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Zusatztext “Summer art camps! art clubs! and after-school groups will find the creative projects in this enticing and beautiful book easy to understand! prepare for! and implement. Everyone will be amazed by students’ involvement! enthusiasm! and success!” — Cathy Topal! author of Thinking with a Line and Education & Child Study research associate at Smith College “I can't wait to share Art Sparks with my three kids. They range in age from seven to twelve years old! yet I know each of them will love the art projects and will learn new art-making techniques. I would have loved having this as a resource when I taught middle school and high school! too. While the steps are easy enough for younger children! the projects and design offer expansion for older kids and teens.” — Krissy Bonning-Gould! blogger and social media influencer! and founder of B-Inspired Mama Informationen zum Autor Marion Abrams began her career as a school art teacher and founded the Summer Art Barn in Hatfield, Massachusetts, in 1989, with a focus on nurturing creativity and teaching the joy of arts and crafts to children. Hilary Emerson Lay is a working artist and former bookstore manager who joined Marion Abrams as the assistant director of the Summer Art Barn in 2013. Klappentext Imagine It, Make It! With these 53 fun-filled and open-ended projects, you'll be amazed by what you can create! Vorwort This lively, colorful compendium of arts and crafts for a new generation of kids features projects specially designed to spark creativity, invite self-expression, and nurture self-confidence. From finger puppets to fabric flags to shrink art, each activity uses inexpensive materials and can be crafted in less than 90 minutes. Zusammenfassung This lively, colorful compendium of arts and crafts for a new generation of kids features projects specially designed to spark creativity, invite self-expression, and nurture self-confidence. From finger puppets to fabric flags to shrink art, each activity uses inexpensive materials and can be crafted in less than 90 minutes. Inhaltsverzeichnis Welcome to Our Studio Setting Up Your Studio1 Painting Get Ready to Paint! Painting Negative Space Fruit & Flower Collage Pencil-Eraser Pointillism Tape-Resist Trees Circles Painting Amate Bark Painting Gessoed Painted Plate2 Drawing Get Ready to Draw! Doodlemonsters Aluminum Foil Relief Maori Tattoo Shrink Art Masterpiece Mexican Tiled Mirror Movable Paper Animals3 Paper Art Get Ready to Make Art from Paper! Tissue Paper Portrait Main Street Collage Artist Trading Cards Star Streamer Paper Bead Jewelry Hanging Paper Mobile Paper Mola Positive/Negative Kimono Doll4 Felt & Fabric Get Ready for Fun with Fabric! Charm Bag Felt Flower Finger Puppet Prayer Flags Fabric Printing Kufi Monster Stuffie Felt Bird Hanging Sock Critter5 Art & Nature Get Ready to Make Natural Art! Painted Animal Rock Fabric Leaf Tree Pinecone Flower Painted Stick Botanical Drawing Wildflower Field Veggie Prints Twig Frame Leaf Print Talking Stick Nature Weaving Flying Bird Mobile6 Sculpture Get Ready to Sculpt! Fancy Decoupage Bottle Clay Bean Mandala Homemade Play Dough Found Object Sculpture Clothespin Person Kitchen Witch Stuffed Fish Papier-mache Alpaca Giant Papier-mache Animal Mexican Clay Skull Acknowledgments Templates Metric Conversion Chart...