Tag Archives: art projects for kids
I was so happy to present a workshop to three classes of first graders at PS/IS187, Hudson Cliffs School, in Ms. Neidish’s library classes. It was a totally jam-packed 45 minutes per class–first I read CROW MADE A FRIEND and took … Continue reading
Margaret Peot Draws a Crow CLICK ON THE LINK ABOVE, “Margaret Peot Draws a Crow,” to see the lovely video Daniel Levy made of me drawing Crow! Thank you so much!! At Crow’s publication party, Daniel set up a way for … Continue reading
What a great time we all had making friends at the CROW MADE A FRIEND (Holiday House 2015!) publication party this past Sunday! What I wanted to do most of all to celebrate Crow, and makers everywhere, was to have … Continue reading
Neighborhood children made more than 150 friends at the 2015 Washington Heights Harvest Festival in Fort Tryon Park! At least, I know that that many children made birds with clay, pipe cleaners and feathers, and tucked them into leaf and … Continue reading
Its fall again and that means it is Harvest Festival time on the New Leaf Cafe Lawn in Ft Tryon Park in Upper Manhattan. Come up for pumpkin painting, food, games for kids, free live music, and most importantly, the … Continue reading
Try, try again is the lesson Crow teaches beginning readers in this picture book reader. Crow was all alone. But like all crows, he was very clever. Using autumn leaves for wings, sticks for the body and a crab apple … Continue reading
Holiday House, the publisher of the early reader picture book, CROW MADE A FRIEND (http://amzn.to/1DryC4N), invites you to download a FREE PDF so that you can cut out and make this paper doll! All you need is one paper fastener … Continue reading
During my recent blog tour, I was asked by a blogger who is an art educator in a classroom with really little kids–3-5 years old–how they could get their kids started with stencils. The best way is to gather leaves … Continue reading