Celebrate Valentine’s Day and learn some art history with this heart painting for kids! This Jim Dine inspired heart painting is perfect for celebrating Valentine’s Day! In case you aren’t familiar with him, Jim Dine is an American-artist famous for his pop art paintings and drawings of hearts. You can learn more about the painter… Continue reading Heart Paintings – Inspired by Jim Dine
Category: Art History
Pictographs: A Drawing Project for Kids
Children will learn that art communicates and can be read like a story with this simple pictograph drawing! In Indigenous societies, pictographs were often used to communicate and tell stories. A pictograph is a picture that means something. This simple drawing project is a great way to develop children’s communication and fine motor skills. Art… Continue reading Pictographs: A Drawing Project for Kids
Complete the Story : An Art History Game for Kids
Introduce kids to art history and practice parts of language with this game! One game that introduces kids to historically important visual artists and provides the opportunity to practice parts of speech? Score! This Mad-Lib style game helps kids recognize the difference betweennouns, verbs, adjectives, and interjections all while teaching art history. When I was… Continue reading Complete the Story : An Art History Game for Kids
O’Keeffe Inspired Flower Collages – Invitation to Create
One of my favorite spring art projects, these beautiful flower collages are a great way to introduce artist Georgia O’Keeffe to kids! I have found kids create best when we keep the subject matter simple and relatable. Perhaps that is one of the reasons why children connect so well to the work of artist Georgia… Continue reading O’Keeffe Inspired Flower Collages – Invitation to Create