It’s Shark Week and I have planned a week’s worth of fun and educational activities for my kids. To kick off Shark Week, we started with something easy to make: an origami shark bookmark! These came out so cute and it’s a great introduction into origami. You can read the instructions below and also watch […]
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This month’s homeschool art lesson includes trying out different methods of fluid art painting. We began our lesson with an introductory video from YouTube (link below) which went over the three different types of pours for beginners. One was a dirty pour, tree ring pour, and a clean pour. My boys absolutely love this art
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This is always one of the coolest projects to do- making crystallized ornaments out of borax and pipe cleaners! For a fun Fall/Halloween edition, we turned our pipe cleaners into ghosts, pumpkins, and spiders. What kind of spooky or non-spooky ornament will you make? Tag me @playinquiremakelearn, I’d love to see your Halloween projects and feature
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Today’s art lesson was inspired by Dadaist, Marcel Duchamp. His artwork is titled “Happy Accident String Drop”. This is a really fun and inventive art project involving different lengths of strings and colorful paint. Being that it’s process art- we aren’t going to focus on the end product! Instead, we are going to enjoy dropping
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For our homeschool art lesson this week, we learned about Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni, or simply, Michaelangelo. Here’s an interesting fact that we learned: It was recognized that Michaelangelo did not paint the artwork on the ceiling while laying down as was once assumed! He painted standing upright, looking up, and as a result,
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We are enjoying our homeschool art lessons using Discovering Great Artists book. I love using these types of books as guides as they include a little background information on the artist as well as including a famous painting. There is also a paired activity to complete that’s similar in fashion to the technique the artist
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This Easter, try completing this really cool tape resist art using the FREE egg template below. Just a few supplies are needed to make this beautiful piece of art work that’s unique, holiday themed, and fun! Materials: Canvas or Cardstock Paper A variety of paint colors Paintbrushes Pencil Black marker or Black Paint Water for
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Are you looking for easy and fun Easter Egg activities to keep the kids occupied? Check out this FREE Activity packet that contains 7 S.T.E.A.M. Related activities for your kids to learn and engage with! This activity packet includes magnetic painting, carbon dioxide mini egg-plosions, creating a Lego race car that can support an Easter
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It’s almost October! I love October for so many reasons- number one being for Halloween! Halloween is so amazing because of all of the cool items that come out that we can use for S.T.E.A.M. experiments and projects for kids. The Dollar Store is my favorite place to shop at because they have a variety
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Have fun learning about Ancient Mesopotamia with these amazing hands-on activities to supplement your Ancient Civilization Unit.
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