Dear Little Atelier families, Easter is coming! Let's decorate eggs with children this week. I found three fun methods. One is using food coloring and another is using nail polish. Lastly, if you cannot use the real eggs, you can do paper egg decorations. 1.With food coloring **Spraying water at the end is the key! Don't forget to wear gloves! https://onelittleproject.com/tie-dye-easter-eggs/ 2. With nail polishes **Making swirling pattern with toothpicks is the key! Don't forget to wear gloves! https://www.craftymorning.com/nail-polish-marbled-easter-eggs/ 3. If you don't have enough eggs or don't want to use eggs for craft in this special time, you can use paper and do art with children. I am introducing this beautiful shaving cream marble eggs.
https://typicallysimple.com/marbled-paper-easter-eggs/ Dear Little Atelier families, April is here already! Every April, we learned the saying, "April showers bring May flowers" and we also have done big group art project together. Although we can't make a group project now, we still can welcome April showers and May flowers by making beautiful art mobile. <Supplies>
1. Cut out the cereal box to make cloud shape. 2. Lay the hanger on top of it and trace a cloud shape. Make it as big as possible, overlapping the edges of the hangar. 3. Have children paint the cloud. 4. Crease firmly along one side of the paper towel roll, forming a raindrop shape. 5. Cut the tube with scissor evenly to make raindrops and have children paint them. 6. Cut different lengths of thread/yarn and tie the end of each one to the top of each raindrop, and tie the other end on the hanger. 7. This is the end result. *source : www.allkidsnetwork.com
Next week, we will make May flowers. If you have paper egg cartons, that will be great. If you don't have it, it's okay. Enjoy~! Best regards, So yeon Hi Parents,
I'm here to send you another activity idea! So sorry that I'm sending it out a bit late! But please feel free to do this at your own time 🙂 I thought it'd be fun for the children to do more art! They've experimented with so many materials but have they ever painted with ice?! For this activity, all you will need are: -Paper -Ice cube tray -Paints -Any sticks/dowels strong enough to hold on to the paint while freezing -Foil Steps: 1. Put paint of your choice in your ice cube tray and top it off with a bit of water and mix it well. 2. Lay foil over the ice cube tray and make small cuts along the top so the sticks can go in and fit easily. 3. Freeze it! 4. If the paints do not release, try dipping them in some hot water first! It's as simple as that! Children will get to enjoy this process art as there is no right or wrong way to do this! It's all about having fun and enjoying the process and watching their art work come to life. I have attached the link below if you want more information! I would love to see how their paintings came out 🙂 https://busytoddler.com/2018/01/frozen-paint-process-art-activity/ Dear Little Atelier Families, I prepared Little atelier children's all-time favorite art activity. It is a sort of printing techniques, but I am not sure about the exact name of this technique, so I named it Positive Space Painting. Let's start. <Supplies>
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2. Cut out the positive space. 3. Secure the template on the painting paper. ***Please prepare step 1~3 beforehand for younger children. If older children can cut out by themselves, they can try. 4. Have children freely paint on it with brushes or cotton balls for dabbing technique. 5. Gently separate the template and voila~!
(I mean...just refer the idea. Of course, the children's works will be much more interesting and dynamic.) Enjoy~! Dear Little Atelier families, Does everyone have a muffin tin at home? Let’s make a pop-art style muffin tin art! Supplies - muffin tin - paint - paper (it can be any paper -blank white or even newspaper is okay, too!) - brush Direction 1. Cut paper in 6pieces 2. We are going to use the BACK of the muffin tin. Squeeze some paint on it. 3. Using a brush, have children enjoy painting on the tin. 4. Bring a piece of paper and gently rub it. Voila~~ for the rainbow lovers! You can arrange it like this, too. (Frame friendly) Applications 1. Children can use any color. Please have them explore freely. 2. I did it with water color, so it dried pretty fast. After one color is dried, have children stamped it again on another color. Mine reminds me of fruits and in pop art style. 3. Of course, children’s colors will be more energetic and fun (don't expect their works to be neat as this). After all squares are dried, you can pile them together and put some heavy books on it to flatten them if the papers are curling up. And then, arrange the squares orderly and frame it. If possible, do this process with the children. They will feel appreciated and proud when grown ups handle their works carefully with respectful manner. I hope you enjoy it!
Good thing is that this week is going pretty fast! Warm regards, So yeon Greetings Little Atelier families, How are you guys doing these past two weeks?! Have you been trying/enjoying the activities that we have been sending out? (I hope so! Haha 😂). I wish you and your family continuous good health and safety as we all are trying to get through this crazy time! As spring time is coming upon us, I'm reminded of the flowers that are starting to sprout up from the ground. For this activity, it's a cool experiment for children to watch flowers "blossom/bloom" right in front of their eyes! This experiment is very simple, only involving few materials. Materials: -Paper -Markers -Scissors -Container -Water Steps: 1. Search/draw out some flower templates with petals that suits you. 2. Have children color/decorate the flower templates as they wish; let their creativity shine! 3. Cut out the flower templates. (If children are eager to cut their own, let them! It's a great way for them to practice their scissor skills and hand strength!) 4. After it's cut, fold the petals into the center. Note: Make sure not to fold/crease it tight as that will cause the petals not to open as easily. 5. You can even add in a surprise inside as well, by adding in extra paper in the middle of the flower. 5. Fill your container with a few inches of water. 6. Place the flowers in the container and watch them "bloom!" I hope this simple but fun experiment can bring some spring time vibes into your household! If the weather permits, you can even bring this activity to your backyard/balcony and enjoy some sunshine! I miss all the children and their families so much and am thinking of and about them every single day! 🙂
Best regards, Ms. Stephanie Hello families, The weather has been so beautiful and I can see that the Spring season is coming. It isn't ideal that we all have to stay indoors in such wonderful weather, but there are still ways to have fun with and enjoy the sunlight even at home! The children have been noticing and playing with their shadows during outdoor play in the past few weeks, so I thought it would be fun to do an indoor activity about shadows as well. On a sunny day like today, children can engage in a shadow tracing activity like this: You can set up a table by a window with lots of sunlight and have the children trace the shadow of their favorite toys and block structures. If you have access to a backyard, this can also be a fun outdoor activity as well! On dark and cloudy days, like tomorrow, you can alter the activity like this: Instead of sunlight, you can use a flashlight to make shadows with blocks and toys. You can extend this activity to have the children explore with other household objects and even their own hands and feet!
I remember some of the children enjoyed games of "Shadow Tag" so I know their creativity can lead to some fun interactions. I hope this activity adds more fun to your weeks! Best regards, Esther Dear Little Atelier families, Have you heard of Oobleck? It's a very fun mixture made with simple materials - water and corn starch. It is also known as "non-newtonian" substance because of its quality. It becomes more liquid or more solid under certain condition (temperature or pressure). Supplies :
Corn starch (1.5 cup) Water (1cup) Large bowl or baking pan Food coloring or paint (optional) Something to cover your play surface Small rocks and toys to play with (optional) Direction: 😅😅 Well,,you just mix corn starch and water and....feel the consistency. Add water if it feels too thick and add corn starch if it's too watery. It will become little messy, but it is easy to clean, too. Enjoy and share your pictures with us if you did something fun with it! Thank you. Warmly, So yeon Source: https://myboredtoddler.com/sensory-crocodile-swamp-small-world/ |
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