A mural project at Fort Lee Intermediate School, Fort Lee, New Jersey, was initiated to honor our country's Bicentennial year. (Author)

The dashiki, a loose blouse-like garment, probably originated in West Africa. The simplicity of the garment made it an excellent choice for construction by eight- and nine-year-old students. Describes how students at the Thousand Oaks School in Berkeley, California, learned to make the dashiki. (Author/RK)

For a number of years the Art Department of the Richmond Public Schools has offered an art museum and carnival to children in the elementary grades. The art carnival, which takes art beyond conventional programs, is made up of art games, viewmasters, puzzles, perceptual objects which can be manipulated, nature forms, and kaleidoscopes. (Author)

Describes a fifth-grade student's use of tiny pieces of fabric, cardboard, foil and felt for creating miniature people and furniture. (Author/RK)

Students at the Orchard Lane Elementary School, New Berlin, Wisconsin, learn to make their own carousel as part of their celebration of our nation's Bicentennial. (RK)

Carbon paper was used as an inexpensive, readily available art material. Monoprints were created by elementary students who were given 11 rules to follow in making variations of the basic technique. (Author/RK)

Article listed the benefits of filmmaking for young students. (RK)

A marionette is a puppet in human or animal form and is manipulated through the use of strings or wires. The jointed limbs of the doll-like image allow marionettes a greater mobility than other puppets. Elementary students, through a slide presentation showing Bill Baird's famous characters, learned to create, costume and operate marionettes.…

Stage almost any story or subject with characters that children fabricate, decorate and manipulate. (Editor)

Wood, a natural material, appeals to children of all ages. Wood construction allows children the flexibility of moving parts of their work around until they are satisfied with the arrangement. Three projects are described. (Author/RK)

In this article materials were geared to the ability levels of young students, who learned about intaglio printing, a process that involved engraving in a hard material. (Author/RK)

Students get excited when they realize that they can transform a flat sheet of paper into a box. By using different sizes of paper, they can make different sizes of boxes and put a box inside a box, inside a box. These magical boxes within boxes can contain unwanted emotions or special treasures. The project described in this article incorporates…

Plenty of ideas for fashioning unique gifts. Plus, how to make your own ornaments and decorations; and a special picture presentation of the classic "'Twas the Night before Christmas" that you can cut out and use with your opaque projector. (Editor)

Polyhedra, icosahedron, truncated doedecahedron--these terms, expected in college geometry, have recently been used by elementary students in the planning and construction of a cardboard geodesic dome at Stadley Rough Elementary School in Danbury, Connecticut. Besides developing students' creative expression, this project helps them understand…

Utilizing sheets of polyethylene and discarded items from the art room or their homes, sixth-grade students created their favorite personalities. Being able to see through them revealed their true character and individualism. (Editor/RK)