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Styrofoam Print Valentines

January 22, 2018 by Claudia Brauer

For many children printmaking is one of the most mysterious and magical art techniques. It’s results are often surprising as well as rewarding. One printing techniques that can be mastered easily is styrofoam printing. Smaller children will enjoy manipulating the foam and especially seem to like the kinesthetic feedback they are getting from rolling paint with…

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Filed Under: Printmaking Tagged With: Ages 3+, Invitation to Create, Mother's Day, Preschool Art, Printing, Process Art, Styrofoam, Toddler Art, Valentines

Potato Print Valentines

January 21, 2018 by Claudia Brauer

Printmaking is a process of making art by creating designs or pictures on plates or blocks which are then used to produce multiple images. There are many ways to make prints. One of the simplest and most playful, open ended techniques is potato printing. A few potatoes will guarantee hours of exploration, encourage play with…

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Filed Under: Mixed Media, Printmaking Tagged With: Ages 2+, Canvas, Invitation to Create, Mother's Day, Preschool Art, Printing, Process Art, Toddler Art, Valentines

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„Love is… when you give people your favorite dresses.”
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„Love is… when my mommy plays soccer with me.”
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„Love is… when you give and share toys and love people.”
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  • Valentine’s Day Backpack Charms, Necklaces, Keychains, anyone? Modeling figures with Oven Bake Clay (aka Sculpey) is a fun weekend activity and makes for sweet Valentine’s gifts!

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Thanks to all mama’s and makers out there for giving away such sweet printable Valentine’s cards ♥️!
  • Squeeze, poke, squish and knead while playfully strengthening those muscles that are later used to hold a pencil and write. Thanks for the Snowman Factory @buggyandbuddy! ⛄️❄️
  • “What children learn does not follow as an automatic result from what is taught, rather, it is in large part due to the children’s own doing, as a consequence of their activities and our resources.” — Loris Malaguzzi, The Hundred Languages of Children.
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Do we teach according to how children learn? Do we trust children to be their own guides and allow them to choose the experiences they are most interested in? Do we keep our environment responsive and flexible?
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Making calendars the 3-year old children were mainly interested in cutting with the scissors ✂️ , using the the paper craft punches and layering different shapes while almost all of the 4-5 year old children engaged in symbolic drawing ✍️ inspired by the seasons.
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More details and full DIY instructions on the blog (link in profile) ♡.
  • Create postcard-sized Mixed Media paintings to make calendars 📆 ! Though the concept of time is still way too abstract for young children to understand, we can invite them to use their imaginations to create pictures and/or use colors that might remind them of spring 🌷, summer ☀️, autumn 🍂 and winter ☃️. Start creating to one season, imagine the weather and what you like doing during that season. See what happens and what experiences the children will choose, e.g. they might just arrange the collage materials or maybe they will draw really detailed scenes inspired by each season etc. Find all the details and full DIY instructions on the blog (link in profile) ♡!
  • All 🙌🏻 on deck during our epic craft party to experiment with layering techniques and Mixed Media... Guess what we’ve been working on ♡!
  • We took our window decorations down and glued the snowflakes ❄️❄️❄️onto mat board which turned out to be a wonderful, open-ended art activity as well as a good introduction to layering with various materials. Find all the details and full DIY instructions on the blog (link in profile) ♡.

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Hello, I'm Claudia Brauer: arts educator, hobby artist, art therapist and special education therapist, based in Ridgway, Colorado. I’m excited to bring art enrichment to your home and hope to inspire other educators and parents to nurture childhood creativity through the arts.

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