These art trading cards were simply made with stickers I found at Staples and some black card stock paper. My students got so creative today that they gave me new ideas of what could be made with a few circles and rectangles. For example, my collection from top left is: 1. A dog, 2. street divider line, 3. baby carriage, … Read More
You can make this winter tree drawing with the help of bleeding tissue paper. Just apply water to small squares and they leave behind amazing swirly winter skies. This worked for a series of art trading cards today, but I can’t wait to try it on a larger format. You would think that a bunch of tissue squares would leave … Read More
My favorite alternative to art texture plates is plastic embroidery mesh from the fabric store. If you buy them large and cut them up, they are pretty cheap. MATERIALS • White cards that measure 2.5″ x 3.5″ • Plastic Embroidery mesh • Black Sharpie marker • Crayons • Trading card sleeves DIRECTIONS 1. Challenge is to think of things … Read More
I’ve had a lot of fun creating over-sized school paper for projects, so I thought it might be a fun to make small ones too. My template will create 9 cards when printed and cut on the black crop lines. • View and download Little Letter PDF template page MATERIALS • Card stock paper, 8.5″ x 11″ • Little Letter … Read More
I had so much fun with my first ATC Line Art template I decided I’d make one more. This time I plan to challenge students to play with scale, as in making the animals look very large or small, depending on their drawn surroundings. • View and download ATC animal template MATERIALS • Printed ATC animal page, one per student … Read More
Here’s a simple mouse collage idea that I modified today from a few years ago. The fuzzy bodies contrast nicely with the smooth ears and tail. MATERIALS • Card stock paper, cut to 2.5″ x 3.5″ trading card size • White paper • Pink card stock paper • Scissors • Glue stick • Trading card sleeves DIRECTIONS 1. Students tear … Read More
If you paint and cut out coffee filters, you just might get some really pretty Valentine cards. My students let them sit on plastic canvas mesh while painting and drying, so sometimes the grid bleed through, which was kinda cool too. Happy almost Valentine’s Day everyone! MATERIALS • White round coffee filters • Old steam iron • Liquid watercolor paint … Read More
Students can learn how to make their sticker snowmen card come to “life” by altering where the face and buttons are placed on the body. The fact that they can easily do this all with stickers and markers makes it even more fun. MATERIALS • Recollections card stock paper, blue • White sticker mailing labels 1″ x 4″ or so … Read More
My Art Trading Card students practiced their geometric shapes by drawing a series of jewels. Real watercolor paper will help them look their best. MATERIALS Watercolor paper Paper cutter (helpful for cutting the 2.5″ x 3.5″ size cards) Black Sharpie marker, fine tip Liquid watercolor Trading card sleeves DIRECTIONS Prep: I diagrammed on the board how to draw each jewel … Read More
You can make beautiful bleeding tissue paper art with small squares of turquoise and purple. Apply water and they leave behind amazing swirly winter skies. This worked for a series of art trading cards today, but I can’t wait to try it on a larger format. You would think that a bunch of tissue squares would leave geometric patterns behind, … Read More
Here is one of my most pinned Halloween ideas for kids. It was originally designed for art trading cards, but has lots of other possibilities too. The simple shape of the cat, rotating around the edges, makes for a very cute series of mini collages. MATERIALS • Card stock paper, orange and yellow • Card stock paper, black • Black … Read More
I made my collage the art trading card size, 2.5″ x 3.5″, but it would look great at any size. MATERIALS Watercolor paper Old phone book Watercolor paint Scissors Glue stick Black Sharpie marker DIRECTIONS Find an old phone book or equivalent, and paint the pages different colors with watercolor. Let dry. Cut up the paper to make a simple … Read More
A hexagon paper punch makes the perfect stencil for students to draw their own cubes. Shadow painting techniques may also be applied to make things 3D. MATERIALS • Cardstock paper for making a stencil • Hexagon punch, 2″ size • Watercolor paper • Paper cutter • Liquid watercolor paint • Black Sharpie marker • Plastic trading card sleeve … Read More
I think my favorite thing about art trading cards and plastic sleeves, is that they instantly look laminated. MATERIALS Watercolor paper, cut to trading card size Liquid watercolor paint Salt Card stock paper, white Snowflake punch, large Glue stick Scissors DIRECTIONS Students use liquid watercolor paints on watercolor paper cut to the ATC size: 2.5″ x 3.5″. Random “blobs” were … Read More
Look no further for fun snowman craft ideas with my sticker card project. Learn how to animate your snowman by altering where things are placed on the body. These snowman trading cards make use of a trading card sleeve to line them up for display. I love how the sleeves make the art have an instant laminated look. Everything looks … Read More
All the supplies for these fall art trading cards actually came from my local Staples store. MATERIALS Card stock paper, cream colored Scotch Expressions masking tape Scissors Black ultra thin Sharpie marker Trading card sleeve DIRECTIONS Cut 2.5″ x 3.5″ cards from card stock paper. Students use an assortment of Scotch masking tape to cut and apply grass and … Read More
Here is one of my most pinned Halloween ideas for kids. It was originally designed for art trading cards, but has lots of other possibilities too. The simple shape of the cat, rotating around the edges, makes for a very cute series of mini collages. MATERIALS • Card stock paper, orange and yellow • Card stock paper, black • Black … Read More
I never realized how much spiderwebs have in common with zentangles, which are basically repeated shapes. Try some fine tipped white poster markers on black scrapbook paper to make some like these. MATERIALS Black card stock paper, cut to 2.5″ x 3.5″ White Sharpie paint marker Trading card sleeve DIRECTIONS Cut black paper to 2.5″ x 3.5″ standard ATC size. … Read More
This is still one of my favorite art trading cards ideas, just rotated squares on a rectangle. Makes for a pretty color study. I’m still so fond of how the plastic sleeves smooth out any less than perfect gluing and make cards look almost laminated. MATERIALS Card stock paper, cut to 2.5″ x 3.5″ size, lots of different colors Card … Read More
Students learn how to turn a rectangle into a 3D form in this drawing project. It’s great for reviewing right angles, parallel lines, shapes vs. forms and more. MATERIALS • Card stock paper • Paper cutter • Black Sharpie marker • Stabilo Markers • Trading card sleeves DIRECTIONS 1. Cut nine 2.5″ x 3.5″ rectangles from white card stock … Read More
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