Instructions for making simple masks are provided in this guide for teachers of elementary children. Directions with illustrations are given for constructing masks from paper plates, construction paper, plastic milk jugs, and papier-mache. Ideas include a clown mask, a flower mask, a top hat, a paper crown, and "Groucho" glasses. Types…

From a series on teaching Afro-American history and culture in the elementary school.

Describes a student group's efforts in constructing a mural. (HOD)

Describes six elementary art activities which integrate art with other subjects. Students make cloth patchwork banners, bark rubbings, posters, full-sized paper cut-outs of singing children, and optical drawings. An arts enrichment day for bilingual children with visual arts, music, and dance demonstrations is also discussed. (AM)

Some teaching ideas for promoting art appreciation in children. (SJL)

Described is the art of collecting grasses, canes, bamboo, willow, reeds, rushes and raffia, and forming them into baskets. These basketry methods can also be used to make animal-like forms, napkin rings, or decorative jewelry pieces. (KC)

Presents an activity from "Healthy Foods from Healthy Soils" for making puppets using recycled food packaging materials. Includes background information, materials, instructions, literature links, resources, and benchmarks. (NB)

Instructions are given for making inexpensive plaster face casts and decorating them as masks. This art project was used with a fifth grade class. (SJL)

This mini-curriculum introduces the basic art concepts of line, shape and form, texture, color and light, space, and design and composition. (SB)

The computer is an exciting medium for art, especially for projects involving color and line, motivating even the most reluctant young artist. Input devices are described. The first four lessons are suggested and ways to display the art projects are covered. (MT)

Elementary school children are given cards containing specific criteria for doing one or two tasks: sorting or arranging rocks. Sorting tasks involve children in picking out rocks with particular characteristics, such as color or shape. In the arranging tasks children are asked to arrange rocks according to size or value. (RM)

Describes Express-Ways, a Chicago children's museum providing free, hands-on arts experiences to students, teachers, and families. Focuses on recent exhibits and future projects. Suggests possible art education programs for schools. (DMM)

Describes how to relate children's art activities (making collages) to children's books illustrated with collages. (DD)

Express-Ways, a children's art center in the Chicago Public Library Cultural Center, involves children in drawing, writing poetry, designing labels, working with kaleidoscopes, matching skin color, and doing rubbings. School groups are given special workshops designed to extend the concepts of the exhibit into the classroom. (Author/KC)