Snow Globes for Winter

Creative kids made their own winter wonderland snow globes recently at Katoomba Library, to celebrate the winter school holidays. Now these are souvenirs to treasure!

Painting and Decorating Eggs at Springwood Library

Today we designed, painted and added glitter to wooden Easter egg decorations in preparation for the upcoming Easter weekend! Have a look at these colourful creations - great work everyone, and have a happy and safe Easter :)

Summer Art Adventures - Fireworks!

2012 is here! Why not make this fireworks artwork to celebrate :)

Glitter fireworks art
What you need:
*A few colours of glitter
*Black paper or cardboard
*PVA/craft glue
*A straw (optional)
*Old newspapers

Click here for the instructions!

If you want to show your art to the world, email me a photo of your art at: noliver@bmcc.nsw.gov.au and I'll feature it on the blog! Please include your name and age, and any info about the work you'd like to share.

Happy New Year Everyone!

Art Adventures - Summer Holidays

During the holidays, each week I'll post an art activity that you might like to try.

For the first Summer Art Adventure, how about making your own snow globe?

What you'll need:

A jar with a lid (it could small, like a baby food jar, or large like a peanut butter jar)
A plastic figurine / plastic greenery etc. to put inside your snowdome scene
Glitter
Water
Modelling clay (optional)
Hot glue gun (and an adult to help!)

Check out instructions here - and remember, only put waterproof materials in your globe! For a waterless version, click here.

If you want to show your art to the world, email me a photo of your art at: noliver@bmcc.nsw.gov.au and I'll feature it on the blog! Please include your name and age, and any info about the work you'd like to share.

Happy Holidays Everyone!

Glitter Art - with special guest Liam Benson!

We had a special guest speaker this week at Blaxland - artist Liam Benson. He gave a great talk about how and why he uses glitter in his photography artworks, and even brought in some of his glitter art pieces to show to the class.

Check out the wonderful glitter art made during this class:

Above: A glittering rainbow fairy cave, being guarded by enchanted creatures.