Magazine Circles of Color

I started this page with the idea of repeating circles. Students could fill in solid circles with colors that appeared in the cut out photos...

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Torn Magazine Duck Collage

Magazine pages are great to collage with. The colors are bright, and they have a built-in shine. My step-by-step instructions for this duck ...

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Portraits on Cardboard

How cool would it be to have an entire wall full of colorful portraits drawn on old pieces of cardboard? A group collage project from last y...

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Magazine Color Study

I started this page with the idea of repeating circles, and just played around from there. I think it could be a good exercise in harmony as...

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Collage Name Card

Lately I’ve been inspired by scrapbook artists and the layered-looking collages they often create. This Collage Name Card to let the student...

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Woven Cup Holder Tutorial

I experimented with an idea from my “Crafts for Kids” magazine, and came up with this recycled magazine cup holder. It’s created by weaving...

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Recycled Rooster

Save all those clean packing boxes, such as for cereal and pasta, and you can make some really colorful collage roosters. For a lead in stor...

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Starry Night Collage

This amazing artwork comes for Linsay in Eugene, Oregon. She shared how her students (age 5-11) in the River Road Park and Recreation ASAP P...

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Paper Mache Bowl

Paper mache bowls don’t have to be made of one material. Newspaper + brown paper makes a really great earthy, recycled-looking bowl. 1. Stud...

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The “What Am I?” Rubberband Project

A recent donation of old rubber bands was the inspiration for this project today. Students were given an empty CD case, white paper insert, ...

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Recycled Mosaic Picture Frame

I love the look of stone mosaic art, but it is expensive and not really practical for young kids. I thought I’d try a variation of this ide...

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Recycle Mosaic Faces

I was wishing for some pretty colored paper to collage with when I realized my stash of recycled food boxes would do the trick. I save these...

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Paper Mache Houses

Here’s a recycling paper mache project idea turned out really well last month. Empty Goldfish cracker boxes (used for our snack) were the st...

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Juice Box Apartment Buildings

I've found that turning a juice box inside out creates a great pallet for 3D art, especially when building features are applied. Using c...

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Recycled Turkey on a Stick

This ingenious idea for making turkeys from old food boxes comes from My Plum Pudding . It’s a great use of those colorful coated boxes that...

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Recycled Pencil Stars

One by-product of art classes is lots of half-used pencils. I have boxes of them that are a bit too awkward to hold, but seem too long to th...

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Paperbag Travel Journal, Sample Page

This is my opening page in my homemade Haiti Travel Journal, which I am sharing just because it’s the kind of format that I am always trying...

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Woven Cup Holder Tutorial

I experimented with an idea from my “Crafts for Kids” magazine, and came up with this recycled magazine cup holder. It’s created by weavi...

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Art Journaling 135, Summer Flip Flops

I have trouble throwing away clean colorful food boxes, and was inspired by the beach theme of these cracker boxes for my art journal class....

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Magazine Color Collage

Collage is a French word which means “glue.” The term was coined by Braque and Picasso in the beginning of the 20th century, when collage be...

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