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Children of all ages can easily be involved with creating wrapping paper. Here are four fun ideas for roller pin printing that will make a real impact on your Christmas wrap.

The theme for NAIDOC week 2016 is Songlines: The Living Narrative of our Nation. But what exactly are "Songlines"? For Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, the Dreamtime describes a time when the earth, people and animals were created by our ancestral spiritual beings. They created the rivers, lakes, plants, land formations and living creatures. Dreaming tracks crisscross Australia and trace the journeys of our ancestral spirits as they created the land, animals and lores. These…

101 Fall Wreaths....yes, really- 101! Housewarming Gift As an end of my student teaching gift for my students I gave them trail mix with thi...

There is so much about Australia that I love, however, I have always been interested in the beautiful art of our indigenous Australians . With this in mind I thought it might be fun for Possum and I to make our own version of the traditional musical instruments called clapping sticks. Suggested Age: 2 years + You will …

Ever since I shot this wedding, http://www.shelbyjunephotography.com/2010/06/wedding-photography.html, I have been fascinated with peacocks! They are now my favorite bird! They really are magnificent! I decided to do a week of peacock paintings with kinder through fifth grade. The kinder kids did a draw-a-long where we used a black marker to draw it, then they painted with tempera cakes and watercolors, following a color sequence. If you would like the step by step lesson plan with photos…

It's foliage season in Vermont and I feel sad knowing that there are kids out there who (through no fault of their own) have never jumped into a leaf pile. I decided to do something about it. Today, I'm sharing a little bit of Vermont that anyone can enjoy. To make your own leaf pile, click on the image to enlarge, copy a billion times. Carefully cut out. Scatter about. Rake into a pile. Get a running start and jump right in! Or.. Check out the wonderful leaf collages over at Atelier por…

DIY Edible Paints - that's right EDIBLE & it's delicious!

I was pretty impressed by what my 7th grade students could do with a piece of folded paper and two slits cut in it representing the seat of a pop up chair! We began by first looking at Van Gogh's chair and discussing Post Impressionism. After that the students were off to do their own thing! And they didn't disappoint me. We used mainly watercolor paints, after all I wanted them to have a trace of impressionism in them. Some chose to use markers as an accent. These are a few examples of the…

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