3-D Art Project: Fun for All Ages

3-D Art Project: Fun for All Ages

Would you like to keep your kids busy as they create a fun craft project they’ll be proud of? This is a fun and easy project for kids of all ages – in fact, mom and dad will like it too.

If you have a craft box then you already have everything you need for this. Even if you don’t have a craft box, you can pull together enough items from around your house to make this a fun and interesting time.

Getting Started

Begin with a piece of blue poster board or construction paper. The blue will be used for the base or foundation of your 3-D art project – it will actually be the sky. The creative part of the project will begin with the next step. You can decide if you will make the project very simple and just glue on a rectangular sheet of green paper to fit the bottom half of your poster board --- or --- you can tear the green paper into small pieces and add those shreds of paper as they fit in. 

Be Creative

Your 3-D art project should include a creative touch – it should not just be a blue sky and grass. You can add tree trunks made out of brown paper and leaves can be made from small shreds of gold, orange, red and green paper. 

But don’t stop there! You can add a flower garden to the scene. These can be made with paper or if you want to get real creative you can use small buttons or beads for flowers.

Don’t leave your sky empty. You can add some clouds – made from cotton balls. Just pull a small piece of cotton from the ball and stretch it to make the cloud into an interesting shape, then glue it into place.

Pipe cleaners can be twisted into shapes that look like hooks for birdfeeders. Then you can add a bird feeder and some birds. Or, how about adding a pond or a dog or cat in the yard? Small bits of fabric can make an object seem to have fur or blue plastic could give the illusion of water. There isn’t a right or wrong way to do this – it’s a project that can be very, very simple or it can turn into a true masterpiece that you will cherish for years to come. Use your imagination and try to come up with some ideas of your own.

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