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Self Portraits with Kids: What Does Your Imagination Look Like?

March 12, 2017 by Barbara Rucci 9 Comments

Children use this one prompt to create imagination-filled portraits

There are so many ways to approach self-portraits with children: observation, inspired by a particular artist, symbols of interests and activities, the list goes on. This time, I wanted to create an engaging, multi media self portrait that could be completed in just one session with my little artists. { This post was written by…

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Art Educator Interview: Kim Poler from Beehive Art Studio

March 1, 2017 by Barbara Rucci 1 Comment

An interview with Kim Poler, owner of the children's art studio Beehive Art in Wayland, MA

I am beyond thrilled today to introduce you to my friend and art teacher extraordinaire, Kim Poler. She is the most innovative and enterprising woman I’ve had the pleasure of knowing, and the visionary behind Beehive Art studio in Wayland, Massachusetts. Kim never ever ceases to amaze me with her energy and her plethora of process-art ideas. Her…

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Doily Snowflake Stars

January 9, 2017 by Barbara Rucci 3 Comments

The idea for these beautiful, lacy snowflake stars came from the paperbag stars we made last summer. SITS Girls had the original idea and made them out of white paper bags. I became obsessed with them because they are so fast and easy! So last summer we made them in art camp and painted them…

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The Best of Art Bar 2016

January 2, 2017 by Barbara Rucci 2 Comments

This is my favorite part of the year, when I get to go back through all of my posts and analyze which ones did the best. It gets me so excited and geared up for the new year, because now I know what you want more of – colorful and simple ideas with few supplies,…

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Five New Picture Books to Inspire Young Artists

August 7, 2016 by Barbara Rucci 4 Comments

This post contains affiliate links. Thank you for your support! I am so excited today because I get to introduce you to Megan of Chickadee Lit! Megan is all about picture books, a world that I miss so much now that my kids are older. I absolutely love Megan’s Instagram feed because it brings me back to…

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Art Bar birthday parties

Art Bar is an art studio for children in New Canaan, Connecticut, providing them with authentic opportunities to make and create. In a sunny and light filled space, creative minds are encouraged to express their ideas and interests. Through the process of exploring materials, building skills, making mistakes, and envisioning solutions, your child will be taught to…

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Potions Week at Art Camp

June 23, 2016 by Barbara Rucci 8 Comments

Oh my goodness, this was the most fun week of camp ever. It was truly epic! It wasn’t really as much of a “magic potions” week (like this day two summers ago which was the messiest fun ever), as it was a week about recipes and fizzing and mixing and just plain-old sensory messy fun….

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Watercolor Fabric Banners

June 8, 2016 by Barbara Rucci 5 Comments

Children use liquid watercolors and spray bottles to design colorful fabric banners.

Todays post comes to you from Samara Caughey who runs a children’s art studio in LA called Purple Twig. I have written – and gushed – about Samara before. You can read my interview with her here. She is one of the most creative and imaginative people I know. She is a constant source of inspiration…

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Washi Tape Paper Plates

June 2, 2016 by Barbara Rucci Leave a Comment

Transform a paper plate into a work of art with colorful washi tape.

Paper plates are a fantastic art material. I mean, there are literally hundreds of crafts on Pinterest that use paper plates! I think the possibilities are endless, they really are. I especially love what my friend Leslie from Pink Stripey Socks does with paper plates. I think she needs to write a book! And we’ve…

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Stenciled Backpacks by Kids

May 25, 2016 by Barbara Rucci Leave a Comment

My art campers made these! I love this process, and I love the way they turned out. We used the scrape painting technique that we are really addicted to, and added some freezer paper stencils. It was basically a big experiment, and it worked! Mostly. Well, there were a few lessons learned that I will share…

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