Not just egg dying: these super cool projects include decoupage, paper folding, marbling, assemblage and string art!
Fiber Art
Chinese Knots how-to: The complete guide to Chinese New Year traditional craft
What would Chinese New Year be without Beijing being dressed in its best red outfit? Like every other year, the city is getting ready to celebrate: roads are lined with red lanterns, doors are covered with “upsidedown fortune”red papercuts decorate the windows, new chopsticks are bought, new hopeless bans on fireworks are issued, updated Nianhua
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Mixed Media
How to Make Salt Dough Ornaments: The Easiest Salt Dough Recipe and Craft Ideas
Salt dough is a convenient and cheap alternative to clay: made with only three common ingredients (salt, flour, and water) it can be whipped up straight from the kitchen pantry. In this post, I am sharing the salt dough recipe I have used and perfected over the years; it has served me well in many years of teaching and crafting, and I genuinely hope you will enjoy it as well!
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Lesson Plan
How to Create Calligram Poetry: Surrealism Art Interdisciplinary Lesson Plan
What is a Calligram poem?
A calligram is a word or piece of text in which the design and layout of the letters creates a visual image related to the meaning of the words themselves.
This Lesson plan includes the history, contemporary use of calligram, as well as examples from different cultures. The practical inquiry encompasses four activities and art explorations.
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Mixed Media
15 Mother’s Day Crafts You Will Actually Want to Keep
“It’s the thought that counts,” we say.
But the truth is cards, drawings, and edible sculptures fill up fridges and shelves pretty quickly.
How about we venture out, and engage students in creating something parents will actually want to keep?