Holiday Art: Snow Globes

During the holidays, our students get so excited about the occasional snowfalls we get here in NC, all of the holiday lights and decorations, and just the overall hype of family time coming up. That all being said, we like to offer some easy and festive art that is simply fun for these children who are all so anxious for the holidays to officially begin.

First, I prepared the materials in advance. I cut circles out of light blue card stock for snow globes, followed by a curved trapezoid shape for the base of the snow globes. Then, I had some green triangles cut out along with little white circles for snow balls.

The kids could use glue and stickers to design a little snow scene in their paper globes, along with markers and colored pencils to add some detail.

As always, the kids were very proud of their artwork, each scene being colorful and unique from each other's. They were delighted to bring their artwork home to add to their own decor. 

Thanks as always for reading along, and I hope that you got some fun ideas for your own activities!

Happy Holidays,
Angelique

Mixed Medium: Yarn & Oil Pastels Art Activity

During summer camp this year, our students learned how to use oil pastels by coloring and blending with a blending tool. We offered card stock and encouraged our students to get creative with their designs.

Afterward, in small groups, I poured tacky glue on each child's art work and gave them a paint brush to spread out the glue. Tacky glue has this way of brightening up colors, creating a glossy surface once it dries. I offered colorful yarn cut at 3 inches or so for my students to add to the abstract art by creating curvy and straight lines on top of their colorings.

After the artwork dried, we presented the artwork on a larger piece of card stock to offer a frame to the artwork and voila!

This activity worked out very nicely in small groups with kids ages three through five years old. They had a lot of fun with the process and they were very proud with the finished product.

Thanks for stopping in and I hope you got some ideas for your own projects!


Angelique Bowman