Kidz Recycle Art
With ANTie
Patti
Copyright 2001 By Author Patti Tricoli
Important Note: Teachers & adults please
supervise young children
with all of these
projects to
avoid hazards!
Kidz Notes
Supplies: Folded plain note cards &
envelops
Child's colorful drawings
Thin paste or
glue sticks
Thin line colorful marker
Child's favorite stickers
Take your child's favorite drawings from school or home and make color copies of
them (Shrink size on copier to fit the front of note cards.) Glue them
completely to cover front of note cards and write child's name with marker on
the bottom. Example; Nate's Personal Artwork (Age 6) or on the back side of the
note card you can put their City & State (example- Seattle, WA.) Seal envelope when
done & have your child add their favorite sticker on the back of the envelope.
Mail to family or friends. *Your child has just created his own personal note
card.
Kidz Helping Handz
Supplies: Construction paper
Crayons, markers or colored pencils
Hole punch
Colorful yarn or ribbon
Child's Artwork
Have kids outline their hands on colorful construction paper for their "Helping
Handz Art Books." For the back page of their book have them outline their bare
feet. On the cover page by their outlined hands put their names. Example; "Nate's
Helping Handz Art Book." Hole punch their pages and put colorful yarn or ribbon
to hold book together. Add pages of their artwork as they do them (maybe
pictures of their pets, themselves, their friends, nature pictures, or any of
their art as collected sheets.) Sheets can be made with construction paper as
well as felt pieces added to their design, or other items of choice. You can
include age, height, weight, favorites, schools, their likes and dislikes, books
they like, favorite foods, sports, music, goals in life, Example; Fireman,
Policeman etc. or maybe even a brief Biography on the final page. *Students have
a memorable book for many years to share with family & friends and can compare
the size of their hands & feet!
Kidz Class Photo Tree
Supplies: Tiny colored plastic
clothes pins
Tree with plain branches or sticks
Individual photo's of students
Have kids in the classroom bring in their favorite photo's of themselves or
their school photo's to do a class tree. They attach their pictures with the
colorful tiny plastic clothespins and hang them on the tree. This is a great
school and daycare project and can be modified in many ways. *For
example: Kids can bring in pictures of their pets, family members, trips, etc.
or make their own individual trees. *This project is great for home as well!
Rock Kidz
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Supplies: Smooth rocks
Paintbrushes
Poster or acrylic paints or thick water based paints
Pencil or white pencil
Optional: Magic marker
Craft sealant spray or brush on
Recycled baby food jars
Clean flat, smooth or rounded rocks well & let dry. In pencil sketch your design
of choice on rocks. Paint your design carefully. Let dry. Seal rocks with a
craft sealant spray or brush on sealant. Remember to recycle baby food jars to
mix your paint in. * Kids can design various rocks and give them as gifts too.
Wrap them with a colorful ribbon for gift giving. *Be creative!
Kidz Sea Sculpture
Supplies: Square flat piece of wood
Craft glue, Elmer's glue to apply the sand
Clean beach sand white or colored sand from craft store
Seashells, starfish, driftwood, small seagull sculptures, beach rocks or shells
(All can be purchased at craft store too)
Anything that can be found on the beach that won't spoil
Colored plastic toothpicks
Recycled construction paper pieces to use as flag
Thin magic marker
Glue clean beach sand over entire top of smooth flat wood. Start this by
applying a lot of glue & smoothing it over wood. Shake beach sand onto it &
completely cover. Let dry & shake off excess sand. Glue seashells, small
driftwood & any other items that you collected from the beach to sandy board.
You can be creative & stack the driftwood or glue them in piles on top of each
other. Write on your triangle cut flag out of construction paper & write for
example "Mesa Schools Keep Our Beaches Clean!" or the beaches name you
collected your items from & the date or year, students name like "Marc's WA
Beach Retreat!" *Be creative!
Kidz Treasure Boxes
Supplies: Recycled old greeting cards
Sturdy box, cigar box, or shoebox
Elmer's glue or glue sticks
Cut tops of greeting cards & glue to entire box to store child's treasures of
choice in. *Optional ideas: Glue pictures, magazine pictures, cancelled stamps,
favorite fabric pieces, seashells, rocks, glitter etc. *Use your imagination!
Kidz Treasure Boxes 2
Supplies: Kids find odds & ends like
broken earrings, beads, glitter, favorite small items, stickers etc.
Glue stick or craft glue
Box of choice
Colorful construction paper or white
Gather old broken earrings, beads, items listed above. You can cover the box
first with construction paper or even felt if you want a different look. Then
apply the items with glue. Let dry completely. Kids keep their Treasures that
they find (treasures to them of course) ("No frogs please!!") inside their very
special treasure box! * Make sure smaller kids do not get a hold of small items
& choke! *Most kids will enjoy showing their treasure boxes & what's inside of
them.
Kidz Recycling
Supplies: Square smooth flat piece of wood
craft glue or Elmer's glue
Clear coat spray for wood or brush on to seal
Colored plastic toothpicks
Small scrap piece of recycled colored paper
Thin line marker of choice
Recyclable items below
Collect recyclable small items like bottle caps, corks, toothpicks, pop sickle
sticks, straws, anything small & recyclable. Arrange as a sculpture on wood any
way you like. They can be stacked or lying down or any way you would like. Use
a colored toothpick & cut a triangle out of recycled paper, write "Mesa
Elementary School Recycles" or "ANTie
Patti's Kidz Recycle" and attach to the toothpick. This will be
your flag. Glue it or attach it to your Recycled Art!
*Be creative & show
off your hard work!
Copyright 2001 By Author Patti Tricoli
