Month: January 2015

Photoshop tutorials to elementary school kids

Free photoshop tutorial for Elementary school kids – Part 1

Hi All,I am writing a series of posts about introducing Photoshop to elementary school kids! Did you get a chance to read the first post in the series,  Introduction  which talks about what are the basic software my daughter has used to get the understanding of graphics? As my daughter has got introduced to various drawing …

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Aluminium foil earrings

Aluminium foil earrings

As you might know, we love aluminium foil. We have done Aluminium foil stained glass painting, Aluminium foil flying hearts, Aluminium foil heart, Aluminium foil jewelry, Aluminium foil flowers. This time we made earrings with foil. They are very simple to make. My eight year old is very happy that she can make her own jewelry. …

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Coffee filter flowers

Coffee filter flowers Valentines day classroom idea

Coffee filter flowers are very simple to make and they look beautiful. We inserted a lollipop in the middle to make it more presentable for Valentine’s day. Materials needed:    1. Coffee filters 2. Crayola Watercolor 3. Lollipop 4. Tape Method :    1. Color the coffee filters with watercolor. The color of the filter …

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Watercolor painting ideas for kids

Progressive watercolor technique heart

We had tried progressive watercolor technique earlier while doing Sun. We did not get the effect we were hoping for. I had done progressive watercolor technique at my school, but could not recreate. When I did a google search for progressive watercolor technique, I found progressive watercolor art tutorial from Grow Creative. Followed the tutorial …

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Kandinsky inspired heart painting

kandinsky inspired heart painting

Kandinsky is a well known Russian painter and artist. He is known for his work ” Farbstudie Quadrate” – Squares with concentric circles. I had created a matching activity earlier inspired by his work. Now we did painting – squares with concentric hearts as part of our Valentine’s day activities. Affiliation links are used Materials …

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