Monthly Archives: June 2019

Jun17

CELEBRATE THE SEASONS! Summer Is Fun! Mobile

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CELEBRATE THE SEASONS! Summer Is Fun! Mobile
SUMMER MOBILE

SUMMER MOBILE

Ages: 5 – 12 years

Time: ½ hour – 1 hour

MATERIALS:

White felt square 36”x 36”

Orange craft foam

Yellow craft foam

White craft foam

Beige craft foam

Turquoise craft foam

Black craft foam

Moss

Black marker

White glue

scissors

String or jute or wire or thread

Dowel rods (plus cutters for cutting or sawing the dowel rods)

  1. Using the patterns provided, trace and cut the sun from the yellow craft foam, the pail from the orange craft foam, the shell from the beige craft foam, the shovel from the turquoise craft foam, and all four colors of craft foam for the ball. Finally, cut the sunglasses from the black craft foam. You don’t have to use all the patterns from the banners project.
  2. Take a small amount of moss and glue it on the top of the pail. Press down firmly while it dries.
  3. Use a black marker to draw the sun’s cheeks, smile and nose. If you are using the shell pattern, sketch a few lines on it to make it look three dimensional. Also, spell out “Summer Is Fun!”
  4. Cut two dowel rods. Tie a piece of string, jute or wire around the middle of the two dowel rods to secure them. Then, lace a piece of string, thread, jute, or wire 6” to 8” in length through the hole at the top of each shape. Tie the shapes to the dowel rods.
  5. To balance the mobile, place two or more shapes to each dowel rod and be sure that some of the shapes hang lower (or higher) than some of the others. Cut a string long enough to tie on either end of the dowel rods for hanging.
  6. Does your sculpture move? What makes it move? How is this design different from the banner design? Can you list the differences? Can you list the similarities? What is the difference between attaching the leaves on the mobile and attaching the leaves on the banner? What makes the leaves on the mobile three-dimensional and the leaves on the banner two-dimensional?
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Jun9

CELEBRATE THE SEASONS: SUMMER IS FUN! BANNER

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CELEBRATE THE SEASONS: SUMMER IS FUN! BANNER

WHAT IS A BANNER?

A banner is a piece of cloth suspended between two poles and often bearing a design, symbol or slogan. Banners can celebrate the seasons, holidays or bear slogans. The designs in this series of Art Tutorials celebrate summer, spring, winter and fall.

SUMMER IS FUN!

SEASONAL PROJECT: SUMMER IS HERE! BANNER

       SEASONAL PROJECT    

Ages: 5 – 12 years

Time: ½ hour – 1 hour

MATERIALS:

White felt square 36”x 36

Orange Fun Foam*

Yellow Fun Foam

White Fun Foam

Beige Fun Foam

Turquoise Fun Foam

Black Fun Foam

Moss

Black marker

 

1. Measure and cut the white felt to 14” x 20”. Holding the felt vertically, fold a 1” seam at the top and iron. Fold a second 1” seam and iron again. Glue. The dowel rod will go through this loop.

2. Enlarge the photo of the completed banner (above). Then trace and cut the sun from the yellow Fun Foam, the pail from the orange Fun Foam, the shell from the beige fun Foam, the shovel from the turquoise Fun Foam, and all four colors of Fun Foam for the ball. Finally, cut the sunglasses from the black Fun Foam. Glue the pieces down.

3. Take a small amount of moss and glue it on the top of the pail. Press down firmly while it dries.

4. Use a black marker to draw the sun’s cheeks, smile and nose. Sketch a few lines on the shell to make it look three-dimensional. Also, spell out “Summer Is Fun”!

5. Cut the dowel rod to about 16” x 18”. Insert through the loop at the top of the felt. Cut string to a length that is suitable for hanging. Tie the string to the ends of the dowel rod and hang.

Have a fun summer!

Fun Foam is also called craft foam.

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Jun2

RECYCLED CRAFT PROJECT: VEGGIE PRINTS GIFT WRAP PAPER

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RECYCLED CRAFT PROJECT: VEGGIE PRINTS GIFT WRAP PAPER

                    

MATERIALS:

Reused paper from mailed packages or paper bags or tissue paper

Any items with interesting shapes that you can paint, i.e. sponges

Idaho potatoes

A bunch of celery

Carrots (carrots may be too hard to carve designs but can be used to stamp circles)

Acrylic paints

Paint brushes

Butter knife

Cookie cutters

 

VARIATIONS (use alone or with the celery, carrots and potatoes):

Rubber stamps

Ink for rubber stamps

NOTE*

The veggie prints (above) were done with a sweet potato and poster paints applied with a brush directly on the potato surface.

 

 PROJECT:

  1. Cut off bottom of celery. Paint the bottom of the stalk with acrylic paint and stamp it on the paper. To use more than one color, wash off the celery and start over.
  2. Slice the carrot into discs. Carrots are suitable for stamping circular designs.
  3. Peel and cut a potato in large discs. Use cookie cutters to make shapes on the potato or make your own shapes.
  4. Paint these “stamps” (using and odd number of colors like 3 or 5) and stamp them on the paper in a pleasing pattern.
  5. Use rubber stamps together with the veggies or alone to form patterns.
  6. Allow the ink and/or acrylic paint to dry before wrapping gifts.

 

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