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Hey, art friends! Welcome to Art For Kids Hub! 🎨✏️ Here, you’ll discover all sorts of awesome art lessons, from drawing to painting, and even some super cool origami. Whether you’re a beginner or a budding artist, there’s something fun for everyone! I’m Rob, and along with my amazing wife, Teryn, and our four creative kids, Jack, Hadley, Austin, and Olivia, we make art together as a family and love sharing it with you. ❤️ Ready to jump in and start creating? Most of our art lessons are self-contained, so grab your favorite black marker, some paper, and your coloring supplies, and let’s get drawing! 🖍️📒 Join us on this colorful adventure, and let’s make art that brings smiles and joy. Happy creating! 🌟

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All across Mexico, fantastical creatures can be found dotting the streets, covered in bright colors, giant wings, bulging eyes and viper tongues. These are , papier-mâché creations that have become a staple of Mexican folk art. But how did these beautiful monsters come to be? That's all thanks to one man with a dream. As history has it, after falling into an unconscious state, Pedro Linares dreamed up a series of horrific creatures. Upon waking, he created his first sculpture. Today, his family continues to carry on the tradition of monster-making, keeping Pedro's visions alive.

Meet Pedro Linares' family and learn more about this incredible cultural tradition of Building Beautiful Monsters in Mexico with Great Big Story.

Plus, more context from Spanish Resource Shop:

... alebrijes are not a pre-Hispanic creation that are linked to the ancient indigenous celebrations of the dead, nor are they related in any way specifically to the Day of the Dead. They came to life in 1936 and are simply a beautiful art form.

Being such a popular folk art and a rich part of Mexican cultural heritage, you will find them around, everywhere. This includes during the time frame of the Day of the Dead. For example, there are competitions and parades of huge alebrijes in Mexico City in late October organized by the Museo de Arte Popular.

The Mexico City Alebrije Parade is an annual event to honor Mexican folk art. After the parade the giant creations are judged, prizes are awarded, and the alebrijes are displayed (usually along the Paseo de la Reforma) until just after the Day of the Dead.

Next: More videos with myths and monsters. Plus:
* San Francisco's Kei Lun Lion Dancers
* Nick Cave's Soundsuit performance
* In Bavaria, Krampus Catches the Naughty
* Six Forgotten Giants, Copenhagen's hidden scrap wood sculptures.

Bonus: More Mexico, including The Future Forest: 3 tons of plastic waste transform a botanical garden in Mexico and Dia de los Muertos - An animated journey to the land of the dead.

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BIO

Jen Stark's art is driven by her interest in conceptualizing visual systems to simulate plant growth, evolution, infinity, fractals, mimetic topographies, and sacred geometries. Using available materials-paper, wood, metal, paint-Stark strives to make work that balances on a razor's edge of optical seduction and perceptual engagement.

The resulting works often resemble organic, molecular, cloud-like structures, and are imbued with kinetic, undulating effects that serve to dislocate the viewer from staid reality into an immersive ecosphere of echoing patterns and the implausible designs found in nature. Even her vivid colors are in direct conversation with the natural world; the attractant/repellent properties of flowers encouraging pollination or insects warning birds of their poisonous traits, and the luminous mystery of phosphorescent sea creatures are among Stark's concerns.

Via these corporeal abstractions, spectators are led onto the astral plane; there's a transcendence to Stark's work where the vibrational phases become a sacrosanct and curative experience for the viewer. Traces of mandalas or nautili reveal themselves as sacred geometric forms in Stark's spiritual reservoir.

Stark's ability to create atmospheric, minimal, naturalist configurations that only reveal themselves after deep engagement align her with the artistic legacies of Yayoi Kusama, Sol Lewitt, Tara Donovan, Tom Friedman, Andy Goldsworthy, Ernst Haeckel, and the Finish Fetish artists of 1960s Los Angeles.

Not limited to the confines of museums and galleries, Stark's diverse practice-a series of sculptural objects that rely on a commitment to process and hypnotic repetition; charismatic wall works; widely seen murals; and intricately animated films-have been exhibited throughout the world.

Stark was born in Miami, Florida in 1983, and studied at the Maryland Institute College of Art, graduating in 2005. Since then, Stark has realized exhibitions globally, with major shows in New York, Los Angeles, Miami, Chicago, Thailand, and Canada. Her work is in the collections of the Smithsonian American Art Museum, the West Collection, Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, the Museum of Art Fort Lauderdale and MOCA Miami, among others.

Stark lives and works in Los Angeles.

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EDUCATION

2005 BFA (Magna Cum Laude), Major in Fibers, Minor in Animation, Maryland Institute College of Art , Baltimore, MD
2004 Study Abroad Program, Center for Art and Culture, Aix-en-Provence, France

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2019 "Dimensionality", Joshua Liner Gallery, New York, NY
2019 "Color Cascade", Schneider Museum of Art, Ashland, Oregon
2018 "Multiplicity", Wilding Cran Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2013 "Vortextural", Cooper Cole Gallery, Toronto, Canada
2012 "To The Power Of", Martha Otero Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2011 "Tunnel Vision", City Arts Center, Oklahoma City, OK
2009 "The Beginning of the End", LMAK Projects, New York, NY
2008 "Solo Exhibition", The Art Gallery at Government Center, Miami, FL
2008 "Much-much", Civilian Art Projects, Washington, DC
2008 "Place in Space", Carol Jazzar, Miami, FL
2007 "Little By Little", Heaven Gallery, Chicago, IL
2007 "Primaries", LMAK Projects, New York, NY
2007 "When The Colors Awoke", Bas Fisher Invitational, Miami, FL

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2019 "Blow UP II", Bedford Gallery, Walnut Creek, CA
2019 "Your Favorite Artist's Favorite Artist II", Joshua Liner Gallery, New York, NY
2018 "Elemental", William Turner Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
2018 "How They Ran", Over the Influence, Los Angeles, CA
2018 "A State of Infinite Division", Winsor Gallery, Vancouver, BC, Canada
2017 "Unquestionable Optimism", Johannes Vogt, East Hampton, NY
2017 "Cut Up/Cut Out", Bellevue Arts Museum, Bellevue, WA
2016 "Mirror, Mirror", Eric Firestone Gallery, East Hampton, NY
2016 "UNTITLED", Eric Firestone Gallery, Miami, FL
2015 "Piece by Piece: Building a Collection", Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art, Kansas City, MO
2014 "Somewhere Between Creation and Destruction", University of Hartford, West Hardford, CT
2014 "I think it's in my head", Girls Club Collection, Ft. Lauderdale, FL
2014 "Way Out West", The Art City Project: public art exhibition, San Franscisco, CA
2014 "Dazed and Confused", Eric Firestone Gallery, East Hamptons, NY
2013 "Summer Reading", The Hole Gallery, NYC, NY
2013 "Paper Works: The Art and Science of an Extraordinary Material", Berkshire Museum, Pittsfield, MA
2012 "40 under 40: Craft Futures", The Smithsonian American Art Museum, Renwick Gallery, DC
2012 "Color Theory: The Use of Color in Contemporary Art", Sonoma Valley Museum of Art, Sonoma, CA
2012 "Following the Line", Girls Club Collection, Ft. Lauderdale, FL
2011 "Spectra I", Future Tense, London, UK
2011 "Space Out", Space In, Andrew Rafacz Gallery, Chicago, IL
2011 "Double Rainbow Rainbow", Show and Tell Gallery, Toronto, Canada
2011 "Aesthetics and Values", Frost Art Museum, Miami, FL
2011 "Paper Cuts, Fullerton College Art Gallery", Fullerton, CA
2010 "Legal Tender", Martha Otero Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2010 "Dadarhea", O.H.W.O.W, Miami, FL
2010 "Florida Contemporary 2010", Naples Museum of Art, Naples, FL
2010 "Jen Stark & Rory Macarthur", Carol Jazzar, Miami, FL
2010 "SUBject/subJECT", Subliminal Projects, Los Angeles, CA
2010 "The Real Thing", Ipswich Art Gallery, Ipswich, Australia
2010 "Free Size", Sinudom Screen-printing Factory, Bangkok, Thailand
2010 "Friends of Friends", GARFO Art Center, Salt Lake City, UT
2010 "Floating World Animation Fest", Show Cave Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2010 "Compelled", Root Division, San Francisco, CA
2009 "Set To Manual , Girls' Club Collection, Ft. Lauderdale, FL
2009 "An Art Exhibition With a Cause", Fredric Snitzer Gallery, Miami, FL
2009 "Abstract Cinema, Museum of Contemporary Art", North Miami, FL
2009 "Collective Compulsions", Johansson Projects, Oakland, CA
2008 "Under the Influence", Girl's Club Collection, Ft. Lauderdale, FL
2008 "Optic Nerve X", Museum of Contemporary Art, North Miami, FL
2008 "Thirteen/08", Museum of Art Ft. Lauderdale, Ft. Lauderdale, FL
2008 "Portals", Johansson Projects, Oakland, CA
2007 "Littlest Sister", Spinello Gallery, Miami, FL
2007 "Waves", Civilian Art Projects, Washington, DC
2007 "Confluence", Fredric Snitzer Gallery, Miami, FL
2007 "Tiger in a Tropical Storm", Riviera Gallery, New York, NY
2007 "Life Size", Scion Installation Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2007 "Potential", Twenty Twenty Projects, Miami, FL
2007 "The People Under the Stairs", Locust Projects, Miami, FL
2006 "4th annual Flip-Book Festival: International Traveling Exhibition", Little Cakes Gallery, NYC, Space 1026, Philadelphia, PA; Reg Vardy Gallery, UK
2006 "VERSION>06: Parallel Cities-Group Group Show", Iron Studios Gallery, Chicago, IL
2005 "The Yard at Casa Lin", Casa Lin, Miami, FL
2005 "Artscape", Mount Royal Avenue, Baltimore, MD
2005 "Co operate", Bas Fisher Invitational, Miami, FL
2005 "Picture Window", Outdoor Installation on abandoned house, Baltimore, MD

AWARDS/GRANTS

2008 Winner of MOCA North Miami Optic Nerve 10th annual film festival, Miami, FL 2008
2008 South Florida Cultural Consortium's Visual and Media Artists Fellowship, Miami, FL
2007 Artist Enhancement Grant, Florida Division of Cultural Affairs, Miami, FL

LECTURES

2018 "The Universe of Jen Stark", CoSM, Wappingers Falls, New York, May 11
2014 "Art, Science and the Cosmos", SCI-Arc, Los Angeles, CA, January 15
2013 "Art & Conversation with MOCA curator Alma Ruiz", Martha Otero Gallery, Los Angeles, CA, November 3
2012 "Visual Arts Thinkers Series", Chapman University, Orange, CA, October 17

ARTIST-IN-RESIDENCE

2019 Bullseye Glass Company Artist Residency, Los Angeles, CA, July - November

COLLECTIONS

Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, D.C.
Miami International Airport, Miami, FL
Museum of Contemporary Art, North Miami, FL
Museum of Art Ft. Lauderdale, FL, Ft. Lauderdale, FL
The West Collection, Oaks, PA
The Christy & Bill Gautreaux Collection, Kansas City, MO
Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, AR
Microsoft Art Collection, Redmond, WA
The Goldman Collection, Miami, FL
The Girls Club Collection, Ft. Lauderdale, FL
The Sagamore Collection, Miami Beach, FL
Debra and Jeff Wechsler Collection, Miami, FL
Soho House Miami Collection, Miami Beach, FL

PUBLIC ART INSTALLATIONS/MURALS

2019 Sculpture, "Spatial Reflection", McDermott, Will & Emery, Boston, MA
2019 Sculpture, "Fractal Reflections", Great Parks Neighborhoods, Irvine, CA
2019 Sculpture, "Spectral Frequency", McDermott, Will & Emery, Century City, CA
2018 Sculpture, "Tunnel Vision", Santa Monica, CA
2017 Mural, "Chromatic Cascade", Arts District, Los Angeles, CA
2017 Mural & Installation, "Ooze", McDermott, Will & Emery, Miami, Fl
2016 Mural, "Drip Down", Hard Rock Stadium, Ft. Lauderdale, FL
2015 Mural, Facebook Headquarters, Menlo Park, CA
2015 Mural, The Surf Lodge, Montauk, NY
2015 Mural, "Technicolor Ooze", Culver City, CA
2014 Installation, "Driptych", Billboard installation, Art City Project, San Francisco, CA
2014 Mural, "Meltdown", Miami International Airport, Miami, FL
2013 Mural, "Cosmic Explosion", Vornado, Washington, D.C.
2011 Sculpture & Mural, "Wormhole" & "Drippy", Fashion Outlets of Chicago, Rosemont, IL
2011 Mural, "Acid Free", NSU Art Museum Fort Lauderdale, Ft. Lauderdale, FL
2008 Mural, Sagamore Hotel, Miami Beach, FL

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Do you like to cook? Do you like to eat? Did you know many artists make art about food. Here is just one example.

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Some meals leave an impression-you might remember the cherry pie your grandma always made or a multi-course dinner consisting of toast and caviar, a mound of shaved truffle topping pasta, and wagyu tartare. Rather than solely rely on his memory to envision the fare he's enjoyed, though, Japanese chef Itsuo Kobayashi has been painting and describing in detail the dishes he's eaten for the past 32 years in a series of notebooks and standalone works.

While an interesting look at Kobayashi's nourishment, the detailed projects are also a growing collection of outsider art. N. Kushino, who runs Kushino Terrace gallery in Fukuyama, Japan, and represents Kobayashi, tells Colossal that the artist begins by writing detailed passages of what he eats before going back to create his appetizing illustrations.

What stands out is that all of these drawings feature an overhead perspective so that all of the ingredients of the food Kobayashi depicts can be seen. Furthermore, in the blank spaces in his compositions, the artist writes the names and prices of, and his opinions about the food and the ingredients he portrays. He adds positive descriptive words about his subjects, such as "delicious," so that he may provoke good memories when he later looks at the drawings.

For many years, Kobayashi cooked at a soba restaurant and provided meals for schools until he was diagnosed with alcoholic neuritis, a debilitating condition that reduced his mobility. Now, the artist mostly works from home, ordering take-out often and continuing to detail his meals at length. Since he started the creative project at age 18, Kobayashi has produced more than 1,000 illustrations. "For him, painting and living have the same meaning. The disease (makes it) more and more difficult to walk, but he does not stop painting," Kushino says. Most recently, Kobayashi has begun shaping pop-ups in his works featuring bowls of tempura seafood and piles of noodles.

Shared at the Outsider Art Fair in New York earlier this year, Kobayashi's pieces sold for up to $3,000. To see a project in the same vein, check out James Deeds Jr.'s Ectlectric Pencil. (via ArtNet)

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Japanese Chef Has Filled Notebooks with Delectable Illustrations of All of His Meals for 32 Years

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Which of these parks have you visited?  Do you want to make art about a special trip you have been on or dream about a future trip you want to take?

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One of the best things America ever did was establish the national parks system, conserving the nation's ecological heritage and pristine wilderness for everyone to enjoy.

But, while visiting the parks is a family road trip classic, it's not exactly an inexpensive experience for many of us, not to mention how time consuming it can be.

Good news! You don't actually have to leave your couch to see some of America's most glorious landscapes. Powered by Google Earth, a whole bunch of parks offer free virtual tours.

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You Can Virtually Tour A Whole Bunch Of National Parks From Your Couch

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I love to experiment with paints and painting, right alongside my daughters, but I am definitely an amateur. Painting swirly flowers are as simple as can be, but with frame-worthy results. We can't stop making them! I think you and your kids will have fun combining colors and creating your own uniquely beautiful swirly flowers.

Supplies:

assorted colors of tempera paint

medium-sized flat brushes

heavy paper (such as watercolor paper)

Instructions:

Decide what size painting you want to make and cut your paper. We worked on half-sheets of watercolor paper (6×9 inches).

These flowers are so simple, but I love how they turn out. Choose two coordinating colors for your flowers, then dip your brush in both colors. We call loading your brush like this "double-dipping." Instead of mixing the colors on the palette, they mix and swirl right on the paper for a beautiful effect.

Now, paint a simple swirl shape to create a flower. I prefer to start on the outside of the flower and swirl towards the center.

You may find that you start to run out of paint as you get to the center of the swirl. No problem! Just dip your brush in both colors again, and go right over the first swirl. Here you can see one flower that has been painted twice, and a flower that was only painted once.

You can leave the starting "tail" of the swirl as is, or close the shape by connecting it with a little more paint. I love how the two colors blend together. And, as you can see, the swirls don't need to be perfect. The imperfection is what gives these flowers their charm!

Once you have painted all your flowers, it's time to add some simple leaves. These leaves are basically three brush strokes - two curved lines to outline the leaf, and one brush stroke to fill it in. Again, I dipped my brush in two colors, such as yellow and light green, for painting the leaves. Also, don't worry about smoothing out any brushstrokes - they add great detail to the leaves.

So, now you have the perfect art project for Mother's Day cards or end-of-the-year teacher gifts. I think these swirly flower paintings look especially nice mounted on black paper. They would make gorgeous bookmarks, too!

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I love to experiment with paints and painting, right alongside my daughters, but I am definitely an amateur. Painting swirly flowers are as simple as can be, but with frame-worthy results. We can't stop making them! I think you and your kids will have fun combining colors and creating your own uniquely beautiful swirly flowers.

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Paint a rose, with black glue as the resist medium, to create gorgeous rose art. A fun and easy watercolor rose painting idea for kids, teens, and adults. This rose watercolor painting tutorial includes how to make black glue and basic beginning watercolor techniques to help you learn how to paint a rose. Place rose art in a frame for an easy gift idea for mom or grandma.

Invite your children to paint a watercolor rose, and, join the fun! I had as much fun painting a watercolor rose as my 4-year-old daughter did!
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Rose Art Watercolor Painting Idea

Watercolor rose art is a fun and easy flower painting idea for kids, teens, and adults.

Watercolor Rose Art Materials
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How to Make Black Glue for Rose Painting

Making black glue is simple. You don't even need to measure. Add a good squirt of black acrylic paint
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to a bottle of white glue and shake well.

We have a small bottle, of what was once white glue, dedicated to continually mixing white glue and black acrylic paint into to make a never-ending supply of black glue. We never measure and it always turns out fine.

Remember, white glue dries clear. You don't need to keep adding black acrylic paint to make black glue look black. Black glue will always look a bit grey when it is wet but it always dries black.

How to Paint a Rose Watercolor Painting with Black Glue as the Resist Medium

Step 1 - Draw a Rose or Print Rose Art Template

Invite your child to use a pencil
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to draw a rose onto watercolor paper

, draw a rose for them, OR, print our free rose art template onto watercolor paper or heavy cardstock .

Step 2 - Trace Rose Art Template with Black Glue

Trace the outline of the rose art with black glue, and, allow the black glue to dry overnight. Older children will be able to do this step on their own while younger children may need some assistance.

Step 3 - Paint Rose with Watercolor Paint

When the black glue rose art outline is completely dry, invite children to use watercolors to paint a watercolor rose.

Rose Watercolor Art Process and Tips

I printed out and traced two roses with black glue the night before we did this watercolor rose art project because I wanted to paint a rose too!

Because my daughter has had a lot of experience working with wet-on-wet watercolors I decided to let her give this project a go without demonstrating it first. I was curious to see her process without any of my influence, so I told her that I would paint mine when she was finished.

If your child has never worked with watercolors, I recommend that you prepare at least one extra rose so you can demonstrate how to paint with watercolors first.
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Show children how to paint, more than tell them how to paint a rose. Young children are imitative creatures and learn best by watching others. (You can see evidence of this fact in "Round Two" below.)

The rose petals can be painted with watercolor paint individually, or, you can paint over the entire rose black glue and all. The black glue will resist the watercolor paint as long as it does not get soaking wet.

My daughter loves pink, so she chose to paint a rose with a light and a dark pink watercolor paint, and light green for the background. I told her a color story about a rose that longed to be bright and colorful and away she went.

For more information about how to tell an optional "color story" check out single color wet-on-wet watercolor painting.

Watercolor Rose Painting: Process Continued

Because I took pictures of my daughter painting, she wanted to take pictures of me painting rose art. Monkey see monkey do!

I decided to paint a rose with yellow, orange, and magenta watercolor paint, and my daughter took the photos below as I worked. I was seriously impressed with the pictures that my daughter took of my rose watercolor painting, so I decided to include her photos in the photo collage below.

In the rose art photos below, you can see how to lay the watercolors side by side and/or layer them on top of each other in order to allow them to mix and blend. Rose watercolor painting is a perfectly imperfect art form.

The key to painting a rose with watercolors is to go with the flow. You want to literally work with the way the watercolor paint flows as opposed to against the natural flow of the watercolors. Use water to help them mix, blend, and flow even more.
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Black Glue Rose Watercolor Resist Art Project: Round Two

My daughter loved this rose watercolor resist art project so much that she begged me to make more black glue roses to paint with watercolors, so I did! I was amazed at what happened.
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A few days after her first watercolor rose painting she painted two more watercolor roses. Even though she had watched me paint my watercolor rose a few days prior, I could see the influence that observing my work had on her rose painting.

This time I watched her start to paint a rose with her flat watercolor wash brush . Next, she decided to paint her rose art with a smaller watercolor brush

just like I did.
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And... wait for it... she began layering the watercolors and using water in the same way that she saw me paint rose art! Amazing and true!

As I said, children learn best by watching others. I gave no instruction at all. Not one tip or bit of advice.

She watched me paint a watercolor rose, took photos, and learned! Monkey see monkey learn!

Look at the amazing pink and blue rose, and, the gorgeous pink and red rose she painted below using her new watercolor layering and blending skills.

Watercolor Rose Painting with Black Glue Resist
Pink and blue rose on watercolor paper
A black glue rose is too gorgeous to stash away or sneak into the round file known as the trash can. This artwork would look amazing framed and hung in the home or given away as a gift.

My daughter can't wait to give the black glue roses she painted to her grandma's for Mother's Day!

You may also like these cute fingerprint flower glass magnets and this collection of amazing homemade gifts kids can make.

Learn more about Rhythms of Play HERE!

More Black Glue Watercolor Resist Art Projects
Pink and red rose on watercolor paper
If you like working with black glue you may like some of the other art projects below. Click on the title to see the full tutorial for each art project.
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Would you like to paint without using any paint?

My kids thought I was nuts when I asked them that question this morning, but my nutty ideas are always my best ideas, and this one worked out a treat!

We painted without paint... instead we painted with yarn!

This is a really low mess, easy art activity, that is almost mesmerizing!

All you need is clear self-adhesive book covering (which we call contact paper), scissors, some tape and some coloured yarn. That's it, that's really all you need.

We taped the self-adhesive paper, stick side up, to a sheet of paper so we could move it around easily, but you could tape it straight onto the table if you like. You just need to add a little tape at each corner to keep it still.

We collected a whole lot of different coloured knitting yarn and cut it into randomly sized pieces, ready to go. Now all your need to do is arrange the yarn onto the sticky paper.

The yarn sticks to the self-adhesive paper, no glue required, so you can arrange it any way you like, and take it off and rearrange if it you change your mind.

You can make a specific picture or design, or just fill the sticky paper with random swirls of colour.

Izzy made an emoji, and Morgan and I found our zen with random swirls and patterns.

When we were done we laid another piece of self-adhesive paper over the top to keep everything in place and both the kids put theirs on their bedroom windows. They look cool with the sun shining through the gaps and lighting up all the colours.

This is one of the easiest creative activities we've done. You really have to give this a go some time, it's really cool!

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Press Space to start anew.

Press Z to undo.

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Textile artist Judit Just is known for her colorful tapestries, delicately handwoven using materials like wool, high-quality vintage silk threads, viscose fringe tassels, and cotton threads and cords.

Born and raised in Barcelona, Spain, but currently based in Asheville, North Carolina, Just grew up surrounded by textiles and learned weaving from her mom when she was a little girl. Having studied later fashion design, sculpture, and textile art, she specialized in weaving and embroidery.

"With my weavings I try to seek the pleasure between the relationship of a tactile versus a visual synesthesia, touching colors, listening to textures, tasting shapes, perceiving colors represented by certain shapes, and vice versa," she shared in an interview with Sarah K. Benning. "But especially, my purpose is to share this experience with everyone else and give them some colorful goosebumps."

Using old weaving techniques, she adds a contemporary twist to her work by using vibrant color combinations and beautiful vintage threads. "As I'm weaving, I usually go crazy jumping on many diverse ideas at the same time like a distracted butterfly," she jokes. "I try to make fast sketches and secure some of the color combinations that suddenly pop on my mind, as fast as possible."

Take a look at some of her original designs in the gallery below:

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Macrame wall hangings are popular crafts and home decor, but learning all those knots can be complicated. Start with this easy macrame project that's perfect for kids! You only need to do two types of knots and you probably already know how to make them.

By working with one or two colors of t-shirt yarn, you can create a fun and colorful piece of fiber art to display on your wall!

In less than 30 minutes, you have a fun way to add some fiber to your room. Plus starting with this super simple version prepares you for learning more knots and creating other macrame pieces!

Don't get all tied up in knots...let's get crafting!

12-inch Wood Slat or Dowel Rod

T-shirt Yarn (we used 60 feet of color A and 48 feet of color B)

Scissors

Ruler

Step 1
Measure and cut five 5-foot pieces of t-shirt yarn from color A and four 5-foot pieces from color B.

Step 2
Fold a piece of yarn in half and place the fold behind the wood slat. Bring the ends of the yarn up and slip them through the folded loop.This is called the lark's head knot and you may have done this before without knowing the name.

Tighten the yarn so the folded loop is on the bottom.

Repeat this process with all the pieces of yarn, alternating between the two colors. Flip the wood slat over so the loops show on the front.

Step 3
Separate the yarn into three sections. Hold the first section of six strands of yarn and make a loop.

Bring the ends of the yarn through the loop and tighten the knot about 2 inches from the top.

This is called an overhand knot and it's exactly like tying a knot at the end of a thread before you start sewing.

Hold the last section of six strands of yarn together and tie an overhand knot. As you tighten the knots, try to make sure they are even with each other.

Step 4
Move two strands of color A yarn from the first section over and combine them with three strands of yarn from the center section. Tie a knot about 2-1/2 inches from the previous knots.Repeat on the other side, moving two strands of color A yarn from the last section and combine them with the rest of the center section, then tie a knot at the same height as the first knot from this step.

Step 5
Move the shorter strands from the step 4 knots back to the outside sections. Tie each of the outside sections into an overhand knot about 2-1/2 inches from the previous knots.

Step 6
Hold the yarn in the center section together and tie an overhand knot. Trim the ends so they are even. Next, trim the ends on the first and last sections so all the strands are even with the shortest piece in the section.

Step 7
Cut a 14-inch piece of t-shirt yarn and tie it to the ends of the wood slat with a simple knot.

Your macrame wall hanging is ready to display on a wall or door! You can even hang this in a space that lets your macrame turn and move so you can see through the yarn and knots!

This isn't exactly traditional macrame, but it uses the same concepts, which is what makes it a great place to start. Learning how to move the strands of yarn (or rope!), knotting, and keeping the spacing even are all important as you try more techniques.

If you don't want to use t-shirt yarn, you can also use rope, woven macrame cord, or even extra bulky yarn. Working in a single color will also look great, but having alternating colors helps kids see where the strands go. Want to add more color? Try knotting a whole rainbow!

Happy crafting!

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