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NATIVE AMERICAN MASK
The Native American used masks as part of their religious ceremonies, as part of ceremonial costumes, for entertainment or for medicinal purposes. The masks were often made to represent the spirits of animals, and the Pacific Northwest Indians believed that … Continue reading
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Tagged 3rd Grade, 4th grade, american indian, art, ceremonial, ceremonial mask, crafts, for kids, mask, masks, native american, pacific northwest indians, projects
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DANCING FIREFLIES
Have you ever admired dancing fireflies on a dark summer night? You can almost hear the music as they swoop and circle carrying their little sparkling lanterns. While some of the blinking lights seem to stand still, others wildly dart … Continue reading
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Tagged 1st grade, art class, art project, bug, craft, dance of the firefly, dancing fireflies, flashing little lanterns, for kids, summer
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SUPER, SPECTACULAR SUPERMOON
If you haven’t yet seen a supermoon, you’ve missed out on a super, spectacular sight. An astrologer, Richard Nolle, named the supermoon over 30 years ago, but it’s been only the last few years that this name for perigee has … Continue reading
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Tagged 5th Grade, art, coffee filter, craft, for kids, full moon, moon and trees, project, supermoon, supermoon art project
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ABORIGINAL DOT ART JARS
Australian Aboriginal dot art styles range from exceedingly neat work to overlapping, unstructured works. The sizes of dots range from tiny dots randomly applied in an area to give a stippled effect to dots placed so close together that they … Continue reading
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Tagged 6th grade, aboriginal art, aboriginal dot art, art class, art project, australian, dot art, dot art on jars, dot art project, for kids, jar art
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EASTER MORNING, REJOICE
Alleluia, Jesus lives! Be ready to celebrate Easter by making bright, joyous Easter art. Any class can make this art project. The upper classes can cut a circle to use as a template, and for the younger children, give them prepared circles. The hills … Continue reading
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Tagged art and crafts, crosses, easter art, easter art for kids, easter morning, easter project, for kids, he is risen, oil pastel project
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BLOOMING LIKE GEORGIA O’KEEFE
Spring has sprung. Or rather, we are getting very antsy for Spring to get here, so we’re making flowers to hurry things along. Georgia O’Keefe is known for her close up paintings of flowers. Close up, we notice that a red flower … Continue reading
ASHES TO ASHES
The ashes are a symbol of our sinfulness. We are reminded that our bodies are but ash, and to ash it shall return. Our soul is who we are, the part of us that will live after our death. By dying on … Continue reading
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Tagged art, ash wednesday, ashes to ashes, craft, cross, dust to dust, for kids, lent, lenten art project, lenten craft, project
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SIMPLY EASY TURKEY
If you are looking for a easy and inexpensive turkey project for the kids to make before Thanksgiving, maybe this Simple Turkey is that project. Although I used burlap for the body, consider using pieces of print fabric or construction … Continue reading
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Tagged art, christmas cards, easy, feathers, for kids, greeting cards, project, simple turkey, Thanksgiving, tp roll
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