Faith Ringgold, an African-American artist, is best known for her large story quilts. In 1985 she made a piece titled “Flag Story Quilt”. This collage project will not only put some old magazines to work, it will create a collage … Read More
You can learn a bit about art history, civil rights and minimizing waste with this fun and easy paper quilt art lesson about Gee’s Bend. The women of Gee’s Bend, in a small and remote black community in Alabama, have … Read More
Here’s a snowman Christmas Card DIY idea made almost entirely with stickers. This is one collage that is guaranteed to lay down nice and smooth. These snowman trading cards make use of a trading card sleeve to line them up … Read More
Here’s an easy Christmas card idea was a favorite of my fellow teachers back in the classroom days. Just change the colors and it works for all kinds of celebrations. MATERIALS• Card stock paper, assorted colors• White card stock … Read More
Mix Cubism with Frankenstein for one of my favorite Halloween projects. Add some mismatched eyes and you can’t help but create a giggle or two. For some help in drawing this face, feel free to refer to my Picasso Art … Read More
A Halloween cat collage project, that works with one of the Principles of Design — Variety. The more variations of Peek a Boo cat poses, the better. Large, small, peeking from the sides or the top, the combination makes for … Read More
Pumpkin art projects teach valuable lessons, such as symmetry and positive / negative shapes, AND still make a very fun art for Halloween. This project requires students to flip and glue down their cut out shapes to mirror the other … Read More
This cute cat is one of my favorite paper collage for kids projects. I love the look of the black marker shapes on the newsprint body. But how do you get lots of newsprint with nice small type, for lots … Read More
Combine the idea of rings or color and a tree and you get a fun Kandinsky for kids project. Great for warm and cool color studies too. If possible, try to get your hands on the most colorful paper possible, … Read More
Coffee filters make it easy to create some amazing fall art projects for kids. Put them on some nice card stock paper and you have a beautiful fall collage. MATERIALS• Large Coffee Filters, 13 x 5 size (Amazon link)• Plastic … Read More
Dinosaur art projects are extra fun if you have a book to go with it. This one comes from a classic book “If the Dinosaurs Came Back”. I’d love to credit whoever first thought of this combination of line drawing … Read More
Make a Matisse art project by cutting out lots of colorful organic shapes, and then layering them to make an interesting collage. Henri Matisse was a French artist, known for his use of color. After losing the ability to paint … Read More
If you make art with students very often, sooner or later you’ll get this urge to have them collect it and keep it all in one place. I struggled with this for years, until I discovered a two-hole punch at … Read More
Save your old food magazines for this bug collage project. The shiny and colorful fruit, for example, has a whole new look when viewed as bug parts. You can even mix in science to this project by referring to the … Read More