This can be a quick journal project for kids to record some of their favorite memories from last year, or write hopes and wishes for the new...
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Homemade Holiday Gift Box
I admit I get an urge to make more crafty things this time of year. But when I am looking for a good gift project, I tend to end up more in ...
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Free Draw a Winter Town Download
This time of year it’s easy to add a little winter flair to architecture drawing. I love vintage features found on old buildings, so I’ve ma...
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How To Draw a Santa Stamp
I had really good results with this Santa drawing today. Any colored paper works, but my favorite is just a swatch of a brown grocery bag fo...
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How to Draw a Giraffe
I tried out this giraffe drawing project today in my afterschool class. Just when I thought that maybe it was a bit too difficult for my you...
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DragonArt Evolution Book Giveaway
And the DragonArt Book Giveaway Winner is. . . Janet who wrote... I teach in a depressed urban district and my students love “how to draw ...
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Draw a Christmas Ornament Card
I made this Christmas ornament drawing using a set of fine tip markers. If you draw the edges of a shape lightly in pencil, fill in the insi...
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Cut & Tear Candle Card
This is a very simple paper project that has been my holiday staple for kinder classes for many years. Just change the colors to blue and go...
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First Printmaking Project
I learned in my afterschool printmaking class, once again, that keeping things simple really helps to introduce young students to a new proc...
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Tinted Christmas Tree Painting
This picture looks best with just white crayon lines (no pencil) so my lesson plan calls for tracing cut-out shapes instead of drawing them....
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FREE New Year's Card Coloring Download
I’ve used the illuminated letters at clipartETC.com to create a template for a New Year’s card. Click here to download your free pdf file....
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Tissue Paper Christmas Tree
I’ve seen some really beautiful decorations made from just clear contact paper and tissue paper. 1. Cut two matching rectangles...
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Gingerbread Man Drawing
My graphic design days taught me that simple shapes take on much more interest when cropped or positioned in unusual ways. This gingerbread ...
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“Stained Glass” Holiday Candles
I’ve found that a candle theme works well for the holidays as so many religions celebrate with them. This is simply drawing candles and th...
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Monoprint Holiday Stars
My afterschool printmaking class last week learned how to make simple monoprints. I found that given the diversity of students (and the you...
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Giant Paper Mache Nutcracker, Part 2
My paper mache Nutcracker is now ready to be covered with a layer of white paper towels. The outlined figures represent 4 ft. tall students,...
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Giant Paper Mache Nutcracker, Part 1
I had often thought that my collected juice cartons could make a really cool giant paper mache figure, so with my Nutcracker theme going on ...
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Gingerbread “Cookie” Painting
This is a good way to turn ugly brown construction paper into something pretty cute. The white tempera paint looks a lot like real frosting,...
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