Friday, January 11, 2013

Open Ended Art

Many times we do projects with a specific end result in mind.  I try to balance out our more structured activities with open ended ones as well.  One morning this week I taped long pieces of paper onto our art table and had Eve choose whatever she wanted to do with it.  Eve ended up choosing paint, a variety of paint rollers and brushes, a heart sponge stamp, a rubbing plate and her own two hands to leave her mark on the paper!

2 comments:

Maddy, said...


Love those little hands and fingers of Evey Pie!

What a great idea to spread out large sheets of paper and just 'go for it'! I love the ♥hearts♥.

Do this again. I'm imagining you doing it in the warmer months outside on your picnic table!

Please, tell Miss Eve that I love her choices!

Love, Maddy
xox

Anonymous said...

My heart lifts every time I see these free expression activities that the children do. The freedom, the choices, the creativity, the pride in creating a colorful, diverse piece of art, love it all, and love, love, love the artists.

I am amazed how Eve easily approaches this task, doing more and more, trying different tools, always with a big smile and glee.
I want to give her a big love squeeze.

XOXOXO,
Memere

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