Nicole at Tired Need Sleep is hosting a blog carnival of open ended (no themes) art. You can read about it here.
The idea of an art box is great, but it doesn't really work for me. Instead, when we do art, I let Bear decide which of our art mediums to use, or I set up supplies at her table for her to explore.
One day, I set her free with watercolors.
She painted a "sunset." I love that now that she can talk, she can tell me about her art. I try to write art statements on the back of her drawings and paintings so we'll remember later.
I was working on the Advent calendar ornaments and drawing first then painting, so she started to imitate me. This one above is two ducks.
Then she decided to add grass.
This one is a camel (I was working on the ornament that had a camel on it!)
She went to town with some foam stickers on another day. She was really enjoying stacking them.
We played with our homemade painting tools on a third day.
She drew with her markers.
And she played with playdough as well.
To see other open ended art ideas that Bear has done, see here.
I love all of these, especially the "sunset", how beautiful! And I meant to tell you, your watercolor Jesse tree ornaments turned out so great and looked very pretty.
ReplyDeleteWatercolor paints and foam stickers were big at our house too this past week. Love the drawing and painting together. And how neat that you are writing some of her comments on the backs - such a good idea! Thank you for participating!
I think that is such a great idea to write her statements on the back. Not only are you helping her "write" but you are also making such priceless keepsakes!
ReplyDeleteSunset picture is pretty awesome. I can see that working on the art together can be motivating for young children. Anna likes to stack her foam stickers as well - it's almost like she is building with them.
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