Table of Contents
Welcome! 8
Tips and Tricks for Getting Creative 11
Preparing Your Space 11
Organizing Your Materials 12
Ways to Talk about Art-Making 13
Everyday Loves a Rainbow! 15
Painting Party 16
Make Your Mark 20
Do-It-Yourself Collage Box 23
Inspiration Journal 24
Inspired by Helen Frankenthaler 27
Shaping Up for Creativity 31
Collage Cityscape 32
Yarn-Wrapped Shape Mobile 35
Nature Felt Board 36
Beaded Shape Necklaces 39
Arty Party Time 40
Inspired by Yayoi Kusama 43
Breaking into the 3rd Dimension 45
Playdough Sculpture 46
Very Important Person Statue 48
Clay Rock Stack 50
My World, My Concerns Shadow Box 53
Paper Beads 54
Inspired by Hiroshi Fuji 57
The Beauty of Symmetry 59
Symmetry Fish 60
Paper-Folding Collage 63
Paper Towel Blotting 64
Symmetrical Drawing Challenge 67
Snowflake Garland 68
Inspired by Irving Morrow 71
Playing with Patterns and Prints 73
Do-It-Yourself Stamp Prints 74
Pattern Snails 77
Paper Weave 78
Button Hoops 81
Inspired by Rainbow Grandpa, Huang Yung-Fu 82
Once More, with Feelings 85
Canvas of Emotions 86
Feelings Portraits 89
Express Yourself Puppets 90
My Happy Place 93
Inspired by Dorothea Lange 94
Amazing Art with the Alphabet 97
Papier-Mache Letters 98
Make Your Own Sign 101
Letter Stencil 102
Design Your Own Pantry 105
Snail Mail 106
Bespoke Bookmarks 109
Inspired by Paul Thurlby 110
Get Creative with the Great Outdoors 113
Flowers in Clay 114
Paper Flower Bouquet 117
Rock Dominoes 118
Nature Transient Art 121
Inspired by Georgia O'Keeffe 122
Big Art, Little, Art, Art at Any Size 125
Stick Sculpture 126
Mini Art Gallery 129
Mega Canvas 130
Life-Size Drawings 133
Inspired by Bordalo II 134
The Magic of Numbers 137
Loose Parts Numbers 138
Dice Drawing 141
Number Collage 142
Sgraffito Numbers 145
Inspired by Jasper Johns 146
All About-Y-O-U 149
Mixed-Media Portrait 150
Framed Portrait of Your Future Self 153
Artists and Their Pets 154
Monochrome Portrait 157
Inspired by Betye Saar 158
Book List 161
What Do We Do with All This Art? 162
Acknowledgments 164
About the Author 165
Index 166