Turning Children's Art into Holiday Gift Wrap

In our classroom we focus mainly on process-based art. Children are invited to create with open-ended materials. A painting experience that children enjoy involves stamping holiday cookie cutters using festive acrylic paint.

 

When the paintings are dry they are rolled and tied using a sparkly pipe cleaner. A tag is attached inviting families to repurpose the art as holiday gift wrap for a special loved one. A copy of the letter is available for printing here: Gift Wrap Art Letter to Families

 

Doesn't this present look so beautiful with the special wrap? 

Geometric Chalk Art in the Outdoor Classroom

Have masking tape and sidewalk chalk? Then you can invite children to create amazing geometric artwork outdoors in just a few steps! 

Create the outline of the art by placing tape on the ground in different designs. I personally like creating a large square or rectangle and then using various shapes to fill the area inside. 

Invite children to colour each section using a different colour of chalk. 

Remove the tape to reveal the gorgeous design!

Experiment with different designs...

...and encourage children to to use the art when inventing and playing their own games!

Eric Carle inspired Art

One of our student's family members visited us this week to discuss Eric Carle's illustrations. 

We learned that Eric Carle liked to create textured paintings using various tools. 

We started our artwork by making our own textured paintings. 

Once our paintings dried we carefully ripped them into pieces that once assembled would become a bird. 

The results?  Stunning!