Category: Easy Studios
Try This: Painted Suncatcher
Glass isn’t easy to make at home, but you can mimic the translucent qualities of glass using plastic and paint. These suncatchers are easy and fun.
Try This: Bubblewrap Monoprint
Monoprints are simple. You add color to a flat surface, and then apply that surface to the paper. Unlike other prints, you can only print the ‘plate’ once or twice. Bubblewrap as the plate adds another layer of texture to your print.
Try This: Abstract Faces
Simple materials like paper and pom poms turn into faces with a little ingenuity.
Try This: Geometric Collages
Collage is an easy way to play with geometric. What You Need paper, scissors, glue Try this? Begin by thinking out your pattern. With that plan in mind, cut your shapes. Place the pattern on your base paper. Glue pieces into place.
Try This: Paper bag puppet
Bags and large envelopes make great puppets. What You Need bags, envelopes, colored paper, pompoms, buttons, scissors, glue Try This?
Try This:DIY Stamps
What You Need corks, buttons, sequins, tiles, hot glue, ink, and paper Try This?
Try This Invitation: Make a Book About You
What do you need? We have many short videos to explore about bookmaking and some examples of artist-made books. Look through these resources to help you jump start your creativity.
Try This: Accordion Books
Bookmaking can be easy. Handmade books are perfect for pocket sketchbooks. Try This? This book is one of the easiest books to make. You need paper. Play with making tiny, tiny accordion books and big, big ones.
Try your hand at simple abstraction
What you need? Anything you have at hand. Paper, pom poms, cutlery. Try This: Challenge yourself to make faces without any realistic marks. What is the most simple face you can make? How can you change the composition to change the expression?
