36) which gave it such a “wow” factor. We painted this in three stages: Drew and painted the bird. Let it dry. (Used oil pastels to draw the bird.)...
I love to use playdough as a medium for children to express what we are studying. During our unit on birds – I put out three batches of playdough: brown for nests and limbs, blue for eggs and yellow for birds. It was so popular! The rule was “No mixing...
This summer, at the art museum, I had the children make clay birds. The birds turned out so cute! I failed to get photos of the finished birds. I only have this photo – of a bird left behind by one child. INSTRUCTIONS: The children will be making five basic...
This idea was inspired by a picture similar online. I broke this project into three sessions. First session we drew the bird, second session we painted it, and finally we added the feathers and sequins. What you will need is a white oil pastel, tempera paints,...
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