Art Challenge: Trash to Treasure

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Art Challenge: Trash to Treasure

Susie Quinn Fortner (Visual Art Education Program Coordinator)

March 31, 2020

We know these are challenging times for parents. Here is an idea to inspire creative play for you and your children.

Many items that typically end up in the trash can be upcycled into supplies for fun art projects.

It may feel a little overwhelming keeping a bunch of junk – but remember you can dispose of it all later when life calms down. Until then, and it will nice to have a bag of tricks.

Things to hold onto include:

TP & paper towel rolls
Egg cartons
Corks
Plastic bottle caps
Paper boxes like cereal boxes and mac n cheese boxes
Cardboard boxes (the bigger the better!)
Yogurt cups
Plastic bottles or jug
Scissors and tape turn these items into instant art.

After you complete your art take a picture and tag us!

Art Challenge: Toy Box Color Wheel

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Art Challenge: Toy Box Color Wheel Anonymous (not verified) Thu, 04/09/2020 - 11:21

Art Challenge: Toy Box Color Wheel

Susie Quinn Fortner (Visual Art Education Program Coordinator)

March 30, 2020

Today’s art challenge is to create a color wheel using found objects in your toy box and around your home.

A color wheel is a tool that shows us how colors are related. Artists use color wheels when they are thinking about mixing colors.

Color Wheel:

Find objects around your house that are these colors. Put them together in groups on a table or floor and make a giant color wheel where the Red pieces are between the purple and orange pieces and the yellow ones between the orange and green. Follow the wheel's colors until you have built a circle of color connected objects.

After you make your color wheel at your house take a picture and tag us!