Making Dinosaur Pictures at Art Class

Today it was my turn to teach the lesson at the weekly Toddler Art Class that Kolby and Eli attend. Since both Kolby and Eli love dinosaurs, I decided to make that the theme. I brought pictures of dinosaur skeletons for the kids, and they each got to glue different shaped pasta pieces to the papers to make their own dinosaur skeletons. As you can see from the photos, both Kolby and Eli had lots of fun with the glue, and both of them ended up with a pile of pasta glued onto their papers that didn't really resemble any kind of dinosaur that I have ever seen before -- but they sure had fun making them! We also read some dinosaur stories, and then the rest of the time was spent playing with the swing set and other outdoor toys in Eva's backyard. This little outdoor art class has been great for the boys this summer -- a good opportunity for them to spend time with other kids, play outside (in a nice, fenced-in yard where I don't have to constantly chase them), and to be creative in making their own art work (where I don't have to worry about cleaning up paint or play dough off our floor, walls, curtains, etc. when they are finished). And someone gave me the great idea to scan (or photograph) their artwork, which I have done now. So each of the boys will have a nice binder with big, colorful pictures of their own masterpieces, but I won’t have to worry about trying to protect over-sized pieces of construction paper or keep all the glitter and stickers from falling off of their pictures in some box in the closet for the next 20 years. They already like to sit down and look at their own artwork books, so it is really fun.