Dripped watercolor paint creating pools of color
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Making Art Together

The Art Studio facilitates creative projects for all ages. Join us as we share materials, ideas, and reflections.

A young guest explores glue and its sticky qualities.
A hand using crayons to draw triangles and shapes onto white tissue paper.
Collage Drawing

Tissue Paper Scribbles

Draw with beeswax crayons on white tissue paper to create colorful, patterned papers for collage projects.
An adult and child working together to make a home made out of natural materials and cardboard.
Nature Sculpture

Tiny Homes with Natural Materials

Using natural materials, create small homes for fairies.
A white paper covered in colorful, bubble-wrap-stamp imprints.
Infants and Toddlers Painting Printmaking

Gross-Motor Bubble Wrap Stamping

Experiment with paint and bubble wrap outside to engage with gross motor skills.
A collection of assorted green found materials including bread tabs, bottle caps, and yarns.
Sculpture Theory and Resources

Why We Use Found Materials

See why the Art Studio at The Carle uses found materials in artmaking projects.
Two vibrant chalk paint drawings on grey stone.
Drawing Painting Theory and Resources

Chalk Paint Play

Explore chalk painting outside and designing a playground for bugs!
A child cuts yellow self-adhesive foam into shapes to add to her stamp base.
Painting Printmaking Theory and Resources

Making a Stamp

Create your own custom stamp using foam.
Six coffee filters that have been drawn on with markers then sprayed with, or dipped in, water to make the colors run through the filter.
Drawing Painting Printmaking

Art Studio Science Fair

Read about the experimental science fair in the Art Studio at The Carle.
A hand using a brayer to roll red, yellow, and blue paint over stencils, creating a layered print.
Painting Printmaking Theory and Resources

Printing with Stencils

Explore monotype printmaking with paint and stencils.
Two people putting up a display wall with various habitats for collage bugs.
Collage Drawing Nature Theory and Resources

Beautiful Bug Collages

Create your own collages inspired by Eric Carle’s illustrations of bugs and insects.
An arrangement of colorful laminated sheets of shaped papers that together look like a butterfly.
Infants and Toddlers Nature Theory and Resources

Bug Shapes on the Light Table

Read about how the Art Studio designs light table toys such as this bug shape interactive.
A child smiling with their colorful butterfly and flower sculpture in front of them.
Nature Sculpture

Butterfly Gardens

Create your own butterfly garden sculptures using collage and sculpture materials.
A smiling adult holding a smiling small child wearing purple paper butterfly wings.
Drawing Nature Sculpture

Celebrate Spring: Wearable Butterfly Wings

Create your own wearable butterfly wings using paper, drawing tools, and yarn.