Arts & Crafts from around the World!
We take the kids around the world, and stop on all 7 continents that enables the children to build a wider view of the world!
Although we provide specific instructions and materials for each project, the child is allowed to make choices and add his/her own imaginative ideas. We do not expect perfectly finished projects, as the idea is to encourage creativity and not intimidate the young artist/crafter. For younger children ages 5-7, the crafts are kept simple yet interesting to avoid frustration.
- Extra pointers about the craft, culture, and country are added along the way to create international art awareness!
- Materials used range from tissue paper, construction paper, cardboard tubes, and paints to foil, faux jewels, & rhinestones.
- Not all the crafts are included in every session and variations may occur based on the age and interest of the children.
- For downtime we have music, dancing, story time, silly games, and songs.
For Fun Art with Paint and Paper
Learn to experiment with water colors, acrylics, pastels, brushes, veggies, straws, clips, crayons and more to learn stamping, blotting, marbling, splattering……etc. Rip, tear, scratch, shear, glue, layer and fold the paper for eye-catching abstract art!
Charming Cool Crafts For Creative Girls
(8 years & up)
Air-dry clay sculptures: Use your imagination and sculpt clay to make fancy bead necklaces, bouquet of roses or an entire Adobe village! Learn the techniques to roll, pinch and more! No baking required.
Art with Paint and Paper: Use water colors, acrylics, pastels, brushes, veggies, straws, clips and more to learn stamping, blotting, marbling, splattering……etc. Rip, tear, scratch, shear, glue, layer and fold the paper for eye-catching abstract art!
Bead art: string the beads, melt/bake the beads, or iron the beads to make colorful crafts!
Cross-stitch: Use silk floss, thick kid friendly steel needle, and cross-stitch fabric with big counts to learn the basic cross-stitch step and progress to borders, motifs and more! (no hoops required)
Drawing: Learn how to hold a pencil. There is no 'one right way' to hold a pencil, but some methods are better than others. Doodle with pencil from your very first scribbles to simple structures and shading. Learn to draw what you see, by training your mind and eye to work together with some simple exercises. Have fun making simple circles, squares and lines into animals, faces etc. and progress to more complex art!
Embroidery: Use multi colored silk floss to learn different stitches and embroider small flowers, stems, birds, etc. progressing to embroidered pre-printed fabric scenes!
Felt patchwork: Use plain or printed felt scraps to make beautiful artwork from animals to garden scenes by gluing, stitching and overlaying felt. Finishing touches are given by cording, satin flowers, lace, and other fancy decorating items!
Glass etching: Be creative and etch artistic flower vase, glass panels etc. using simple stencils and techniques under supervision. The outcome is elegant and eye catching!
Glass painting: Make beautiful candleholders, frames, mirror art and more using special translucent glass paints. Learn to blend and overlap colors for unique stained art like results!
Knitting: Learn Asian way of knitting different basic stitches to make a, headband, doll scarf or a knitted coin purse using child friendly needles and rainbow wool yarn!
Metal etching: Learn the art of etching on simple copper, gold or silver metal sheets, using simple design templates!
Metal embossing: Use copper, brass or silver foil sheets and learn to trace, transfer and emboss on metal for awesome effects!
Origami: Learn the Japanese art of folding paper to make unique art objects ranging from a simple windmill to a complex crane!
Quilling: Enjoy mastering the ancient art of cutting colorful paper in thin strips, curling and gluing to make diverse paper pictures from balls, flowers, and butterflies to doll figures!
Sequin art: Learn to make intricate paintings, where colorful sequins are used in place of paints. The sequin painting is one of a kind with a touch of royalty!
Velvet embossed painting: Make vivid velvet paintings using glitter fabric paints after embossing the velvet with heat. Frame the artwork or give it to someone you like, as a handmade exotic gift!
For downtime, we have music, dancing, board games, and songs.
Join us to have an artistic fun time!
