60 Art Projects for Children: Painting, Clay, Puppets, Prints, Masks, and More [Paperback]

Jeannet Baumgardner (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: March 23, 1993

60 Art Projects for Children shows parents and teachers alike how to entertain children and inspire their natural creativity and love of art. These 60 wonderful, step-by-step projects include the following:

painting
-- Collage
-- Screen Prints

life Masks
-- Rubbings
-- Molas
-- Paper Lanterns

Wax Resists
-- Drinking-straw Constructions
-- Pillows

Yarn Painting
-- Apple Dolls
-- Cylinder Cities

Drawing
-- Sand Casts
-- Pocket Weaving

Potato Prints
-- Collographs
-- Origami Boxes

Salt-and-cornstarch Dough
-- Native American Basketmaking

Pinatas
-- Wind Socks
-- Thermal Screens

Glazed Forms
-- Drop-spindle Spinning
-- God's Eyes

Papier-mache Puppets
-- And Much Much More!

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60 Art Projects for Children shows parents and teachers alike how to entertain children and inspire their natural creativity and love of art. These 60 wonderful, step-by-step projects include the following:

painting
-- Collage
-- Screen Prints

life Masks
-- Rubbings
-- Molas
-- Paper Lanterns

Wax Resists
-- Drinking-straw Constructions
-- Pillows

Yarn Painting
-- Apple Dolls
-- Cylinder Cities

Drawing
-- Sand Casts
-- Pocket Weaving

Potato Prints
-- Collographs
-- Origami Boxes

Salt-and-cornstarch Dough
-- Native American Basketmaking

Pinatas
-- Wind Socks
-- Thermal Screens

Glazed Forms
-- Drop-spindle Spinning
-- God's Eyes

Papier-mache Puppets
-- And Much Much More!

About the Author

Jeannette Mahan Baumgardner is a mother, an artist, and the founder/director of The Summertime Arts & Crafts Workshop in Sebastopol, California. In 60 Art Projects for Children she shares her unique and remarkably successful philosophy of teaching art to children.

Product Details

• Paperback: 112 pages
• Publisher: Three Rivers Press; 1 edition (March 23, 1993)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0517880083
• ISBN-13: 978-0517880081
• Product Dimensions: 10.6 x 8.2 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #301,099 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A first class reference book for art with kids., July 28, 2002

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This review is from: 60 Art Projects for Children: Painting, Clay, Puppets, Prints, Masks, and More (Paperback)

This book is an excellent reference for a beginner or experienced art facilitator. (The introduction explains how to be an art "facilitator" rather than teacher, by providing the materials and opportunity for children to discover art hands-on, though practice and experience.) It is wonderful guide to the basic methods of collage, drawing, painting, clay and construction techniques, as well as more specialized projects, such as paper mache puppets, making "molas" or weaving. The author learned to perfect these projects through many years of experience with her Summertime Arts and Crafts Workshop. Many black and white illustrations and some line drawings help illuminate the techniques and reveal the end products of childrens' art. I like the page spread of photos showing childrens' many variations on the paper mache puppet. This is one of my favorite art reference books.