Chihuly art projects for kids

30-Minute Chihuly Chandelier - K - 6 ArtK – 6 Art

A while back I saw a great Chihuly lesson posted on The Crayon Lab blog (here). I've seen quite a few Chihuly inspired art lessons on the web, but I liked the simplicity of using rubber bands to hold the coffee filters on paint bottles before spraying starch on them. I pretty much followed the steps in that lesson, except I didn't have enough paint bottles, so we used plastic cups from Smart & Final (seems like I've been living there lately!). I also showed the kids a slide show loop that is…

Fourth grade learned about world famous American glass artist Dale Chihuly. [Times photos: James Borchuck] They made their own version of his glass Macchia bowl series using plastic! They us…

Chihuly Paper bowls Students were introduced to the glass bowls by Dale Chihuly. I found a great You tube video for kids where it shows...

Since the preschool stained glass project was a huge success, I delved a bit deeper into the world of glass art by introducing my tiny students to Dale Chihuly. We mimicked his popular “Maccia” ser…

We looked at the work of glass artist Dale Chihuly for this project. Color a regular coffee filter in washable markers. Spray them with starch, Hang them upside down on a water bottle to dry, Mount them on black cardboard and have an art show!

Chihuly-inspired Sculpture: Using plastic cups and Shrink paper, you can make a Dale Chihuly inspired sculpture that looks like real glass! Kids of all ages and skill levels can enjoy this fun and engaging art project.

Students at Central Riverside Elementary learned about the world-renowned glass artist, Dale Chihuly. After seeing him in action in a v...

Inquiring Minds: Mrs. Myers' Kindergarten: From Trash To Chihuly: Building 21st Century Skills Through Art In The Classroom

I first heard about Pinterest a couple months ago. Heard it was awesome, but didn't feel like I needed one more thing to be obsessed about on the computer. Then I came across an art blog where the blogger was talking about Pinterest. I decided to check it out and had a friend of mine "invite" me to join. Oh my gosh! This website is awesome!! It's a super easy way to bookmark ANYTHING on the internet into categories so you can remember it and come back to it. I've been addicted to it all…

Mrs. O'Connell's Art Room: Finished Chihuly tower!!

Here are several examples of some of my student's Chihuly inspired artworks... Most Macchia- today though Kindergarten learned about Ikebana! They first sketched their Ikebana's with sharpie, then watercolored them! They were so cute! Next the 1st and 2nd graders made Macchia using coffee filters, markers, and spray starch. I had them cut an organic shaped lip first, then colored them with markers, and finally folded them over a yogurt container and sprayed them; to give them a bowl shape…

An easy hands on art activity for preschoolers and early elementary. They use safe materials to explore sculpture similar to Chihuly's Glass Sculptures.

A blog about an elementary art teacher's ARTrageous classroom

Make Dale Chihuly inspired art with kindergarten children.

Our family loves the arts, and we also love creating our own works of art. A few months back I read about a very cool art project for kids on the blog Mary Making and it inspired me to do a similar project with my children. The project was to create a plastic sculpture that resembles one of Dale Chihuly’s fantastic glass sculptures. I wanted this to be an all-encompassing project, where we learned about the artist before embarking on the actual art project. I think that the idea of exposing…

The 5th graders learned about the art and installations of Dale Chihuly. Over the course of his career, Dale Chihuly has revolutionized the art of blown glass, moving it into the realm of large-scale sculpture and establishing the use of glass—inherently a fragile but also magical material—as a vehicle for installation and environmental art. He is best known for his magnificent ceiling installation at the Bellagio hotel in Las Vegas, however you can see his artwork first hand at the…

A blog about teaching children the basics of art and crafting.