American Folk Art for Kids: With 21 Activities

American Folk Art for Kids: With 21 Activities — page 7
First before doing my workshop I actually show them what I made and then I allow them to hold some of my work like a paintbrush I let them wear my bottle cap hat and they remember that Kids go to a museum and they are not allowed to touch any thing You have to put faith and trust in kids I start the workshop by telling kids that I was walking down the street to the store and I heard a sound go like Pssst Then I heard it again Pssst I ask what was that sound They say A cat or Someone calling you Then finally one kid will say It was your imagination I say That's right and that's how I start When I give them a piece of sandstone I would tell them to look into that stone and carve what they see and if they make a wrong line they can always erase that and start over When making art you can not make a mistake A mistake can make you see something in another way and you can grow from that