Art Is Every Day

Art isn’t just what you find in a museum, a sculpture park, or a one-period-a-week elementary school curriculum—art is every day. This handy resource offers more than 65 ideas for parents, grandparents, teachers, and others who want to bring meaningful, rich, and fun art experiences into children’s lives. The projects are easy to do and require only inexpensive or free materials. Children will:

Go on a photographic scavenger hunt looking for forms and shapes

Write a short biography based on a museum portrait using only clues found in the painting

Practice printmaking using Styrofoam plates

Explore perspective by following the shapes of buildings viewed from different angles

Make a sand casting on a trip to the beach

and more

Art Is Every Day is the perfect resource for parents whose children’s school has cut its art program, for grandparents who want to share fun activities with their grandchildren, or for art teachers who would like to support their curriculum with fresh ideas for field trips and homework assignments.