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3 Super FUN and EASY Summer Art Projects for Preschoolers

This summer enjoy making fun and inexpensive summer art projects with your preschooler . Whether you are a parent enjoying vacation time with your child, a camp counselor trying to create age appropriate art projects, or just a teacher wanting easy ways to create art with preschoolers, you will enjoy these fun, easy, and cheap art projects especially designed for early childhood. Preschool Summer Art Project 1: Snazzy Silly Sunglasses! You will need construction paper , cellophane (clear or blue), glitter, markers, glue, and scissors. Have extra fun art supplies like sequins stamps or stickers handy for some extra pizazz! Draw a large pair of sunglasses on a large piece of construction paper. Cut out the holes. Let your preschooler decorate the sunglasses with as much glitter, marker scribbles, sequins, and stickers as he or she wants. When your preschooler is finished, tape or glue the cellophane to make the lenses for the silly sunglasses. Take some fun photos with the sungl...

Fun & Amazing Art Projects from Haiti : Mermaids, Metal Art

Fun & Amazing Art Projects from Haiti : Mermaids, Metal Art Teach your children about the island nation of Haiti with these fun and original art projects. Indigo Haitian Landscape inspired by Haitian Artist Duval-Carrie Artist Duval-Carrie creates water-inspired works based on his upbringing in the island nation of Haiti, a nation largely dependent on the ocean for its food and commerce. Duval-Carrie's works incorporate water and ocean life. You can see some of his artwork at the Indigo Room or Is Memory Soluable? at the Fort Lauderdale Museum of Art in South Florida. What you will need: Light blue large construction paper, white and light blue crayons, crayons in various shades of blue, brushes, and watercolors in various shades of blue and indigo. 1) Draw various mythical and real sea creatures on the paper using white and light blue crayons. Leave room around the edges to create a patterned border. 2) Watercolor the Haitian sea life images. The blue ...