by jessicaperkins | Sep 25, 2011 | art, foam, playdough, project, texture, tot school, totschool
We played with this stuff in the project room at the Please Touch Museum and had to buy some before we left. A whole new texture to playdough – it’s supposed to never dry out. Buga has been enjoying this new textural medium immensely. It’s kind of...
by jessicaperkins | Sep 6, 2011 | art, artwork, butterflies, butterfly, home school, homeschool, project, tot school, totschool
With the transformation of our butterflies we wanted to do an art project to celebrate. These coffee filter butterflies turned out to be a great example of process art…and totally whimsically cute finished. Buga loved spraying the spray bottle and watching the...
by jessicaperkins | Aug 21, 2011 | activity, art, artwork, beach, craft, fish, homeschool, ocean, project, toddler, totschool
We are always looking for ways to incorporate our themes into our art projects. We recently decided to make an under the sea “mural” on our door using different methods of expression for different creatures in the deep. We are learning about the beach and...
by jessicaperkins | Jul 26, 2011 | art, caterpillar, homeschool, preschool, project, toddler, tot school
So simple a project I am sure everyone has seen, but it was suiting with our live caterpillars we are watching mature. So we make “caterpillars” out of egg cartons. I love how intense Buga looks as she paints her little guy.
by jessicaperkins | Jun 21, 2011 | art, artist, car, paint, painting, paper, project, tires, toddler, tracks, trucks, wrapping
Recently one of Buga’s friends had a “Construction” themed birthday party. I always try to include her in the process of thinking about what someone else would like as a present (a task difficult for 3-year-olds); “writing” or drawing in...
by jessicaperkins | Apr 26, 2011 | art, artwork, book, collage, crayons, cutting, drawing, glue, homeschool, literature, picture, project, scissors, tall tall grass, tot school
We have been reading stories and doing story art projects a lot this Spring. I like that we are exploring different types of materials and relating them to books we’ve read. It helps build story-telling skills, memory, and most of all comprehension. Buga likes...
