The deCordova Sculpture Park and Museum wants you to get your creative energy flowing! Part of their ARTfull at Home program, they have put together a handy virtual guide of creativity prompts to inspire kids and kids at heart alike to create art with what they have.
Designed to get little ones engaging with their built and natural environments in experimental ways, the guide includes a list of objects from your home or backyard that can be used for art projects, as well as prompts for creating, such as sound sculptures, shadow art, paper planes, and looking for patterns in nature.
The deCordova has a lot of other great virtual content, including an ARTfull at Home Story Time featuring Andrea Beaty’s Iggy Peck, Architect (you may also know Iggy’s friends Rosie Revere, Engineer and Ada Twist, Scientist, too!). They’ve also got a lot of content for the not-so-littles (i.e., grown ups), like a virtual tour of the sculpture park, that is not to be missed.
For more inspiration to jumpstart your creative projects at home, check out these titles from our digital collections:
Books for Art Project Inspiration:
Art Lab for Kids and Art Lab for Little Kids by Susan Schwake
Art For Spring (from the Outdoor Art Room Series) by Rita Storey
Books About Artists:
A Splash of Red: The Life and Art of Horace Pippin by Jen Bryant, ill. by Melissa Sweet
The Noisy Paint Box: The Colors and Sounds of Kandinsky’s Abstract Art by Barb Rosenstock, ill. by Mary GrandPré
Viva FridFrida Kahlo,a by Yuyi Morales
Radiant Child: The Story of Young Artist Jean-Michel Basquiat by Javaka Steptoe
Books About Art & Design in Our World:
The Dot by Peter H. Reynolds (also available on hoopla as an audiobook)
The Art Lesson by Tomie dePaola
Maybe Something Beautiful by F. Isabel Campoy & Theresa Howell, ill. by Rafael López
Iggy Peck, Architect by Andrea Beaty (also available on hoopla as an ebook, audiobook, movie, and Read Along!)
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