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DIY Color Collage / What’s in a Name?

15 Tuesday Oct 2013

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art with kids, collage for kids, color, color theory, DIY Color Collage, fall leaf rubbings, learning colors kids, life with kids, paint chip projects, teaching child colors

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We started making these collages with Ada when she was first learning her colors.  I was having trouble explaining subtle differences in shade and tone to a two-year-old.  Why is green so many different colors?  Should I really make a toddler try to say chartreuse?  I decided to have her help define what falls under a color’s given name.  We laid out a pile of collage scraps, Ada picked out pieces for one color at a time and then glued them to a white square.   She has continued making the collages and I love the little compilations that have come out of the project.  (I don’t think I would have thought to add the sticky side of masking tape to the “tan” collage, or to glue down metal chain to the “yellow”).  The squares make a pretty sort of quilt when hung up together.  They are even fun to make on your own if you don’t have kids.  To make your own Color Collage you will need:

*White Card Stock (Ours were 5″ X 5″ squares)

*Craft Glue

*Collage Materials (fabric, string, paper, glitter, buttons, etc).

*Crayons, Markers, Colored Pencils, etc.

1. Pick a color for the first collage.

2. Find collage scraps that match the color.

3. Glue down scraps to card stock.

4. Color with markers or crayons.

5. Repeat with other colors.

6. Allow glue to dry.  Hang up collages on their own, or group them together on a wall.
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Here are some other color related posts:

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Inspiration

19 Friday Apr 2013

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backyard kid space, color, DIY Apple Surprise Ball, home, Inspiration, Instagram, life with kids, matryoshka dolls, nesting doll toys, Wikki Stix

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It has been a few weeks since I posted our Instagrams.  We have had two weeks full of house projects, kindergarten tours and lawn preparations.  I am quite happy it is friday and we are all looking forward to a slow and unscheduled weekend.  Here are some Instagrams from the last few weeks:

*Ada’s Wikki Stix Flower

*Josie and Yard Toys

*Our New Sod!

*Josie’s Nesting Dolls Which She Lined Up Behind the Office Door (Thanks Aunt Anna!)

*The Aftermath of the Apple Surprise Balls

*Sleepy Josie

Have a wonderful weekend!

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Inspiration

19 Friday Oct 2012

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animal stickers, beauty, Brooklyn, child art, color, color chips, Eye Like stickers, Instagram, line, shapes, Williamsburg Bridge

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Instagrams from the week:

*Walking over the Williamsburg Bridge

*Pictures (made with these awesome stickers)

*Sister Picture Made from Color Chips (Ada cut and taped and Josie colored)

*Butterfly Girl. (Technically it is no longer butterfly season around here, but the girls play with this net constantly)

Have you ever noticed how when you start thinking about one color or shape you see it all the time? I always love when a group of similar things ends up in my bag at the end of flea market shopping, or how colors and lines repeat through Instagrams from the week…Makes you wonder what other beauty you would see more of if you invited it in.

Have a happy weekend!

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Green!

24 Tuesday Apr 2012

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Between the Folds, bright green, buds, color, green leaves, new leaves, origami, perfect shape, rain, spring

We found newly opened leaves on the sidewalk, knocked down by the heavy rain last night.  The overcast sky today makes the green glow and we brought some in to brighten up the house.  The leaves reminded me of an amazing documentary about origami called Between the Folds.  The film talked about a quest to fold a perfect shape and the years of practice in a futile attempt to mimic the folds that contain a leaf inside a bud.  Amazing.

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