Little architects

Made by gluing together Popsicle sticks, this post-ice-pop house is the perfect craft for kids to make.

From the Art Class of Mangapapa School

Summer has hit full stride and all the free time off school has lost its allure. We’ve been swimming, hiking, adventuring and more! So, now it’s time to explore new activities that will satisfy the kids’ natural curiosity and endless amounts of energy. We’ve picked our top 17 building activities, using everything from newspaper …

Get your child having fun with learning values with these 10 easy character building activities for toddlers.

Fourth Grade artists are continuing their architecture unit of study, but this time we are working on form. Form is the element of design that describes three-dimensional objects, or things that have height, width and depth. Students are building two-story houses out of cardboard, and trying to give their houses a sense of character. Students LOVE working in three-dimensions! Check out their finished sculptures soon in the Zilker hallway!

Ton Schulten is one of my all time favorite artists! I discovered him years ago when I found a calendar full of his paintings when visit...

Discover wonderful The BEST Books about Buildings for Little Architects! Your kids will fall in love with the artwork, the history, and the legends!

Colourful Cityscape- maybe paint with watercolors, added details with ink, cut out and collage.

Some kids wonder how babies are made and some kids wonder how you get a bridge to stay up in the wind. These are for the latter.

Some adult supervision is required to help your smaller child build this supercool wax paper lantern, but the end result is awesome and (with a battery-powered tea light) would make a great little night-light. Source: Artsy Fartsy Mama

Cooperative town mural project

Paper Birdcage Tutorial

5th grade students made these striking neutral collages of cityscapes as their first art project of the year. I found it was a great way to begin the year in art, because it wasn't as intimidating as drawing is to some students, and each student could be successful with this project. We first looked at a PPT presentation I created on "The City in Art". We discussed paintings of the city by various artists, what a skyline is, what makes a skyline interesting to look at besides the sheer size…

5th grade students made these striking neutral collages of cityscapes as their first art project of the year. I found it was a great way to begin the year in art, because it wasn't as intimidating as drawing is to some students, and each student could be successful with this project. We first looked at a PPT presentation I created on "The City in Art". We discussed paintings of the city by various artists, what a skyline is, what makes a skyline interesting to look at besides the sheer size…