1. Creative Art With Young Children
By Kristina Faudree and Jen Beakas

2. “It’s the Process, not the Product!”
It means NOT having bulletin boards covered with 24 identical penguins and you saying, “But I let them glue the eyes wherever they wanted.”
It means not “making” the kids do art
It means having HUGE sheets of paper available
It means seeing the possibility of painting with things other than brushes
It means no more dittos, patterns and cut out art
It means that a copy machine is NOT required
It means it doesn’t have to look like anything. Ever. Even if it is “fish week”
It means being aware of the stages of scribbling
It means not making models or examples for the children
It means not drawing for the child
It means refraining from over commenting

3. If it takes you longer to get it ready than it takes them to do it… chances are it is not process oriented art!
If the parents come in, look at the bulletin board and whisper in your ear, “What is it?”, you are on the right track!
Their art will not and should not “look like something”.

4. Tips for “Playing” with Art
Set up a creation station
Have an easel to be available at all times
Children must have on “play clothes”

5. Creative Art Activities
Bath puffs
Bubble wrap prints
Car tracks
Colored glue designs
Crayon melting
Fish prints
Glitter and glue
Golf ball painting
Lego prints
Lipstick kisses
Nose painting
Nylons filled with popcorn
Plungers prints
Q-tip painting
Roller brushes
Shaving cream
Shoe painting
Straw blowing designs
Toothbrushes
Swinging on your tummy

6. Shopping on the Side of the Road
Things to Keep
Things to Leave Alone
Milk Crates
Cones
Construction Hats
PVC pipe and connectors (big and little)
5-Gallon Water Bottles
Ladders
Painter Pails
Tires
Hubcaps
Big Wire/Cable Spools
Hose
Clothing
Bottles filled with mysterious colored liquid
Shoes
Plastic bags that are full and bundled on the side of the road

7. Items For Your Cupboard
Baking Soda
Beans
Bingo Dots
Bird Seed
Blocks
Books
Blankets
Borax
Cars
Corn Meal
Cornstarch
Crayons
Cream of Tartar
Dawn Soap
Dolls/Dollhouse
Dress Up Clothes
Flax Seed
Flour
Food Colors
Gelatin & Knox
Glue
Ivory Soap
Loose Parts for the yard
Markers
Masking Tape
Mud
Oil
Paper
Pillows
Rice
Rock Salt
Salt
Sand
Sand Toys
Shaving Cream
Sheets
Spaghetti
Tempra Paint
Trucks
Various Brushes
Vinegar
Water
Watercolor Paint

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