Activities for Children & Youths
2021 Youth Activities: Fantastic Creatures in Clay (ages 8-12 years) Georgia Landau Thurs: Sept. 23; 30; Oct. 7 & 14 In addition, we're offering an exciting collection of creative activities on-line for you to try at home. We invite you and your children to participate! (Scroll down lower on this page.) 
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Creative Fun from Home with SPA!
Art's First Rock Challenges Our Art's First instructor, Tina Logan, has organized a series of Art's First Challenges for young artists to do from home. Our Art's First challenges make connections with current and past exhibits at SPA. This series of projects is inspired by our current SPA exhibit, Rock Solid on view in the Main Gallery September 15 through October 30, 2021. We invite you to imagine and create! Please let us know if you don’t have all of the items that are needed to work on an Art's First Challenge; we often have spare materials and we would be glad to share! (Just call us at 479-7069.) Share your creations with us! Send photos of your Art's First creations to: info@studioplacearts.com 
Up & Away! This series of projects is inspired by our current SPA exhibit, Up & Away (a show all about flight) that was on view in the Main Gallery in May of 2021 
Up & Away!
Art's First Challenge #1: Paper Plate Balloons! Materials: Paper plates Colored construction paper or wrapping paper scraps Paper or plastic cups Markers Glue stick Yarn, string or straws Scissors Have fun designing and making your very own hot air balloon with paper plates and cups. You could also fold your paper plate in half and cut vertical lines in it to make a woven design in your balloon. Make or find a little friend to sit in the basket for a ride in the sky! Another variation of hot air balloon to make Link for making a woven basket for your balloon 
Up & Away!
Art's First Challenge #2: Recycled Flying Machines and Creatures! Materials Recycled materials (cardboard scraps, tubes, corks, buttons, caps, clothespins, etc..) Embellishments like push pins, google eyes, pipe cleaners, pom poms, etc… Poster or craft paints Markers or crayons Tacky glue or hot glue Brass fasteners Hole punch Build planes, helicopters, spaceships, time machines or winged creatures out of recycled materials. Let your imagination take you to new places in the sky or universe! Make a UFO from paper plates! Make a flying dragon from paper plates! 
Up & Away!
Art's First Challenge #3: Found Object Insects! Materials: Natural objects found in nature such as rocks, leaves, sticks, seed pods, Man made objects like recycled bottle caps, buttons, paper scraps, clothespins, wire, google eyes, etc…. Craft glue or glue gun Create your own insect collection from natural and manmade objects. Invent your own species or make some of your favorite buggy critters from observation! You could display them as a pinned collection or make a mobile with your new insect friends! Make an insect collection with clothespins and other found objects. Make a Bug collage from nature 
Up & Away!
Art's First Challenge #4: Paper Mache Birds and Balloons! Materials: Newspaper Masking tape Craft paints Paper mache paste Wire and string or straws Cardboard Table covering for messy work Paper mache recipe Paper Mache bird tutorial Paper Mache Hot air balloon tutorial 
Up & Away!
Art's First Challenge #5: Winged Cardboard Construction Creatures! Materials: Cardboard Scissors Brass fasteners Scrap paper Craft glue or hot glue and or cardboard tape Assorted embellishments like wire, feathers, pompoms, google eyes etc… Try different cutting, scoring and folding techniques with cardboard construction and create your own magnificent winged creature! Great tutorial for cardboard construction techniques 
Up & Away!
Art's First Challenge #6: Painted and Collaged Winged Creatures! Materials: Watercolor paints Tissue and assorted scrap papers for collage Glue stick Markers for details Books for reference (optional) Try your artistic hand at creating a winged creature that inspires you! Think about color, pattern, texture and composition or space while you create your beautiful work of heART! More Projects...
This series of projects is inspired by past SPA exhibits including:
Art's First Challenge #1
Rolling On Prints! Materials: Acrylic or tempera craft or poster paints Plastic table covering Styrofoam trays for holding paint Toy vehicles with different types of wheels Assorted papers for printing on. This is a fun monoprinting activity for your young artist! Find some old toys with wheels and let your young artist roll their toy trains, cars or trucks through a paint puddle onto the snow (White Paper) or pavement (black paper) to create some cool tracks! This is a great discovery lesson for color mixing and noticing differences or similarities in the track marks. You can talk about overlapping and colors, lines and patterns as you create some fun abstract art together. You can add collage or drawing on top of the prints after they dry. NOTE…. To make colors show up on the black paper, add some white to each color to tint them) 
Art's First Challenge #2
Woven Wheels Materials: Scrap construction paper in assorted colors Scissors Brass fasteners and or paper clips Glue stick Markers or crayons Car or circus books for inspiration Woven Wheels Practice paper weaving techniques with your young artist by drawing and cutting out a basic car shape out of colored construction paper. The bigger the car, the more space for weaving. You could even turn a bigger car weaving into a fun laminated placemat! Once your car is drawn and cut out, you fold it in half (lengthwise or hot dog style) Then you cut some vertical slits in it. Make some assorted paper strips and weave a design in your car. Have your young artist trace around a cylindrical object on a piece of paper to make wheels for their car. Windows can be added with scrap paper and a driver and passenger can be added with collage or by drawing. 
Art's First Challenge #4
Recycled Wheels Materials Recycled materials (cardboard scraps, tubes, corks, buttons, caps etc..) Embellishments like push pins, google eyes, pipe cleaners, pom poms, etc… Poster or craft paints Markers or crayons Tacky glue or hot glue Brass fasteners Hole punch Build cars, trains, wagons, skateboards or animal pull toys out of recycled materials. Let your imagination take you to new places on wheels. Tutorial for toilet paper train project 
Art's First Challenge #5
Plastic Bottle and Jug Mobiles Materials Plastic soda, water or detergent bottles Wooden dowels or bamboo skewers Plastic bottle caps for wheels and or drivers Stickers, Sharpie or permanent markers for decoration Yarn or string for a pull cord (optional) Scissors and or something pointy to cut into the plastic is wanted and or to poke holes in the bottle cap wheels. Let your imagination run wild while creating bottle or jug mobiles from recycled materials! You can create a caravan or parade or even have your own mini NASCAR race at home! 
Art's First Challenge #7
Collage with Shapes and Colors Materials Colored construction papers Scissors Glue stick Crayons and or markers (optional) This is a fun activity to reinforce learning about color and shape with your young artist, while creating things with wheels! Also a great way to introduce the concept of overlapping and talking about things that move. 
Art's First Challenge #11
Accordion, Flip, and Paper Bag Books Click here to learn how to make accordion books, flip books, and paper bag books... 
Art's First Challenge #12
Altered Books Find an old, discarded book and turn it into a personal work of art! You can paint, collage, fold, cut, and glue in any of the pages and on the cover. Making an altered book is so much fun! 
Art's First Challenge #13
Story Quilts Click here to Learn about American Artist Faith Ringgold... Then create your own story quilt with paper and/or fabric scraps. 
Art's First Challenge #14
Gee's Bend Quilts Learn about Gee's Bend Quilts... Make a Gee's Bend paper quilt... Look at some Gee's Bend Quilts... Stay tuned for more fun Art's First projects coming soon. SPA's next exhibit is titled Up, Up, and Away! -- a show all about flight!
Credits
The following ideas and images were sourced and gathered from the following sites ... Pinterest and the following links: www.alunoon.com https://play-trains.com/ http://www.learnplayimagine.com/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NhlQj9ceUxc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_NHcaqB31-k https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z0HyqkzH3lg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XzG1aPw7YBc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AqZsMPe9g14 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gsCsytnAEec https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Axr7hPTkVg8 https://www.craftymorning.com/spinning-3d-hot-air-balloon-craft-for-kids-to-make/ http://krokotak.com/2016/07/ufo-from-paper-plates/ http://www.pinkstripeysocks.com/2015/09/how-to-make-paper-plate-dragon-craft.html https://www.littlepassports.com/craft-diy/insect-craft-for-kids/ https://www.thecrafttrain.com/nature-art-bugs/ \https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IKA6qjj6ckU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OTKQGMy1Joo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NxGqVUWFxsM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MpjyOjPj98I https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m5giqUYdeuw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WDZTX95yz7Y http://goodbooksforyoungsouls.blogspot.com/2013/03/book-making-ideas-for-kids-part-2.html https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WuAbZW-RiRs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RscpfkvVaP4&t=2s More Art's First Challenges from Past Exhibits at SPA:
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