Doodles and Oodles of Art

Have you or your kids ever . . . finger painted with yogurt? Spattered paint with an eggbeater? Melted crayons on tinfoil? If not, you've been missing out! Once you join your 5- to 8-year-olds in a few of these hands-on art projects, you'll see why sometimes the creative process is even more satisfying than the resulting masterpiece! 136 pages, softcover from Teaching & Learning Company.

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Art for the Very Young

Y From the publisher: Ages 3-6. Real art for young minds! Children create art while learning about basic art concepts and techniques with more than 50 activities. Extend the learning opportunities by viewing and interpreting selected masterpieces by Monet, Seurat, van Gogh, and other. 128 pp.

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Kids' Art Works!: Creating with Color, Design, Texture & More

Encouraging children to use their imagination, this inventive book shows them the joys of sculpting, weaving, drawing, and painting! Young artists explore the uses of color, texture, and pattern through more than 60 fun-filled activities. They'll create a beautiful butterfly, build a hot-air balloon, design a bean-and-seed pendant, and much more! Three levels of difficulty. Ages 6 to 12. 138 pages, softcover from Williamson.

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Do You Doodle?

With all the pressure for kids to achieve at whatever they try, here is the perfect antidote-a book that simply invites them to enter and play. Nikalas Catlow has made a start on each of the generous-sized pages-a few beginning strokes of pictures and prompts like a boy looking into a bowl and asking what's in there. Doodlers go off from there on a liberating flight of mindless fancy. There are over 200 pages to complete and create. A book that will be as irresistible to overtaxed adults as it is to kids eager to enjoy its spirit of adventure, imagination, and creativity.

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