Art Explorium

At the Art Explorium, kids are always
hard at work having fun.

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Everyone loves Pokémon! Here is an art project that could keep your keiki busy for a while. There are different ways to do this so just use whatever you have at home!
Suggested Supplies: cereal/cracker boxes, scissors, crayons/markers, paint (if you have it and are up for getting a little messy!), paper, glue, white bottle caps.

Steps: Cut out circle shapes from the cereal box to make your Pokeballs. (We made ours about the size of a CD.) Paint or color your Pokeball. Glue a bottle cap in the middle of the Pokeball. (Optional: punch a hole and use yarn or string to hang your Pokeball if you want.) Then have fun drawing and cutting out all your favorite Pokémon!
One more fun idea: cut a piece of paper into a half circle and attach along the edges only of the back of your Pokeball to make a “pocket.” Store the Pokémon you catch in the Poke-pocket!
Have fun and please tag us in a picture of your creations! We would love to share.

#pokemon #gottacatchemall #keikiart #coronacreativity #keepitkaimuki #trashtotreasure #creativereuse

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☀️ It’s SUMMER! Which means it’s a great time to dive into books. 📚 To get your keiki in the reading mood here’s a simple at-home project idea: create your own bookmark.

Supplies: paper or cereal/cracker box, scissors, yarn, hole punch, and crayons or markers.
Simply cut out your book mark (any shape will do!) and decorate to your ❤️’s content.
Be sure to check out @hsplshigov for lots of FREE online reading resources!

#keikiart #read #books #bookmark #diy #trashtotreasure #creativekids

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🎈🐰We just posted another Art Explorium Storytime on our Facebook page and we are sooooo excited about it!

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Today’s story is Piko’s Busy Day, written and illustrated by @darin_hajime and narrated by his 9-year-old daughter. Extra bonus: be sure to check the comments on our Facebook post as we also shared a video of Darin showing how he draws Piko! Then make your own drawing of Piko and share with us so we can post. 👍🏽
See more of Darin’s work at www.shorebirdcreative.com. #pikosbusyday #draw #supportlocal #luckywelivehawaii #keikiart #creativekids

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Sadly the traditional @shinnyolanternfloatinghawaii Memorial Day Lantern Ceremony has been cancelled this year because of COVID-19. But here’s a thought! Make your own lantern to honor a loved one who has passed.

Supplies: a clear container (plastic or glass), a piece of paper cut to fit into the container, crayons, permanent markers if you want to color directly onto the container, a small battery powered light.

Color your paper and put inside your container and/or color directly on the container with permanent markers. As you color, think about the person you are honoring... what did she or he like? What colors remind you of him or her?
Then put your flashlight or battery candle inside to bring some light to your beautiful lantern. (Our battery died so we put this on an outdoor light.) You can also upload an image of your lantern to www.lanternfloatinghawaii.com/. Click on “Share your message as an image.” Happy Memorial Day! ✨🌺✨🌺 #memorialdayhawaii #memorialday #happymemorialday #lanternfloatinghawaii #lanternfloatinghawaii2020 #keikiart #covidcreativity

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Storytime Alert! Join us for a fun and inspirational Scribble Stones storytime with our pal and amazing teacher Maile Ostrem from @hanahauoli. Learn about a little stone who found his unique path... and then you can make a one-of-a-kind scribble stone of your own! *The storytime is posted on our Facebook page because it was a little too wide for Instagram format so please check it out there!* www.facebook.com/artexplorium #keikiart #keikicreativity

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Last day to submit your mask design to this art contest organized by @midpacific students! All ages welcome, the more creative the better... the sky is the limit!

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Today is a beautiful day... to make a collage! A collage is a piece of art made by sticking various different materials on a backing. In our yarn collage example here we used a cereal box for a backing. We used yarn to make shapes and also glued a couple other small items and crayons to bring it to life. Why don’t you make a yarn collage today and share a picture of your art with us? 😊🎈🌞 #keikiart #trashtotreasure #collage #yarncollage

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Happy Mother’s Day to all the mothers, aunties and tutus out there! We hope you had a wonderful day.

Meant to post this project earlier (oops!) but decoupage is a fun one no matter what day it is! 🎈✨💕💐 Mother's Day Decoupage Vase:
Create a beautiful vase that mom can use again and again! This can get a little messy so you might want to lay down some newspaper where you are working, or do this project outside.
Supplies: A container to use as your vase (glass jar, tennis ball can, or metal can), glue, water, small plastic container, magazines and/or tissue paper, old paint brush or a piece of sponge.
Steps: Cut or tear magazine paper and tissue paper into small pieces (around 1-2 inches in diameter). Mix glue with a little water in your plastic container (about 3 parts glue to 1 part water). Use your brush or sponge to apply glue mixture to your vase. Stick paper pieces onto vase. Then use your brush or sponge to apply glue mixture on top of each piece of paper. Cover your vase with pieces of paper in this manner to make a beautiful design. The glue mixture will dry clear and seal your design onto the vase.

#mothersday #hauolilamakuahine #keikiart #decoupage

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Four ninth grade @midpacific students, Adam, Aidan, Curren and Mackenzie, are organizing a Face Mask Art Contest! Deadline is May 15 to submit a photo of a mask you have made using any materials. Send photo to artcontestsubmissionemail@gmail.com. Please support these students by participating in their school project. 🎈🤙🏽

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Today’s featured project: A DIY Frame!
Make a frame and print out a photo to put inside it! This would be a great gift for mom on Mother’s Day, hint, hint. 💐

Supplies: Cereal box, scissors, crayons, tape, string, glue, small items to decorate your frame (shells, seeds, beads, twiggs, etc.). Steps: With the help of an adult, cut a frame shape out of a cereal box. Decorate the brown side of the frame with crayons. Tape a piece of string to the back of the frame so you can hang it. Decorate the frame by gluing your shells, beads, etc. around it.

Then print a photo and glue it to the back of your frame!

Be sure to tag us in your social media post and we will share your child’s art online!
#keikiart #mothersday #creativekids #diy #trashtotreasure

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🎏 Happy Children's Day! In Japan, Kodomo no hi, or "Children's Day," is celebrated every year on May 5. On this national holiday, children are respected and honored for their individual strengths, and happiness is wished upon them. Make your own koi/carp at home to celebrate using markers, a toilet paper roll, yarn, glue, and some strips of paper (tissue paper or magazine paper). #childrensday #boysday #koi #carp #keikiart

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Happy May Day! ✨🌺🌿 The Department of Parks and Recreation is inviting Hawaii residents to make a lei using items found in and around their homes, and to safely display it on Friday from their mailboxes, without inhibiting postal operations, or from their lanai or front door, from sunrise to sunset.

The theme is an opportunity for residents to display aloha and show their appreciation for the warriors battling the coronavirus, including first responders, medical professionals, and essential workers who are keeping everyone safe and working hard during this global pandemic, said the department. Source: @staradvertiser

#alohafriday #mayday #keikiart #happymayday #leiday #maydayisleidayinhawaii

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Tomorrow is May Day! Here is a fun example of two lei we made by simply cutting long strips of fabric and braiding them together. What a great way to teach your keiki to braid or have them practice their braiding skills. Also check out @relei808 to see some truly ah-maaaaazing lei that people have made out of found objects. #diy #creativereuse #coronacreativity #mayday #luckywelivehawaii #aloha #keikiart #trashtotreasure #lei

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✨🌿🌺 It’s almost May Day! Now is a good time to think ahead about making lei for someone you love. If you have access to flowers, ferns and other natural materials, lucky you! Check out @meleana_hawaii on Instagram as she has been posting a bunch of awesome lei making tutorials. There are also tutorials posted @honolulumoca. And even if you don’t have access to natural materials you can make lei out of things you have around your house! Fabric, paper, yarn, ribbon, etc. Post a photo of your lei and tag us... we will share on our IG story! We can’t wait to see what you come up with. #mayday #leiday #alohafriday #luckywelivehawaii #plumeria #puakenikeni #keikiart #diy #trashtotreasure #creativekeiki

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Happy Earth Day from Art Explorium! 🌍🌿💕 Why not make an Earth Ornament to celebrate?
Materials Needed: thin plastic lid (like from a poke or yogurt container), glue, tissue paper or an old magazine, a piece of ribbon or yarn, help from an adult to poke a hole in your lid.
Steps:
1) Get an adult’s help to poke a hole in your lid.
2) Tie a piece of ribbon or yarn through it to make a loop.
3) Tear up some tissue and/or magazine paper, preferably in earth colors like green, blue, brown.
4) Glue paper scraps onto your plastic lid. Remember when using glue: “Dot, dot, not a lot!” 😄
5) Hang your ornament in a window to show the world your earth love! 🌍💕 We also posted a bunch more Earth Day projects on our Facebook page. Enjoy!
#earthday #malamayourmama #earthday2020 #creativereuse #coronacreativity #trashtotreasure #keikiart

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🌍 Did you know that Wednesday is Earth Day? Try this fun nature collage project! We borrowed the idea from our friend Jesse, who did this project for art class at Assets School. If you are able to go outdoors safely, gather some items in nature that catch your eye and assemble them into a collage on the ground! 🍃 🌺 🌿 Leaves, pebbles, flowers, twigs, etc. Take a photo of your collage and tag us so we can share your amazing creations. #keikiart #natureart #earthday #earthday2020 #happyearthday #malamayourmama

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A Tic Tac Toe To Go Kit is our featured project today!
Materials Needed:
Paper bag (lunch sack is best if you have but use whatever you can find), 8 plastic bottle caps, permanent marker, other items for drawing (crayons, markers, etc.). Steps:
1) Draw Xs on 4 caps and Os on 4 caps using permanent marker (under adult supervision if necessary!)
2) Draw Tic Tac Toe board on your paper bag (2 lines down and 2 lines across) and decorate the rest of your bag however you want
3) Play some family games! Store your bottle caps in the bag when you are not playing.

Enjoy! Feel free to tag us in your photos doing your at-home art projects and we will share.
#keikiart #creativekids #creativereuse #diy #trashtotreasure

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Happy Easter from Art Explorium! 🐣✨💐 This is a super cute project for all ages and actually any day of the year!
Materials: cracker or cereal box, glue, scissors, fabric scraps, other small things like buttons or shells (optional).
Steps:
1. Cut a cereal or cracker box into an egg shape (or whatever shape you want).
2. Cut up some small fabric scraps.
3. Glue fabric scraps onto the box.
4. Glue other items like buttons onto the fabric.

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Why not have your keiki make some DIY Easter Bunny decorations today? 🐇 💕🐰 Here are two cute examples using toilet paper rolls from @redtedart and @thediydreamer. Use these images for guidance or if you want links to the full tutorials please visit our Facebook Page. www.facebook.com/ArtExplorium. You can adjust and use whatever materials you have on hand at home! 🎈 #keikiart #coronacreativity

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Scenes from a neighborhood walk... spread the #peace and #aloha with #keikicreativity. ✨💕#keikiart

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Are you saving your TP & paper towel rolls? Here’s a fun and easy project for your keiki to do at home...
1. Find the line/seam that goes around the the TP roll and cut along it.
2. Color your snake and find a scrap of paper to glue or tape on for the tongue.
3. You can even wear this on your arm as a bracelet or cuff!

#trashtotreasure #keikiart #happymonday #creativekids @keepitkaimuki

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These are some of the common items you can save at home to make your own mini Trash-to -Treasure station! Start saving cereal/cracker boxes, TP/paper towel rolls, corks, bottle caps, and clear plastic containers like this berry container. These types of items in addition to crayons, markers, scissors, and glue can lead to hours of fun! We will continue posting ideas here and on our Facebook page. #creativereuse #trashtotreasure #keikiart

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Creative activity for today: Someone shared this photo with us but we can’t remember who! Sorry to not give photo credit but it was too good not to share. Learn about light and shadows with this amazing drawing exercise. Also, be sure to follow us on Facebook because we are sharing creative resources daily there! 🦖💕🦕🎈 #keikiart #coronacreativity

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Reframing is good. We are all artists-in-residence right now. ✨💕🎈

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@theinspiringbee posted this awesome photo and said “Made binoculars for art with an @artexplorium template and we went on a nature hunt.” Mahalo for sharing! You can find this and other art activities for keiki on our website at https://artexplorium.org/educator-resources/
#coronacreativity #keikiart #creativekids