Little Pink Apple

Category: Humanities

  • Tin Foil Masterpiece

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    Odds are you have everything you need to complete this project in your home already.  It is very inexpensive to create which is great news if you are a teacher on a budget.  You will need  Elmer’s white glue, yarn, tinfoil, heavy weight paper, and sharpie markers.  Simply glue the yarn to the heavy paper.…

  • Fall Button Trees

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    Draw and paint a tree trunk on canvas using brown acrylic paint. Glue buttons to canvas using sobo glue.  

  • Artist Study: Albrecht Durer

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    Albrecht Durer makes a wonderful target for an artist study.  Like so many of the great renaissance masters, Durer excelled in more than one artistic medium.  Personally, I regard his paintings as amazing his woodcuts; there is so much fine detail.  To think that he carved all those little patterns.  Wow! We started our Durer…

  • Wrench Xylophone

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    Making homemade instruments can be a little lackluster to say the least.  They frequently only play one note and children loose interest very quickly.  We made these xylophones out of inexpensive tubing that can easily be purchased from Home Depot and a cheap wrench set which you can find  from Walmart, Target or the Dollar…

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    Griddle drawings are really fun and a wonderful way to use old worn-out crayons.  All you need is paper, crayons, a griddle, tin foil, and a heavy duty dish towel.  This activity should always be done under close adult supervision.  I set my griddle to a low setting and cover the griddle with tin foil…

  • Leonardo Da Vinci: Part 2

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    There is no shortage of literature on Leonardo Da Vinci for children.  There is one book that stood out in my mind because it had such great activities that really brought the artist, wait no the scientist, wait no the inventor, uh the architect, the “ultimate renaissance man” to life! It was “Amazing Leonardo da…

  • Leonardo Da Vinci Part 1

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    We were extremely fortunate to experience the Leonardo Da Vinci exhibit twice.  We first visited the traveling exhibit at the Elliot Museum in Stuart, Florida.  Then we had the opportunity to visit the permanent exhibit in Florence, Italy.  If you have the ability, this exhibit is most definitely worth the visit.  It is so unique…

  • Parts of an Orchestra

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    I found this fabulous resource on the  Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra’s website.  This is a fantastic project that teaches children the parts of the orchestra.  All you need is poster board, markers, glue, and a printer.    

  • How to Make A Suncatcher Wind Chime

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    These sun-catcher wind chimes are really easy and fun to make.  We have ours hanging from a palm tree.  When the wind picks up the clinking of the disks makes a delightful sound.  I have used many different types of beads when doing this project.  Pony beads work the best.  Now that they come in…

  • David Uzochukwu

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    Kids are amazing!  I am frequently awed by the youth of today.  Every time I turn around I am reading about a young person who has achieved incredible academic success, is an artistic phenom, is working tirelessly to make the world a better place, or is simply just a great well rounded kid.  I try…