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The Arts in the Everyday

Nurturing a child's creative side - ideas for practical approaches to art, music, drama, and dance.

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Use a board, pushpins, and hair elastics to allow children to make their own geometric shapes for math

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Easter art project

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Montessori Candy LOVE IT!!!!! So sweet, colorful, and simple. Thanks for sharing!!!

Tissue-paper window - lovely art project for feast days

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Using a snowman to teach about the HOLY TRINITY ....as well as... light direction, shadows, and value for art.

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Nature Study Crafts with Old Crayons

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Organize craft tools using a wine rack

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Pastel Tutorials and Care Tips

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Excellent playdough recipe

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Make your own large crayons - recycle old glue tubes, melt broken crayons

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Homemade Finger Paints - easy and safe

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Pastel tutorial

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Ideas on how to reuse an 'art a day' calendar

by jimmiehomeschoolmom

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Complex Coloring for Adult Level

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Color Me Masterpieces of; Paintings, Sculptures and American Art. Coloring for the older child too.

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Contact paper and gems - very creative way to get a stained glass effect. Since it is temporary can be changed easily.

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watercolor leaf stamping

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More discussion at the 4Real Home Education Message Boards on ideas for unleashing creativity.

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Discussion at 4Real on easy and simple ways for the home educating mom to unleash creativity. We discuss art centers, setting up areas which invite creativity, challenges within home spaces, trays which invite specific use of art media, and more!

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Snowflake painting with pine needles! Art and Nature Study combo.

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:) Starbucks cups used as paintbrush holders.

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Illustrated recipe for art - combine a child's love of cooking/culinary arts with art. Journal!

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10 ways art is fundamental to education

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Oil Pastel Technique

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Glue paint: A little bit of paint + a half full bottle of glue

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pencil glue watercolor sharpie pumpkin - intermediate art project

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displaying artwork

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Curtain rod and clips for children's artwork.

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Collage - magazine and various paper types

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Things We Owe to Shakespeare

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22 ways to reuse an altoids can - there are fantastic ideas here

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Transform photos into coloring pages - great how-to!

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Inspiration and ideas for watercoloring with the family!

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Combine your art and nature study Some lovely examples here at kokokokids - originally seen at Martha Stewart Kids.

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