Week 4
My Anatomy Portrait – October
- paper x 4
- transparent sheets x 4
- foam dots or roll of double sided sticky foam
- scissors
- colors of the world markers
Week 1
Week 2
Week 3
To view the week 3 video go to: https://vimeo.com/760009852
Week 4
Extinct Animals – September
- scratch art paper (x2) and stylus
- sculpey iii clay (green)
- printmaking ink (any color)
- printmaking styrofoam
- ballpoint pen
- brayer (foam roller)
Week 1
Week 2
Week 3
Week 4
Summer Paintings – August
- Crayola paint pots
Summer Paintings – August
- Crayola paint pots
- flat brush
- Three 6×9 inch acrylic paper canvases
- one 5×5 or 4×4 inch paper or actual canvas
- table cover
- water cup
- paper towels
- optional pencil
Week 1
Week 2
Week 3
Week 4
DIY Coloring Pages – July
Note about our Preschool Artist Box: we try to keep the projects similar to the Elementary Artist Box so that the younger members can do the projects alongside their older siblings. This way, the younger kids may not work on it as long as the older siblings or there may be some things we include to make it easier (like the outlines on the paper), but they can feel like they are a part of the process too. Your job is to guide, help, and encourage these young artists in a way that supports their artistic process and helps them see where to draw or place things. Happy creating!
Week 1
Week 2
Week 3
Week 4
Master Copy Palette Knife Paintings
- 2 canvases
- 2 paper canvases
- palette knife
- red, yellow, blue, black and white paint.
- paper canvas (or wax paper)
Week 1
Week 2
Week 3
Week 4
Mixed Media Collages
Week 1
Week 2
Week 3
Week 4
Spring Watercolor and Cray-Pas
- Cray-Pas
- Bright Watercolor paint
- water cup
- paper
- brush
- table cover
We are adding some supplemental videos this month. I reviewed the videos for educational purposes, but I highly recommend parents preview them or watch them with your child so that you can talk about the content. If you have multiple age groups of kiddos doing these lessons and would like to use the supplemental videos, the supplemental videos are different for preschool and elementary.
Week 1
Supplemental feather information to view if you would like: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2pVKqxvqC4M
Week 2:
About Nests: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FeCzAuLpSqQ
Week 3:
Video about photosynthesis: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cx4-duLMpLU
Week 4:
Does the moon control the tides? https://youtu.be/EYQ54bSrtGI Is the moon a planet?https://blogs.nasa.gov/Watch_the_Skies/2009/07/10/post_1247240047519/
Pirate-y Art! – March
- Ooly brush markers
- 4 papers (6×9″)
- inside out box
- dowels
- paper cut in the shape of a flag
- paper mache diamond
Week 1 – Box Pirate Ship
Preschool Version
Elementary Version
Week 2:
Week 3:
Week 4:
Clay – February
Week 1 – Build It
Week 2 – Paint It
Week 3 – Paint a Picture
Week 4 – Paint a Picture with Shadows
Paper Mache Unit – January
This month you will need:
- 2 newspaper sheets (one cut in 1 inch strips)
- paper mache paste
- cup
- spoon
- pencil
- 2 sheets of drawing paper (5×7 or bigger)
- masking tape
- tempera paint
- brush
- table cover
Week 1: Plan and Make the Form
Shaping the form of the paper mache will likely be difficult for our younger friends, consider having them make an apple or orange instead of example project. Or, help them make the ice cream cone or favorite food (as you help along the way so they feel successful).
