Crafts and Learning Activities
Elements of Design - Color
Including: Books about Art, Art Activities, and Printouts
"Mouse Paint" by Ellen Stoll Walsh
 Mouse Paint
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 Three white mice have fun learning about mixing colors.
Watch "Mouse Paint" on Youtube.com or read the book to your children.
1. Use the activity sheet and have your children practice mixing the primary colors to make secondary colors. (This activity sheet is available to members on The Resource Room.) |
Color Wheel and Terms Relating to Color
 Review the following terms and have your children point them out on the color wheel.
- Primary Colors - red, yellow and blue.
- Secondary Colors - purple, orange, and green.
- Tertiary Colors - The six colors created by mixing the primary and secondary colors that are next to each other on the color wheel.
- Complementary Colors - Two colors that are opposite each other on the color wheel.
- Monochromatic Colors - Are variations in lightness and saturation of a single color.
- Analogous Colors - Colors that are adjacent to each other on the color wheel. For example, yellow-green, yellow, and yellow-orange.
- Warm Colors - are vivid and energetic, and then to advance in space. Colors wiht red, orange, and yellow are warm colors.
- Cool Colors - are calm and soothing. Colors that include glue, green and purple are cool colors.
- Tints - are colors that are made lighter by adding white.
- Shades - are colors made by adding black.
- Tones - are colors made by adding grey.
(This Color Wheel Printout is available to members on The Resource Room.)
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"The Little White Owl"
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The Little White Owl by Jane Chapman
Little White Owl lives all alone in the snow, but he doesn't mind so much because his head is filled of happy stories. One day he decides that it is time to go see the world, and he discovers a place that is occupied by beautiful colorful owls, owls just like him, or so he thinks. When he tries to be friendly with them they are standoffish and tell him he doesn't belong with them because he doesn't have any colors. Little Owl disagrees and says, "But I do have colors . . . here in my heart! . . . I'll share them with you if you want?" Though the colorful owls were reluctant to listen to them |
at first, they find that they enjoy Little White Owl's stories and ask for more. When it is time to go home the pretty owls ask to come with him, and the Little White Owl leads them to his home. They become good friends and promise to visit each other often.
 1. Color Discussion
Have your children look at the pictures of the Little White Owl in his white world at the begining of the story. Ask them what colors they see and how the colors make them feel. Then have them look at the picture of his magical stories. Ask them what colors they see and how the picture makes them feel.
2. Make Colorful Owl Puppets
Have your children color the owl puppets and then write things of on the back side of their puppets that make them special. Use the puppets to act out the story. (Puppet Patterns are available to members on The Resource Room.)
3. Owl Color Sheets
 Using the Color Wheel Printout to review primary, secondary, tertiary, and analogous colors.
Have your children paint or color the owl color sheets representing the following:
- Primary Colors
- Secondary Colors
- Tertiary Colors
- Analogous Colors
(Patterns are available to members on The Resource Room.)
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Christian Home School Art Lessons
Artistic Design and
the Great Designer
Art Lessons on The Elements and Principles of Design from
a Biblical Perspective
Fun art projects for all ages. The lessons are adaptable to all ages and abilities.
 Biblical concepts that go along with each element of design.
Children learn artistic techniques, experiment with different artistic media, read books relating to each element, and learn about famous artists and art movements.
Each lesson comes with printable patterns that are displayed in a file folder that folds out to become an easel on which your children's art can be displayed.
Subjects Covered:
 Point and Dot - "What’s the Point?" - Free Sample Lesson
Bible Verse: "For we are God’s workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do." Eph. 2:10
Teaching Concept: A point is a location, and a dot is a mark at
a certain point. Dots are the building blocks of all the other elements. Dots give meaning to a canvas. They provide points of
focused attention and reference points. When God created us he put a "dot" in our hearts,
a conscious, and knowledge of him.
He gives us a reason for living.
Artists and Artistic Techniques: Pointillism, George Seurat, and Aboriginal Dot Painting
 Line – "Which Path do You Choose?"
Bible Verse: "Give careful thought to the paths for your feet and be steadfast in all your ways." Pr. 4:26
Teaching Concept: A line is a path between two points. Lines can have many different characteristics. They can be straight, curved, fat, or skinny. The Bible talks a lot about the paths we take, referring to the decisions we make and the consequences of those decisions. According to the Bible there are two paths we can pick; the right one and the wrong one. The right path leads to life, the wrong one lead to death.
Artists and Artistic Techniques: Wassily Kandinsky's crayon drawing, Paul Klee, symbolism in art, Aboriginal Artist Ronnie Tjampitjinpa's line and symbol paintings, illustrator and author Ed Emberley and thumbprint art, and illustrator author Patrick McDonnell
Shape - "It's Your Choice"
Bible Verse:"Choose you this day whom ye will serve . . . but as for me and my house, we will serve the Lord.: Joshua 24:15, KJV
Teaching Concept: You are a lot like an artist. Every choice
an artist makes about the shapes on his
canvas affects the outcome of his work.
God has given you the freedom to choose
how you will live your life. Every choice
you make has consequences and determines how your life is shaped.
Artists and Artistic Techniques:
Jean Arp's Collage Arranged According to the Laws of Chance, organic and abstract shapes, Printmaking techniques - positive and negative shapes.
Color - "How Do You Feel?"
Bible Verse: "For we walk by faith, not by sight:" 2 Corinthians 5:7, KJV
Teaching Concept:
Artists and Artistic Techniques:
Georgia O'Keefe, Claude Monet, Impressionism, and color theory.
Value – "Light or Dark?"
Coming Soon!
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