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Succulent planters for earth day 🌎 inspired by milk paint and folk patterns. Painting with sponges, toothpicks and washi tape resist.
Collaborative canvas for preschool gala live auction. Acrylic paint, oil pastel, tempera paint, chalk pastel, colored pencil, flare pen. Made step by step by 14 kids ages 3-5. “It took me four years to paint like Raphael, but a lifetime to pai
Experiments with wax dipped daisies
Basket weaving and egg dying for springtime 🌷🪺🌞
Embroidered signature aprons 🦋 signatures transferred onto aprons, traced with hot glue, and then embroidered around the puffy letters. Finished with hand drawn fabric marker decorations. Perk of a small group is getting to teach the kids a totally
Pour paint scarpetta!
“Go with the Flow” drippy paint sculptures 🫟 our springtime clay chia pets failed to sprout at preschool, so we had to pivot and go with the flow! Finished with pour paint instead to make these blobby drippy easy going creations.
Terrazzo tissue box details 😍
Terrazzo tissue boxes for allergy season 🤧🌻 DIY cardboard box tissue box covers • coffee filters covered with magic marker, sprayed with water for a tie dye effect, cut into organic shapes that resemble stones and gems• spread joint compo
Flower still life drawings. Been waiting for fragrant weather to try this beautiful project that uses pencil, ink, charcoal, fabric and collage by Samara Caughey @purpletwig
“Lion Dragon” symmetry prints on mulberry paper for the Lunar New Year 🧧🐲
Watercolor experiment grid with a monoprint heart on top 🩷
Valentine presents for preschool families. Cardboard heart, tempera paint splattered and spread with a plastic knife, yarn, pony beads and Polaroids.
Free draw. “Apple tree and raining green goo” 🙌
Puppet theaters made from recycled boxes, cardboard scraps, masking tape, plaster cloth, acrylic paint. Curtains made from velvet scraps draped on found sticks.
Finger puppet families 🥹🥹🥹🥹🥹🥹🥹 the dogs just kill me!
Making finger puppets. Practicing painting in sketchbooks before paint goes on on puppet.
“Groundhog sees its shadow in the snow.” Marker, shopping bag, training scissors, glue stick, sponged tempera paint on monoprint.
Multimedia collages to celebrate individuality. Monoprints of favorite color on toned paper, paint chips to match eye color and skin tone, ink finger prints and tempera stick hands. What makes you different is what makes you beautiful.

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