There is such a proliferation of preprinted and cut out materials for children to use all over the place. There are coloring books and workbooks galore all over the internet and in thousands of early childhood classrooms all over the world. I however, if you know my work, know that I do not prescribe to [...]

In making a Hanukkah or Chanukah crafts collage its always good as  I often do to give the children an idea of some of the symbols of what they will be using as a base for their collage or other artwork. When I give collages it is 99% of the time done cafeteria style where [...]

Art and creativity is not the same for children as it is for adults. Art for adults can have many meanings. Museums, starving artist in attics , lithographs, a cultural elite, etc. Adults have come to expect certain things from art and art is usually centered around areas of external beauty and aesthetics. Art for [...]

Shapes are all over the place and there are many ways to explore shapes. We will be doing some shape work through drawing and we have introduced beginning shapes in a beginning collage when we started with collaging with circles. In this painting series I wanted to bring shapes into the picture (literally) I created [...]

Preschool kids can collage without scissors. I know it sounds unusual as collage for kids is usually done by using various kinds of paper and the children often need to cut them up into the sizes they want. Torn paper collage is another collage in our series that encourages the children to come face to [...]