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Like many of you my head is in planning mode. My goal for this year is "Unstructured Structure", or "Flexible Structure". Not sure which one will stick as my mantra. Anyway, I'm trying to create a rhythym and flow to our days and weeks, without pinning myself down to doing "X" book or activity on "Y" day.
One of my big shortcomings, though, is that if it isn't written down, there's a good chance I won't do it. So I'm trying to list the books I'd like to read aloud as a page in my planner, so that at read aloud time I can consult my list and use something from it, or choose something else if the mood strikes. Point is, I get the read aloud done, and hopefully get to many of the ones on my list at some point throughout the year.
I would like to do something similar for art time. I envision a list of 50 or so activities from which I can pick or choose. If one of them strikes me as "fitting" a book we've read or a unit we're studying, we can do that, or I can just choose something that fits my time and mess-stress factor on art afternoon.
Would you all help me compile such a list, or perhaps direct me to one? I'm thinking of different art techniques, media, collage, maybe some crafts too, but nothing that requires too much pre-planning (beyond a well-stocked supply cabinet). I started one but got stumped after about 10.
Thanks in advance.
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Katie wrote:
Like many of you my head is in planning mode. My goal for this year is "Unstructured Structure", or "Flexible Structure". Not sure which one will stick as my mantra.
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How about another one..."structured flexibility"!  Just wanted to give you more options!
This isn't exactly what you are asking for, but I really like the site "Art Attack" because they have such a variety of neat projects which use simple materials. It is easy to just choose a project from the list which matches what you are doing in another subject, or just seems like fun on a given day. The step-by step instructions are easy to follow and all the ones we've done so far have turned out well. Ds loves it when I say "time for an art attack!"
More in line with what you are asking, perhaps if you shared your list of 10 then I'd have a better idea of what exactly to add to it?
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Oh Theresa, that site is great! Just from a quick scan I am adding aluminum foil sculptures, eggshell mosaics, and felt-tip "painting" to my list.
Other items I had were:
oil pastels
watercolor resist
clay sculpture
chalks
tissue paper collage
tissue paper flowers
sand art
collage
pop-up cards
painting stones/rocks
stamping
I feel like I'm stuck in a 1970's classroom and I need help!
I would really like to flesh out the ideas I already have to be more specific. For example, my ds once did watercolor resist autumn leaves (the outline and the veins were crayon). These were beautiful. Thanks for the help. As you can see, I need it!  
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The eggshell mosaic was one of our favorites! It did take quite a while to do, so allow for that!
As far as techniques and such, you might think of projects involving:
Scale drawing (enlarging or shrinking using a grid)
Line design
perspective (vanishing point, etc)
value (using light and dark values of a single color or b/w)
self-portrait (or each other)- proportions of the face
cartooning
creating texture and movement with line
batik
weaving (paper or fabric-a simple loom can be made of a picture frame or cardboard)
paper making
papier mache (ds wants to do the gargoyle on Art Attack)
beading
illuminated letters
I will post more as I think of them if you want.
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Hi Katie,
How about...
pressing nature items between contact paper
pressing paint between contact paper
painting with marbles
fingerprint animals
stencils
wallpaper shapes
gluing with colored rice
fingerpaint with pudding and food coloring (how old are your kids?)
paper strip collage
melted crayon art
button art
edible playdough sculptures
I found lots of these easy ideas (the above are pretty-much geared for younger children like mine) from a couple of neat resource books on teaching art and exploring with art, at the library in the parenting section. There's tons of everyday art ideas there.
A bit of my .O2... Like you mentioned wanting to do in your post, I created this huge long list of art ideas last year and ended up choosing only about 10 of my favorites to actually work on through our school year, as the boys wanted to do the same exciting things over and over again. I figured I'd just check out those art books from the library when I felt like things were getting stale and that's worked great for us.
My boys' favorite thing? The pudding finger paints (done on cookie sheets to limit clean up)...I've had to find a way to cram this into every unit we do  Heaven help us if we're ever served pudding for dessert at someone else's house. My boys will ask for smocks and trays!
Happy list-making!
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katie,
I just posted this Color theory thread on Kristine's light and color thread. Don't miss the Vanilla Wafer color wheel!
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Usborne Book of Art Skills
Usborne Book of Art Ideas
Usborne Book of Art Projects
are great books for techniques and ideas in art for kids. There are a lot of ideas for just experimenting with different media - particularly chalk/pastels, watercolor, and acrylics.
Some other specific ideas:
Tissue paper painting
Spattered paper collage
Creating textured paper
Several resist techniques
Salt paintings
Dot painting (Q-Tip Pointillism or Aboriginal Dot Painting)
Glue pictures
Print making (use cardboard, fun foam, Potato Prints)
Storybook Art has many tie-ins to art projects and lessons from picture books, which sounds like something you were wanting to do.
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