So in trying to establish more simple art lessons, I have recently devised a symmetrical robot activity. Robots do not have to be symmetrical. But for our purposes, we are connecting symmetry, robots, shapes and design to develop a symmetrical robot. Let the science fiction of robots enter your classroom with this symmetrical robot head lesson. Just it’s head? When devising the lesson, questions occur. Will students want to make just the head? Then students may develop it into a mask. Originally that was the concept plan. But if they develop the entire robot, then it may become a paper doll craft. In addition, whichRead More →

Many artists have used the subject of flowers to practice their skills. Flower crafts are no different. There are so many beautiful paintings of floral. Young or old and in between will agree that flowers are colorful and brighten most people’s day. Rather then painting flat flowers, here is a flower craft that is more dimensional. For some reason my daughter wanted to make flowers on this particular day. If you have ever had to plant several plants at once into a yard, then you know it is a lot of work. So we had to dig a lot of holes. It was a lotRead More →