Extras and Links
Visit the Detroit Institute of Arts
The DIA is a great place for Wattles families to check out! What is fantastic is admission to the general museum is FREE. Perfect place to visit at the perfect price! The DIA is a great location to spend time with your family and talk about art with your child. Friday nights even have activities planned and locations where visitors can sketch the sculptures from observation.
Visit Cranbrook Art Museum & Institute of Science
439221 Woodward Avenue, Bloomfield Hills, http://www.cranbrookart.edu/museum
At Cranbrook you will find a graduate Academy of Art, contemporary Art Museum, House & Gardens, natural history museum, Institute of Science, and Pre-K through 12 independent college preparatory schools. The museum showcases world-renowned artwork.
The following information lists admission prices into the museum:
ArtMembers and Children 12 & under, Always Free
General $8
Seniors
(65+) $6
Students with ID $4
This is Sand
"This is Sand" is a website where users can make "hills" of sand with different colors. Try it out, http://thisissand.com/!
Create with Piccasso
Use "Piccasso Head" , http://www.picassohead.com/create.html, to create works of art that use facial features from artwork done by Pablo Piccasso himself.
The DIA is a great place for Wattles families to check out! What is fantastic is admission to the general museum is FREE. Perfect place to visit at the perfect price! The DIA is a great location to spend time with your family and talk about art with your child. Friday nights even have activities planned and locations where visitors can sketch the sculptures from observation.
Visit Cranbrook Art Museum & Institute of Science
439221 Woodward Avenue, Bloomfield Hills, http://www.cranbrookart.edu/museum
At Cranbrook you will find a graduate Academy of Art, contemporary Art Museum, House & Gardens, natural history museum, Institute of Science, and Pre-K through 12 independent college preparatory schools. The museum showcases world-renowned artwork.
The following information lists admission prices into the museum:
ArtMembers and Children 12 & under, Always Free
General $8
Seniors
(65+) $6
Students with ID $4
This is Sand
"This is Sand" is a website where users can make "hills" of sand with different colors. Try it out, http://thisissand.com/!
Create with Piccasso
Use "Piccasso Head" , http://www.picassohead.com/create.html, to create works of art that use facial features from artwork done by Pablo Piccasso himself.
Art at Home
Here are a list of drawing topics you can give your child to exercise their imagination:
• My dream car would look like...
• The scariest monster I can imagine...
• If I lived in a castle, it would look like...
• My favorite meal is...
• My favorite thing to do on the weekend is...
• The most delicious dessert that could ever be made would be...
• My favorite place to go is...
• If I could own any pet, it would look like...
• If I could design my own dream bedroom, it would look like...
• My favorite things to do during the summer are...
• My favorite things to do during the fall are...
• The best part about spring is...
• The best part about winter is...
• If I owned a restaurant, its menu would look like...
• If I could build the best tree house ever, it would look like...
• If I were an animal...
• If I created the world's next art masterpiece, it would look like...
• If I made the world's greatest new invention, it would be...
• The best gift I ever received was...
• The best Halloween costume in the world would look like...
• The world's smartest robot would look like...
• An alien from outer space would look like...
• If a spaceship landed in my backyard...
• The car of the future would look like...
• If Thanksgiving didn't involve a turkey, then we would have this for dinner...
• What I would like to do on my next birthday...
• My dream career would be...
• What I will look like in twenty years... fifty years...
• My favorite memory ever is...
• A time when I was really happy was...
• If I had my own band, my CD would look like...
• If a movie was made about my life, the movie poster would look like...
• If I was turned into a cartoon character, I would look like...
Make Playdough at home! This is a great way for children to develop their fine motor skills. They can create interesting sculptures. Even use cookie cutters to cut out different shapes!
Here is what you will need:
2 cups plain flour
1 cup table salt
2 cups cold water
1 tbs cream of tartar
2 tbs vegetable oil
Here is a link to you a YouTube video that has great instructions on how to create it, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ys9Qmm6FfkM.
Here are a list of drawing topics you can give your child to exercise their imagination:
• My dream car would look like...
• The scariest monster I can imagine...
• If I lived in a castle, it would look like...
• My favorite meal is...
• My favorite thing to do on the weekend is...
• The most delicious dessert that could ever be made would be...
• My favorite place to go is...
• If I could own any pet, it would look like...
• If I could design my own dream bedroom, it would look like...
• My favorite things to do during the summer are...
• My favorite things to do during the fall are...
• The best part about spring is...
• The best part about winter is...
• If I owned a restaurant, its menu would look like...
• If I could build the best tree house ever, it would look like...
• If I were an animal...
• If I created the world's next art masterpiece, it would look like...
• If I made the world's greatest new invention, it would be...
• The best gift I ever received was...
• The best Halloween costume in the world would look like...
• The world's smartest robot would look like...
• An alien from outer space would look like...
• If a spaceship landed in my backyard...
• The car of the future would look like...
• If Thanksgiving didn't involve a turkey, then we would have this for dinner...
• What I would like to do on my next birthday...
• My dream career would be...
• What I will look like in twenty years... fifty years...
• My favorite memory ever is...
• A time when I was really happy was...
• If I had my own band, my CD would look like...
• If a movie was made about my life, the movie poster would look like...
• If I was turned into a cartoon character, I would look like...
Make Playdough at home! This is a great way for children to develop their fine motor skills. They can create interesting sculptures. Even use cookie cutters to cut out different shapes!
Here is what you will need:
2 cups plain flour
1 cup table salt
2 cups cold water
1 tbs cream of tartar
2 tbs vegetable oil
Here is a link to you a YouTube video that has great instructions on how to create it, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ys9Qmm6FfkM.