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Blossom this Spring

April is the best month in NYC to see the cherry blossoms all over the city- especially around the Reservoir in Central Park!

Try making one of your own after an OUTDOOR ART HUNT for the natural materials!

Materials

Collect: Tree branches, grass, rocks

Tissue Paper, Toilet paper Tube, Newspaper, Gold Paint

Hot Glue or Paper Clip, Scissors

Flour

Directions

  • Papier mâché (flour/H2o mixture like pancake mix + newspaper strips) the cardboard square base + toilet tube together after taping together (leave a hole for the tree branch!) 

  • Add rocks & grass with glue. 

  • Tissue paper for Flowers: Overlap/ stack 2-3-4 (smaller size) square colorful tissue sheets, fold in ½, fold in ½ again, cut curvy edge (on non-folded part), twist to a point (the bottom of folded part) hold tight and open into a flower! 

  • Hot glue (or paperclip) your flower bases all along the tree branch.

  • For Extra fun -First add Paint: *Add gold color to the tree branch and let dry before attaching flowers!

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Spring Break Fun

Happy Passover!

Fun Fact: “Passover is often celebrated with great pomp and ceremony, especially on the first night, when a special family meal called the seder is held….”

Create a spring cup to place your mini art supplies in!

Passover Cup or Yarn Cup

Supplies  

Colorful Yarn  /Glue or Mod Podge / Scissors  

Plastic Clear Cup: Wine Glass Shape 

First, cut string depending on how much of each color you want on the cup. Second, take small portions of the cup to use a paint brush to Mod Podge or use Glue to make the surface sticky. Then wind the string around the cup. Third, continue the process until the whole cup is covered with different color strings. Fourth, glue gems on the outside of the string. Then allow it to sit and dry!  

-Craft and PC: Elijah’s Cup Passover Craft, Toriavey  

Need outdoor fun next week? Join our SPRING BREAK CAMP! Summer Camp Registration is also OPEN for registration (Starts June 5) Click here to learn more

Spring Ahead!

Springtime is the land awakening! The March winds are the morning yawn. -Lewis Grizzard

Celebrate spring by creating a bright colorful, robot puppet with your kids! Then in the afternoon, take the robot puppet outside and put on a puppet show!

Robot Puppet 

Supplies: 

Scissors, Glue, Markers or Oil Pastels and Water Color   

Dowel or Carboard Tube “(we used the white tubes around wire hangers which you can score for free from most dry cleaners)” 

Brads, Cardboard, Duct Tape 

Fun Options: Gems, Buttons, Tissue Paper, Scrapbook Paper 

  • “Choose a shape for the head” or “cut a 5×5 square.”

  • Use oil pastels to decorate the head and paint watercolors over for an awesome effect. Then glue the fun options from gems to scrapbook paper for added detail.

  • Follow all the steps for the body, arms and legs that you did for the head.

  • Glue the head to the body. Use a hole puncher or toothpick to punch holes where the arms and legs need to connect to the body. Then add a brad to connect each piece- the robot can now move and groove!

  • Take the dowel or cardboard tube and duct tape it to the back.

  • Create a fun puppet show with your creative, colorful, spectacular Robot! 

-PC and Craft: Make Robot Puppets, Meri Cherry Art Studio 

Don’t take a break from Creativity! 5 ways to stay Creative this Spring (Parents and kids!) Creative problem-solving for families in need of educational entertainment:

  1. In-Person Summer Camps: Kids will explore all types of art media. Outdoor Courtyards are used for sketching and outdoor art! (weather permitting) Daily easel painting, dry art murals, free-choice art stations, storytelling + inspiring art processes to tantalize and engage every age and skill level! Learn/practice simple French and Spanish. June to August/ Full week or once-a-week options/ Age Groups: Late 3-6′s/ 7-11′s /Mornings or Afternoons. LIC & UES locations.  Click Here to Learn more!

2. Spring Break Camps: OUTDOOR PAINTING, MOVING AND CREATING ARTStory Adventures. Ages 4-9. Introduction to French and Spanish! Daily Art and Movement in Outdoor Courtyards + Drawing, Painting, Sculpting, Multi-Media *Friday field trips to the Metropolitan Museum of Art.  Begins March 22-April 2, Monday-Friday*In-Person@1157 Lexington @ All Soul’s Church. (2 hours) 9:30-11:30am / 1-3pm / 3-5pm. $550 per week/ Limited to 6 spaces for safety. Reserve a time as a Pod. Click Here to Learn more!

3. April/May Classes:  Outdoor and indoor creative & inspiring art development (in-person) programs: Inquire Here and share your scheduling needs & location: Click Here to Inquire.

4. Personalized Private Classes: A great way to stay practiced and learn new skills!  Painting, Sculpting, Drawing, Multi-Media, Photography… Tell us your interests! Click Here to Inquire

5. Virtual ARTStory Adventures: (Siblings receive a 50% Discount!) Socially distant learning: 1 hr. Zoom classes with jam-packed ART KITS and added DIY video extras to choose from (for in-between classes) like additional drawing lessons, dance, movement and experiments. Monthly series. Happening NOW-May. Join us for anIntroductory Week: and receive 2 classes + Art Kit with all Drawing, Painting, Crafting and Building supplies… for only $97! Check it out & join us: Our next Adventure begins in 2 weeks! Click Here to Register!

Happy Creating during Snow Days in February

Fabulous last two weeks with a wonderful student! In week 1, we went to the South Pole with Scarlett from ArtStory Adventures! She created a Decoupage canvas snowscape!

Week 2: She drew Scarlett’s Best Friend, Polie!

Want your child to feel courageous, safe and to overcome making “mistakes”?

Join us for Spring Break Camp (or spring classes) where they will be empowered by the ARTS to learn how to make bold choices! Daily Courtyard Art and Movement, Drawing, Painting, Sculpting with exciting Multi-Media building of 3D Stories! 

March 22-April 2, Monday-Friday* Ages 4-6 /7-9. In-Person: Location: @1157 Lexington @ All Soul’s Church.  (Strict safety precautions observed.)

Week 1 or Week 2: Choose AM or PM: (2 hours) 9:30-11:30am / 1-3pm / 3-5pm: Indoor + Outdoor art activities + *Friday field trips to the Metropolitan Museum of Art  

Contact us to Inquire or Register Now Here: (Limited Spaces/ 6 children per time/ Pods welcome with a 6-student reservation.) $550 per week  

Inquire or Register HERE: http://dev.clairescreativeadventures.com/general-inquiries/ 

Through monthly illustrated stories, children discover that when love and courage unite, they are unstoppable! Children unlock their own courageous superpowers through storytelling, drawing animals, creating 3-D sets and experiments (dance & theatre are also included!)  

Or Try our online version: 1 hr. Zoom Classes with additional DIY art-making videos or Digital-only access to these monthly activities. Introductory Week: 2 classes, w. art kits and all videos for only $97: Click here to register!

Happy President’s Day! Did you know….?

“The oil-on-canvas painting illustrates George Washington, then a general in the American Revolutionary War, crossing the Delaware River with his troops on the night of Dec. 25-26, 1776. The crossing immediately precipitated Washington’s surprise attack on the Hessian forces in the Battle of Trenton in New Jersey….

Although the painting depicts a scene from the American Revolutionary War, the original was actually painted in 1851 in Germany — 75 years after the Battle of Trenton, says David Parrish, professor of art history.

German-born artist Emanuel Gottlieb Leutze, who was born 40 years after the battle, painted “Washington Crossing the Delaware” in Düsseldorf.”

-PC and Information: Purdue University, Did you know ‘Washington Crossed the Delaware’ Painting?

Red, White and Blue Recycled Egg Carton Boats

Supplies: 

Half of a cardboard egg carton/ Red, White and Blue Fabric (keep kids busier longer with paper or napkins and markers) 

Brown yarn/Scissors/Glue/Small Stick,

Lego Figurines or Animals

Easy craft to keep your kiddos laughing and playing for hours! First, cut out large triangle and then wrap one of long edges around the craft stick. Second, cut out six mini flags out of the fabric. If you want this craft to take longer then get out construction paper or napkins, and markers for the triangles. Third, cut the brown yarn and then hot glue from the bottom of the carton to the top of the big flag. Make sure the string is tight. Fourth, glue the mini flags to the string. Finally, add your animal or lego characters to your boat and let them float on the floor. You can totally get these wet, just know that it will probably sink! 

-PC and Craft: 11 Crafts for Kids to Keep Them Busy During Lockdown, Heart Handmade 

Join our ARTStory Adventures!

All-in-one Digital & Live ART Classes in Drawing, Sculpting, Crafting, Imagination & Stories of Adventures! (Bonus short movement and dance videos included.) Click HERE to learn more.

https://www.hearthandmade.co.uk/crafts-for-kids/

Spread love with FUN HEART PRINTS & recyclable materials today: Make your cards with Bubblewrap Prints!

Happy (Pre) Valentine’s Day !

Enjoy this super easy (and free!) card-making project with Bubble wrap makes cool prints on cards with paint! (or any recyclable material with texture)

Kids LOVE popping bubbles in bubblewrap! Keep them busy & their fingers strong with this fun printing activity- while using up packaging to boot! (or get a sheet from UPS or Staples.) Don’t have bubblewrap handy? Look around the home for textured materials to cut into hearts!
Materials: Scissors; marker, white or colored paper; paint brush, paint or ink pad, paper towels or newspaper + bubble wrap

Pop all the bubbles first on the bubble wrap! Fold a piece of paper in 1/2 or in 1/4. On a flat surface, lay down newspaper or paper towels. Then, with a marker, draw a (large) heart shape onto the bubble wrap that will fit your folded paper. Cut the bubble wrap heart shape. Next, place layer of paint on the bubble wrap with a brush, and then lay it carefully face-down onto the paper, press with out moving and lift. (Set aside for more prints of various colors!) Finally, Write Happy Valentine’s Day! To: ___________ From __________  on the front or the back. Add stickers, glue and glitter or a message as to why you LOVE them!

PC: The Best Ideas for Kids

We can’t wait to see you live in the classroom! One of our favorite V-Day projects was creating beautiful works of art like Jim Dine: Monotypes et Gravures!
“Did you know that a monotype is the proof of a painting made on a metal, glass or plexiglass plate?

-artland.com

Click here to check out our more Jim Dine art projects!

Check out ARTSTORY ADVENTURES!

Enjoy cold winter days with this creatively comprehensive monthly series: Story-Based Travel & Cultural Exploration via Virtual or Live Artistic Development in Drawing, Crafting, Sculpting and Building. Direct endless energy… as Movement & Dance bonus videos enrich the adventure!

Take your 1st Trial Week of ARTStory Adventures! and receive one of our comprehensive ART KITS delivered to your home! (Watercolor pencils, crafts, dry erase and more!)

Do Your Kids Miss Travel As Much As I DO?

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Dear Parents,

Did you know in mid-December, travel reflected a 48% drop below last year’s levels? Staying home is getting tiresome, and I for one need bigger adventures!Travel & learning about other cultures are cornerstones of the CCA programs, and we don’t have to leave the ground to fly first class.

Claire wants to build your child’s love for travel and adventure. We’ll even learn a little Spanish and French!

Children will fly high exploring various countries and traditions while learning techniques in drawing, shading, crafting & building 3D scenes & Sets. We’ll even pack your bags! Get your all-included 1st week’s Art Kit delivered in advance. Enjoy weekly art-making classes with Claire for ages 3.5 to 9 (Older adventures coming soon.)
Hurry… This flight takes off January 18th ✈️

Click to Register for Story Adventures $97 Intro Week

Each story is jam-packed with adventures & materials, starting with Scarlett meeting Polie in the South Pole ❄️ We’ll travel through Chile, dance at the Chilean festival, see Tierra del Fuego, have a feast in Mexico, go surfing in California, meet the animals in Alaska, before landing in the North Pole (and this is just the first month!)

  • Work at your own pace and time of day, convenient for your family 
  • All materials are delivered to your home
  • Pre-recorded Virtual Fun is provided through Google classroom
  • Optional online live-stream 45 min. art class each week (recorded and later uploaded for busy schedules.) 
  • Plus lots of extra DIY projects, games + creative action-based videos!
  • Administrative assistance, so that your child’s experience is first class.

Want to make this a fully Live experience? In-Person Live classes will be available starting February 4th @ All Souls Church, 1157 Lexington Avenue on the UES of NYC. For LIC or other locations: Contact us!

XO Claire Munday, Owner and Visionary of Claire’s Creative Adventures

Art + Electronics=Fun

Dear Parents, 

With CCA, screen time in 2021 may surprise you! Videos which encourages Imagination and exercise + Quality Art Materials, for your ‘At-Home’ Art Studio!  Weekly live engagement classes (optional) will keep your kids active and inspired to work each week…OFFLINE!   

Meeting and drawing our favorite penguin, Sweet Scarlett and the animals she encounters, travelling the world. Building icy coves & igloos in the South Pole  Even make-your-own snow STEM activities! Kids draw each animal family, various scenes, landscapes, igloos and lots, lots more! Each week is filled with new ideas to start them off running and creating, even after class- all week long. They’ll love using their hands, brains and bodies in Story Adventures: An interactive 3-D Art Adventure kids watch, learn to create & build themselves while reading and hearing stories of friendship adventures across many countries and cultures. 

This class takes off February 1, 2021. Virtual Live & In-Person classes begin February 4 @ All Souls Church, 1157 Lexington Avenue on the UES of NYC!

Register ASAP: Click Here to receive your Art Kit in time for virtual classes!

 Try the 1st week and recieve your Wk. 1 Art Kit, including all art tools below!

Slime Artwork

How to age-appropriate Slime?  We believe one medium can be ameliorated to multi-level learning through creative programming…. And here’s how! 

While the mixture of the Slime is the same, the Art Challenges we present are not. 

Combining museum-inspired work with an art education for any age- with keen age-appropriated challenges is what makes this curriculum unique.  While making art, children are inspired by the art of NYC and the world, even recognizing major artists and styles at ages 3 & 4 years old. 

For example, when Joseph Cornell exhibited at the Met., Claire knew this was a great opportunity to keep her slime-crazed students happy– by having them design apothecary-style Joseph Cornell boxes with a wide array of high-end papers and materials, including chalkboard paper and white acrylic markers to write their own French words.  Then she took them to the museum. 

Assemblage Art: Joseph Cornell-Inspired Shadow Boxes 

Using found objects & a decoupage technique, students made shadow boxes for their slimes(!) with an apothecary look, a signature aspect of Assemblage artist Joseph Cornell. Assemblage Art is a form of sculpture comprised of any organic or man-made material/ found objects & assembled together to create a piece based on each child’s choices and personalities. We brainstormed, collected, arranged and layered to visualize aspects of ourselves and to construct a memory in a box.  

Students’ addition of white charcoal pencil, Chinese ink, brushes, calligraphy, letters and words (also French!) helped us to also discover the fun in designing their shadow boxes! 

Fall Classes are Upon Us: Inquire Now 

Or Read more about our Growing Class Offerings:  

Art Adventure (Ages 3 to 8), Rendezvous: (Art, French and Lunch): (Ages 3 to 5), Art Adventures Studio: (Ages 9 and up), DanceArt Expression: (Ages: 3-8), Drawing Adventures: (with Jonathan Lex and various professional local artists): (Ages 9-12) & (Ages: 13-15), Music Adventures (Ages: 2-3), Music & Art Adventures (Ages: 2-3), Global Adventures (Ages: 5 and up), Social Justice Art History Class: (Ages: 10-15), Digital Photography and Social Media Class with Social Justice (Ages: 10 to 15), Monthly Art Workshops for Parents & Children (Featuring Visiting Artists), Bubbs Ross: Painting (and tasting) for Adults.