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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!

Easy Animal Block Art

CO-VID days dragging? Need something simple to keep your kids busy? Try Animal Block Art!

Supplies: 

3 Blocks of Wood 

3 Printed: Black and White Animal Heads 

Paint/Paint Brushes/Cup of Water/Paper Towels  

Mod Podge Matte Finish (yellow bottle)/Brush: 1 inch. Purdy 

First, paint your blocks of wood with fun, bright colors: teal, pink, orange? Or red and purples? Or??? Up to you! Second, cut out the animal heads from the paper. Third, paint on a thin layer of Mod Podge on each block of wood. Then lay the animal head on the Mod Podge. Allow for the Mod Podge to dry. Then go back and put the top layer of Mod Podge over the paper. Then allow for it to dry. Now, you have beautiful artistic animal blocks to put on your walls! 

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

Tips: How to decorate with Mod Podge (without bubbles and wrinkles)

-Addicted2Decorating, Youtube  

Kids stuck inside all day? Keep them focused on the joys of life with ArtStory Adventures!

Live, Zoom or DIY:  3 Weeks of Snowy ARTS Fun!

Each Week includes: Drawing animals, Painting snowscapes, Building, Creating… ARTS Education that’s fun!  Weekly 45 min.-1 hour art classes with Claire, suited to your family’s schedule.

Register now here to get your ART KIT delivery prior to class, to attend live classes @ All Souls Church/UES, or watch instructional videos to create with your hands, minds & CCA Art Kits: http://dev.clairescreativeadventures.com/classes/2021-virtual-art-classes/

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/

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!

Happy Kwanzaa!

Kwanzaa means first fruits of the harvest!

Thankful for the harvest this year has blessed us with. Food to fill our stomachs and time to spend with our loved ones whether near or far!

“Everyone can use these [explained] principles below…to be a better human being!”

-(What is Kwanzaa and How is it Celebrated?, Inside Edition: Youtube) 

Seven principles of Kwanzaa are Umoja: Unity, Kujichagulia: Self Determination, Ujima: Collective Work and Responsibility, Ujamaa: Collective Economics, Nia: Purpose, Kuumba: Creativity, Imani: Faith.  

Kwanzaa Kinara  

Supplies: Paper Plate, Markers, Scissors, Construction Paper, Popsicle Sticks and Glue.  

Watch the step-by-step video on how to color around the edges of the plate in a fun, colorful pattern; write the holiday greeting, cut slits in the paper plate, color the craft sticks, cut out Kwanzaa candle flames and glue the candles to the paper! 

Click Here to Watch!

Again Happy Kwanzaa and may the year be prosperous!

Merry Christmas Everyone!

Celebrate this holiday year with wonderful cheer!  

Tis the season!  

Art Ingredients: 
*A spoonful of craft, 
*A dash of model magic & wire, 
*A sprinkle of collage 
*A heaping amount of creative fun!  

Check out these photos from our flashback Christmas Past Art 2-5’s Projects! (2018)    

Again Merry Christmas from Claire’s Creative Family!

Unicorn Wonderland and Construction Birthday Parties

On November 1st, 2020, we prepared and celebrated 2 simultaneous birthdays (5 & 3 year olds) in this new Covid-19 world. It was our first (and very successful!) experience to set up multiple projects, in order, for the guests to enjoy after we left, so that they did not have to wear masks during their small celebration with family. They were happily excited when we, Claire and assistant, Emylee, showed up to their house with art & craft supplies in hand. The children eagerly wanted to play before it was set up and we had to say, “We know waiting is hard, but just a little longer!” So they bounced down to finish their breakfast and take a nap before the afternoon activities started. 

We set up tables for creating the opening and main activities: The 5-year-old girls were engaged by an opening self-starter (dry art) Stained-Glass Unicorn & Rainbow project, followed by their main project (by request): Unicorn sculptures with 3D Scene-Building for environments (and how to make a unicorn step-by-step example sheets.) Plus, a 4-foot Standing Unicorn to inspire, play & take photographs with!

For the 3 year old boys, we welcomed them with an Erector Set– with dump trucks, concrete trucks, forklifts, construction men and signs on the floor. On the 3’s tables, we anticipated their shorter attencion spans and provided a 2nd welcoming activity: A roadway map with Foam Truck and Car Stickers. Then, while the girls scultped Unicorns and Rainbows, the boys had a 3D-Transportation Project: Hand-Made Wooden (Silly) Trucks & Cars to decorate & add color to (with specialty crayons, allowing them to add water at home to spread the color!)

Finally, we displayed Colorful Party Bags including: For the girls, A mermaid fabric sparkly-sequin purse filled with unicorn erasers, unicorn-crayons, puffy rainbow-unicorn stickers and little surprises + a unicorn-rainbow coloring book. For the boys, an extra mini-construction tote bag filled with all of the small things related to vehicles: Truck crayons, stamps & stickers, sticker books, mini-toy trucks and a mini-paintbrush… Plus, each boy guest received personalized construction hats- including stickers with their names, ages and “Thanks for making my party loads of fun!”

When the children got up from their nap, we showed them around their magical party stations and Claire demonstrated how to master their art projects. We wished them a very special “Happy Birthday!” and departed, since they needed to get ready & their guests would be arriving soon! 

We are grateful to be invited & entrusted to create these 2 sibling’s birthday experiences again this year! Can’t wait until the next celebration!

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