Dinosaur Week: Pop-Up Dino Eggs!

 Dinosaur Week is underway and yesterday we had so much fun creating these Pop-Up Dino Eggs! If you missed out, don't worry. Just grab these supplies and follow along with me!

 Here's the video!

Want to join the fun today? We'd love to have you. We're going on a Dino Dig! Here's what we're using:

You can join the LIVE art class on my Instagram, my Facebook or catch it afterward on my YouTube channel. New videos added all the time so be sure to subscribe!

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Dinosaur Week: Paleontologist Portraits!

 Welcome to Dinosaur Week! Yesterday we had so much fun drawing ourselves as paleontologists! You can now draw along with me by gathering these supplies:

 And watch the video here! 

Today we created these fun Pop-Up Dino Eggs! It was a lot of fun. If you want to join me LIVE you can do so on my Instagram, my Facebook or catch the videos the next day on my YouTube channel. Be sure and subscribe, new videos are added every day!

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Dinosaur Week!

I can't believe we are heading into our fifth week of LIVE online art classes! When I started this adventure with Robot Week, I didn't have any idea or plans to continue. But so many of you have joined the fun and, honestly, it's been such a joy for me that I don't see signs of stopping...at least not for a while. And that brings us to this week's theme Dinosaur Week!

We'll kick off Dinosaur Week with a Paleontologist Portrait. We'll either create a self-portrait of that of someone else. Simple supplies are all you need and if you see a supply on the list that you don't have, don't worry. I always offer lots of alternative supply possibilities. 

Now that we are paleontologists, let's go digging for dino eggs! These fun moveable puppet-like eggs are easy to create and so fun to play with and create stories about. 

I seem to bring back the salt dough clay each week but I know kids love it! If you don't have the ingredients to make the clay, any clay will do: Model Magic, modeling clay, playdoh, you name it! 

What do dinosaurs eat?! Well, in this project, you get to decide! In this lesson, we'll make a mouth that pops open for you to draw whatever snack foods you wish to have your dinosaur munching on. 

 What if the dinosaurs...came back?! And roamed the streets of our cities? Let's make a pop-up city for our dinos to wander in. We'll create dinosaurs using cereal boxes and a TP tube!

If you'd like to join the fun, art class is free! You can catch it LIVE on my Instagram and my Facebook. You can always watch later on my YouTube channel. New videos added daily so you might want to subscribe. See you soon!

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Let's Make a Bunny Puppet!

Hoppy Easter! If you want a super fun and simple craft, I've got you covered. Let me show you how to make these super cute bunny puppets in just a matter of minutes. Have fun!

Now that your puppet is complete, can you perform a puppet show? Can your bunnies tell a story? What fun can you have with your bunny puppet?

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Superhero Week: Miniature Comic Book and a Wrap Up!

Well, that's a wrap for Superhero Week! We ended this adventure by creating our very own comic book! We used all of the skills we learned throughout the week and combined them in the drawing portion of our book. In case you missed yesterday's lesson, not to worry, here are the supplies you'll need:

And here's the lesson:

I thought I'd also share the lessons we did throughout the week. Here was what we created on Thursday: Superhero Costumes!

On Wednesday we had so much fun creating a Superhero Pop-Up Card!

Tuesday was spent creating an Onomatopoeia with salt dough clay.

And on Monday we made a Superhero Selfie!

Next week, our theme is DINOSAURS! I'm working on the projects now and plan to post the lesson line up and the list of supplies tomorrow. 

If you want to follow along art class live, you can do so on my Instagram, my Facebook or catch it afterwards on YouTube. Be sure and subscribe to my YouTube as I'm adding new videos sometimes twice a day!

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Superhero Week: Superhero Costume!

What's a superhero without their disguise? Yesterday we explored picking three colors that defined our superhero and then created cuffs and a mask to complete our look. It was so much fun and the supplies were simple. If no construction paper is available, I share a way to take white paper and make it colorful and fun to work with.

You can create short cuffs or big ones. I'll show you how to do both! As for today...

It's our last day of Superhero Week! How did that happen?! Today we'll be finishing by creating a miniature comic based on our superhero. I can't wait to see the comic books all you artists create! 

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How to Draw a Unicorn!

Happy National Unicorn Day! To celebrate, I created a short 3 minute video that will show you how to draw your very own unicorn! Have fun and enjoy:

All you need is paper, markers and crayons but really any art supply will do. 

And now a flashback to last year when my kindergarten and I celebrated Unicorn Day complete with our friend Uni the Unicorn. Happy Thursday!

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Superhero Week: Super Pop-Up Card!

Wow! The artists who joined me live yesterday really had a lot of fun with this one: a Super Pop-Up Card! If you've not made a pop-up card before, you really outta give this simple project a shot. Here's the list of supplies you'll need:

You'll need two pieces of paper, one for the card and the other for your buildings and superhero. And here's how you can create your own card:

The possibilities of what you can create with this simple pop-up concept are limitless! If you want to join us today, here's what you might want to have on hand:

You can watch LIVE today (and every weekday) on my Facebook or my Instagram. You can also watch all videos the next day on my YouTube channel. New videos are up all the time so you might want to be sure to subscribe! 

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Superhero Week: Superhero Selfie!

Yesterday was our first day in Superhero Week and it was so much fun! We had so many artists join in LIVE both on my Facebook and my Instagram that it made me so stinkin' happy. I'm thrilled that so many of you all are enjoying our Art Class with Cassie time together!

If you missed our Superhero Selfie adventures, not to worry! Above is the list of supplies and here's the video:

Want to join the fun today? Here's the list of supplies! If you click the links above, you can find me on Facebook or Instagram. Also, be sure and subscribe to my YouTube channel as new videos are dropped almost every day!

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Superhero Week!

I really cannot believe that I am heading into the fourth week of home-based art class! I have so enjoyed teaching those of you who have been joining in. This week I'm excited to share that our theme is Superheroes! Before I go any further, in case you missed Robot Week, Zany Scientist Week or Pirate Week, just click the highlighted word and head straight there for fun projects with video! 

Tomorrow, we'll kick things off with a Superhero Selfie! Any supplies you might not have, don't worry. I always share ways to make do with what you've got. 

 Who doesn't love a good onomatopoeia?! We'll make these with our favorite air dry clay recipe that we've used the last couple of weeks. Don't have the supplies? No problem, we can still make these plaques with paper and glue!

Be thinking of a word that makes a sound!

Let's make a pop-up card for a special superhero in your life! making pop up cards is highly addictive so get ready to become a little card making factory of fun!

Got toilet paper tubes? Well then you have the start of Thursday's project!

Be thinking about what three colors could be represent you as a superhero! 

To end our week of superhero goodness, we'll create our very own miniature comic book all about...us! As superheroes.

 It's gonna be action-packed, y'all! 

To join the fun, you can catch me LIVE on my Facebook page or my Instagram. Or watch afterward on my YouTube channel. Be sure and subscribe as new art videos are dropped almost every day!

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Pirate Week: Alligator Puppet and a Weekly Wrap Up!

Wow! I don't know about you, but Pirate Week was an absolute blast! So many of you joined the fun that I loved seeing photos of you and your children creating along with me. It means the world to me. Thank you so much for sharing! In case you missed out on making your own Alligator Puppet, here's the list of supplies you'll need:

And here's the how-to video:

In case you missed any of our Pirate Week adventures, I thought I'd do a recap of all of our projects here! I'll be sharing the videos here but if you want a list of supplies, you can check out this blog post.

There's what we created on Thursday...a crowd favorite: Treasure Maps!

I brought back the Salt Dough Clay recipe because it was such a hit during Zany Scientist Week. With it, we created the details on our Treasure Chest!

We constructed a Pirate Ship Collage with materials found around the home:

And we even drew ourselves as pirates when we created this Wanted Pirate Poster!

I'll be going LIVE again this week for...Superhero Week! Stay tuned for the projects I have lined up for us, I'll be posting later on today. You can catch me LIVE here on Facebook or on Instagram. You can also catch me later on my YouTube channel.

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PIrate Week: Treasure Box with Coins

Yesterday we had a wild time creating not one but TWO art projects! That's right, we created both a treasure box and made salt dough clay to create the decorations and coins for our box. Here's the video:

Here's the list of supplies we used:

For today's LIVE art class, you'll need to grab the following:

You can join me LIVE on my Facebook,  my Instagram or catch me later on my YouTube channel. New videos are uploaded almost DAILY so if you are interested, you might want to subscribe! 

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