Art Studio – Collage

We have been exploring collage in the Chicago Children’s Museum art studio. First we offered black or gold background paper and different types of paper to collage with – solid colors, textured, patterned, recycled art projects, pages from magazines and calendars, crepe paper, and old postage stamps.

We also offered hole punchers, foam shapes, and tape and since we were encouraging guests to think about ways to shape and cut paper without cutting we presented the scissors at the “educator bar” rather than on the tables or with the center additional materials.

And then after awhile we switched it up and talked about Hebru Brantley and images of flying and challenged guests to think about Things that Fly and create collages inspired by flying. We placed markers and scissors on the tables and offered blue background paper and cotton balls and polyester filling to create clouds.

With these changes the collages took on a whole different look!