My ABCs Alligators to Zebras Art Brain Break Activities Book has all kinds of animals and insects, one for each letter of the alphabet, for kids to cut out, color, and make ornaments, puppets, and jewelry. This is a great activity if you are a Substitute Teacher and are looking for something to have with you in our Sub Pack to work on when kids are done with the work their teacher assigned for them that day. Read more of my blogs to find examples and photos of the objects kid

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

My animal and insect illustrations come on a white background or on a black background. As I've been putting my Digital Download ABCs Art Brain Breaks Books together I've made a bunch of copies to work on layout and things and to see what they look like printed out. During this process, of course, I ran out of toner like three times. I do like my laser printer and it's great, although you can see in these cut outs the black was on its last legs. Rather than throwing away any

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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