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Fluttery Flower Wall
Our toddlers had a messy great time painting these giant 3D fluttery flowers with watercolor foam paint & spray paint this morning! So beautiful we’re going to leave the display up and embellish...
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Ceramic Circus Tents - a circus pottery lesson from Small Hands Big Art
We created Big Top Circus Tents in our Pottery Camp last week! The colors…the details! Some of the kids made miniature Circus Conductors, some sculpted tiny little lions & elephants… their...
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papier mache balloon sculpture
We love challenge of sculpting an object that in real life is light as air (a feather, a bubble, etc.) without the heaviness of the sculpting materials interfering with the sense of how light they...
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Upcycle Containers from small hands big art
Our next door neighbor, Switchin’ Kitchens, is notorious for running over with some oddball item and asking us if we can make something with it (the answer is always “Yes!!!” even though we usually...
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Back-2-Back Game
Sometimes the most fun about art camp is making new friends! We had ten minutes on the last day of camp last week, so we partnered kids up, attached a piece of paper to the back of their shirts, and...
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Chameleon Painting Lesson from Small Hands Big Art
We’re calling these beauties “Chameleons-in-a-Box.” When we passed out this large square 24×24 brown kraft paper last week we had intended to paint something different, but someone asked to draw a...
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Collagraphs!
Feast your eyes on these beautiful collagraphs from a group of students in camp! They worked for a long time creating the printing plate by cutting and layering (and layering, and layering) lots of...
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Collaged Zebras
Another fun collage project inspired by one of our favorite artists, Melanie Mikecz! Today was the first day we tried this project and I’ll be honest – we nearly aborted it about four minutes in! It’s...
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Coffee Can Decoupage
If one of your student’s grandfathers ever asks if you could use about 30 large 3 lb. coffee cans, the answer should always be yes! They might take up half of the studio and it might take you a...
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Fancy Hens
We broke out our fine art Prismacolor markers last week for these fancy hens inspired by illustrator Brooke Connor. Our little artists loved this project so much that we took a vote and they opted to...
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Laurel Burch Horses
One of the highlights from summer was this amazing Laurel Burch inspired horse chalk pastel! I first discovered Laurel Burch’s amazing art when I lived in Seattle in the 90’s and would save up for a...
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String Art Wall
For our Annual Fall Festival last Saturday, we planned a large scale string art wall inspired by falling leaves! Ok, admittedly this may not be the most practical DIY home craft project unless you...
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Fringe Fabric Wall
In our weekly toddler art classes, we usually include a large scale sensory project on the wall! Last week we pulled out all the stops and created a huge layered fringed fabric wall made out of...
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Pete Cromer Birds
Pete Cromer is a favorite artist that has inspired many-a-little-budgie in the studio in recent months! We’re super excited to share these beauties that students decoupaged on gesso coated wood!...
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Ceramic Feather Wind Chimes
Enjoy these beautiful feather wind chimes that we made in our pottery class! They make a beautiful sound when the feathers gently clink, and, like so many other projects around here, we hate to let...
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Reindeer!
Snaps from our Reindeer Workshop today! These were so fabulous we’ll be posting a more detailed DIY in a few days so people can try to make these at home! In the meantime… enjoy! The post Reindeer!...
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Elves Gen 3
Excited to share these photos from our elf workshop this afternoon! Sometimes we do our best brainstorming on the paper covering the tables. The main body is made with two plastic cups. They are...
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Silberzweig Self-Portraits
Wow. If you could have seen me trampling over stools and tables at the end of our classes last week, frantically trying to get a quick snap of these beauties before they were swept away into trunks...
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Kim Welling Inspired Shadow Boxes
Who doesn’t love a good shadowbox project?! We were super inspired last week by this amazing artist who lives in Amsterdam, Kim Welling, and her incredible little “Comfort Boxes” as she calls them....
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Winter Vegetables
Hearty winter vegetables were the inspiration for last week’s acrylic still life study in our 9-14 yr. old classes. We loved the muted colors and earthy textures of these vegetables! We selected...
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