Tubes and tunnels preschool art

All year we’ve been having fun with colors, but these past few weeks we had a fun pom pom center! This included a pompom drop and a place to sort the pompoms by color. I came across some great ideas for pompom drops on Pinterest, but this was just a quick throw-together. I would love to attach these to wood instead of just paper! Anyway, I began with cardboard tubes (I’m such a hoarder) and painted them 6 different colors using 2-3 coats of regular tempera paint. Then I attached them with…

These Rainbow Ice Tunnels are the perfect blend of science and art! Watch the colors etch tunnels into the ice molds to form a unique design!

Pool Noodle Painting- Fun summer process art activity for preschool, kindergarten, and elementary kids.

It’s no secret that California is suffering one of the worst droughts in it’s history. We really need some rain yo! In an effort to combine art, education and some good ol’ fashioned spiritual magic, we made rain sticks in art class last week. We even did a rain dance at the end of class […]

Transform paper towel tubes into some great binoculars for imaginary playtime!

Tubes & Tunnels Rebus chart

Such a simple but effective idea for student centred Play! Cardboard tube shape printers for toddler art (the Imagination Tree)

Grab some paper tubes for this fun and easy toddler shapes activity that focuses on circles. Fun process art!

We love creating crafts and activities with recycled materials. One of our favorite materials is Cardboard tubes! Paper towel rolls, wrapping paper rolls, aluminum foil cardboard rolls…So much can be made with and from them! We’ve done cardboard tube stamp roll painting, cardboard tube rainbow binoculars, and even a cardboard tube juice box cover with them. ... Read more