I was working through my 26- animal ABCs Activity Book and just having fun not being precious or perfect about cutting out animals, coloring, using glitter glue and whatever I felt like trying. I actually cut it out and put it on the tree first, not colored in, and just left it there until I figured out what colors it wanted to be by where it was sitting on the tree. You can see I hole-punched it thinking it wanted to be an ornament. It still is, but it turns out it didn't ha

I thought it would be really fun to make kids backpacks they can color and take to school and show everyone their art as they're learning about science and the process of metamorphosis starting in 1-2nd grades. Metamorphosis is such a profound component of science and life at all ages for people too, so I've found that taking this backpack with me, in all sorts of environments, kids and adults alike are really drawn to it and want to immediately talk about the process and fol

Kids really loved coloring my B for Bat illustrations in preparation for decorating their desks and their homes for Halloween this year in Las Vegas. I had a Kindergarten class assignment on a day where I was lucky enough to be a Substitute Teacher on dress in your Halloween costume day, along with a parade for about 500 Elementary school kids in their amazing costumes. It was amazing and the kids were so proud of their characters, most of them staying in character with their

This is a CCSD High School student taking an Art Break while preparing for end of year testing. I was surprised how interested the older kids have become in coloring as a way to take a mental break during school. It makes sense because it relieves stress no matter what age. I've noticed kids really like chatting about their creative process and how they decide which colors to use as they plan out what they want their final image to look like. It's a part of our minds that sit

This is one of the students in a Primary Autism class where I was a Substitute Teacher in Las Vegas this year. He was a joyful and pretty easy going student and he worked to focus on his lessons throughout the day though he wasn't as interested in coloring butterflies like a lot of the students were throughout most of the days I was there. What I noticed is that when I was on Bus Duty, the exciting journey at the end of the day (if you're new or don't know about Substitute Te

This is me cutting out the Baby Ducks from my Dopamine Art Series as a Digital Download you can pull down and print out as often as you like. I turn these guys into a puppet and used them the next day as a Substitute Teacher for a group of 3rd graders who gut stuck inside almost all day when it rained recently in Las Vegas! It turned out to be a lot of fun and the kids put on a puppet show! Search my site for "puppet shows" to see the yellow duck show up in various settings.

This is one of the ornaments I made to share with kids while working on Substitute Teacher assignments for CCSD in Las Vegas this year. K-5 really like the ABCs Art Brain Breaks which makes sense since they're learning the alphabet, the idea of characters, settings, plots, and storylines but what's been surprising is how much the older kids and adults like them! I put this Swallowtail Butterfly holiday ornament together as an example of stuff you could make using my animal an

Wow, kids LOVE baby goats! I recommend if you have any Animal Farm fans at your house or school, get my Animal Farm Digital Download that includes about 14 animals you'll usually find on most farms. I have this one pictured to show you can easily turn them into ornaments, puppets, necklaces (yep, kids turn them into jewelry). I do advise you color them in before cutting and taping and or paste because the color may look different if you do it over tape or paste after you've

This was a Pre-K Autism class where I was Substitute Teacher for CCSD, here in NV, back in November. It was amazing because the Special Education Teacher Assistant said it would be great if I could set up a coloring area and leave it set up throughout the day to see if the kids were into it. They'd had a few challenging days recently and the thought was coloring might capture some of the kids attention more so than the usual program and if so, the day may go a little better

Here's the thing, you can play with these ABCs animal and insect cut outs and make all sort of little fun projects. I recently decided to sit in bed ALL DAY, with fuzzy socks, coffee, one of those bed working lap tables with a stack of my ABCs Art Brain Breaks. I put on my Likes playlist, set up the phone to record some of it just in case it looked fun, but really, I was so tired and just wanted a day where I wasn't accomplishing anything and not just binging Netflix. It was

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The Art Project Collection turns everyday items into interactive art. Each Art Mode object—accessory bags, calendars, kids' backpacks, T-shi