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Fashion Design Activities: New Product Alert!

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Fashion Design Activities: New Product Alert!

Have you ever wanted to introduce your students to clothing design, but had no idea where to start? This art packet has 27 pages of art activities and handouts to introduce your students to the art of clothing design using simple materials such as paper, markers, magazine pictures and watercolor paints. Here are the pages included in this packet: Pages included: 1. Cover 2. Design a Shirt with a Positive Message (long sleeves) 3. Design a Shirt with a Positive … Read more… →

10 Ways to Calm Down: A Free Printable Poster

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A list titled "10 Ways to Calm Down" with suggestions like breathing exercises and talking to a grown-up, made into a free printable poster with illustrated children.

Here is a fun poster that can be used to hang in your classroom or print out for kids.  These are 10 tips to help kids deal with strong emotions. Click to download the free PDF:  10 Ways to Calm Down The download is sized at 11″ x 14″ but you could probably easily choose to fit to 8.5″ x 11″ in your printer settings. Here is the backstory behind why I made this poster.  I am a Girl Scout … Read more… →

Winter Holidays Coloring Page

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A festive coloring page with holiday-themed animals, pine trees, snowflakes, and decorations. Text reads "merry winter." Great for winter holidays and seasonal activities.

Hi!  I hope you are enjoying your winter so far.  I like to make little greeting cards to give to my students at winter time for various reasons.. thank yous for gifts or just because they want a little piece of my art.  A few years ago I made a cute little polar bear coloring card and it was a big hit with my students. Now I know some art teachers cringe at coloring pages, but I think they’re fun.  … Read more… →

Artist Trading Card Backs

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Artist Trading Card Backs

Hi there!  Are you participating in Nic Hahn’s massive ATC swap with schools all over the world?!   If you missed the sign ups for this, don’t despair.  There are other ways to make and swap ATCs.  You can set up your own swap with another school or your kids can swap with each other in your classroom. What is an ATC? ATC stands for Artist Trading Card.  They are miniature works of art the size of a baseball card. Nic … Read more… →

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