Simple Art Projects for Children

Video Transcript

"Hi, this is Stacey and in this video I will show you how to make a few simple art projects for kids. For these projects we are going to make shaving cream art; you need shaving cream and you can either use a table or a pan. What you can do is you just spray a little bit and then you'll just spread it out and then you can make; then you can make different things with it. You can make the letters; then you can show the kids how you erase it. And you can make shapes and have them practice writing their name or different words. You can have them make pictures; you can have them make a sun or they can make animals. There's lots of different things that you can do with shaving cream. For this project we are going to make a popsicle stick picture frame. The materials are popsicle sticks, a picture, tape or glue. You're going to line up the popsicle sticks like I show you. We'll start with this, then we're going to tape them or glue them together. After you've taped them or glued them, ready for the next step; I'm just going to set the other popsicle sticks on top and you're going to tape them or glue them together. After you've got enough tape or glue, you're ready to add your picture. You don't want to flip it over yet, you just want to make sure that your picture line up and you're just going to tape it. You can use pictures that you made or family pictures. Then you're going to flip it over and you might need to adjust anything; add a little more tape or glue and then your last step if you want is you can decorate the frame with stickers or buttons or anything. And there is your popsicle stick picture frame. The last project is to make binoculars out of a toilet paper or a paper towel roll. The materials are a paper towel roll, you can cut it in half or you can have two toilet paper rolls; you'll need scissors, tape or glue. Now I have already cut my paper towel roll in half; if you have two toilet paper rolls, that will work just as well. This is a really easy project. Now that you have your rolls ready, I'm just going to tape them together or you can glue them together. I'm just going to tape the tops and the bottoms. Once again, this is really simple, it's really nice for younger children. They're ready to go; all you can; now all you need to do is decorate them."