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Learn how to set up an organized and inviting home art space for kids and keep them engaged with over 55 art prompts that encourage skill-building and creative exploration.

With an inviting, open setup of art supplies, kids can easily access tools and materials to work through ideas, tinker, discover, solve problems, learn techniques, and create anything they can imagine. Your art space becomes a creative workshop that allows children the opportunity to explore open-ended materials with a sense of independence, confidence, and responsibility.

In The Art Playroom, author Megan Schiller—a Reggio-inspired preschool teacher, art studio owner, and interior designer—guides you step by step through the process of creating an art space for your children and shares her simple approach to encourage creative exploration for years to come.

This book is for parents and caregivers of children ages 2–10, with tips on how to create an art space that works well for a variety of ages. The Invitations to Create offer over 55 ideas for setting up art prompts—categorized by skills and ages—that will spark a creative session with simple materials and minimal setup.

Hesitant about the potential mess? Megan provides a unique solution by combining her background in art education and interior design to help you set up a productive art space for your kids that is also organized, easy to clean up, and looks great!

You will learn:

How to set up an open art studio for kids, step by step
How to customize your art space for specific ages, including toddlers, preschool-age kids, and tinkering- and making-focused older kids
How to introduce the materials to your child
How to keep your art space organized

Invitations to Create focus on building skills such as:

Mastering tools such as scissors, stapler, hole puncher, and hammer
Fine motor and focus with beading, sewing, and droppers
Self-sufficiency with squeezing, pouring, and scrubbing practice
Writing with stencils, stickers, tracing, and book making
Collaboration with siblings and friends through shared projects
Science and investigation with chemistry and nature projects
Making toys and accessories such as clay creatures, dolls, and puzzles

The combination of having an open art studio and setting up invitations to create seamlessly weaves the creative process into children’s daily lives to help them become self-sufficient makers and innovative thinkers. This book, The Art Playroom, is for anyone who wants to foster creativity, independence, and ingenuity in the next generation.

Megan Schiller is an art teacher, art studio owner, and former preschool teacher. She has been blogging about children’s art and creative space since January, 2010. She started her business, The Art Pantry, in 2014 as a design studio to help parents set up creative play spaces in their homes and provide ideas on how to engage children in the creative process. She works one on one with clients and also offers a virtual group course and guides through her website. She lives in Mill Valley, CA.

Table of Contents

Preface

Part 1: The Art Space

Chapter 1: Why an Open Art Studio?

Introduction
What Skills Do Kids Learn from Open-Ended Art?
The Influence of Art Over the Years (by Barbara Rucci)
Design Matters

Chapter 2: Setting up Your Open Art Studio

What Materials and Tools Should be in an open art studio?
Your Art Space is Not Just for Art
Using an Art Space for Tinkering and Inventing (By Rachelle Doorley)
Adding Tinkering and Maker Materials into Your Art Space
Choosing a Location (By Jean Van’t Hul)
Furniture, Storage, and Tips on Organizing Art Supplies for Different Ages
Art Storage and Display
Adding the Art Supplies

Chapter 3: Your Open Art Studio is Ready to Go, Now What?

Keeping Materials Visible and Fresh
Introducing Your Child to the Materials
Testing New Materials
Questions to Ask Your Child When Testing Different Materials

Part 2: Invitations to Create

Chapter 4: Keeping Your Child Engaged Over Time with Invitations to Create

What are Invitations to Create?
10 tips on setting up an Invitation to Create

Chapter 5: Starter Invitations to Create: Easy art prompts for ages 2-7 that are quick to set up and easy for young children to explore on their own.

Monochromatic Shape
Playdough Sculpture
Foil Painting
Craft Tape Construction
Magazine Collage
Peekaboo Drawing
X Marks the Spot
Confetti
Rock Painting
Sticky Collage
Dot Painting
Dreamy Decoupage
Grid Drawing
Curious Assemblage
Scrape and Roll Painting
Fine Feathered Fabrication
Produce Prints
Current Obsession
DIY Stickers
Sticky Block Building
DIY Old Fashioned Tempera Paint
Misplaced Mural
Wet Chalk Drawing
You’ve Got Mail
Mirror, Mirror, on the Wall

“Do it together” Starter Invitations to Create: Art prompts that introduce a new material or technique that act as a simple art lesson when done with an adult
1. Oil Pastels & Oil
2. Current Obsession Still Life
3. Color Mixing

Chapter 6: Skill-building Invitations to Create: Art prompts to develop skills for ages 2-10

Mastering Tools (Ages 3-8): Art prompts that encourage the use of creative tools
1. First Scissor Practice
2. Early Learning Scissor Practice
3. Intermediate Scissor Practice
4. Stapler
5. Hole Puncher
6. Glue Gun
7. Hammer
Fine motor and Focus (Ages 2-6): Art prompts that help children develop fine motor and focusing skills.
1. Beading Pipe Cleaners
2. Delicate Droppers
3. Twisting from the Toolbox
4. Do-Dad Mandala
5. Fuse Beads
6. Simple Sewing Skills
7. Labyrinth Pointillism

Self-Sufficiency (Ages 2-6. Age 2 with adult supervision) Art prompts that guide children towards independent use of everyday items.
1. Slicing Practice
2. Kitchen Tools
3. Squeezing Practice
4. Pouring Practice
5. Spraying and Scrubbing Practice
6. Art Cleanup

Writing (Ages 3-8): Art prompts that build writing skills through playful activities.

Alphabet Stencil

Block Letter Dots
Alphabet Stickers
May I take Your Order?
Name Tracing
Greeting Card
Book Making
Comic Strip

Collaboration (Ages 2-10. 2 years with adult supervision): Art prompts that encourage collaboration between siblings or friends through group projects.

Shared Sticky Collage
Tape Resist Canvas
Collaborative Coloring
Shared Sticky Block Building
Shared Street Construction
Cooperative Garland

Science and Investigation (Ages 3-10): Art prompts that demonstrate the intersection of art and science through reactive ingredients, testing ideas, and exploring how things work.

Eye-Catching Eruption
Colorful Dripping Cream
Swirling Separation
Nature Still Life
DIY Nature Paint
Magnetic Sculpture

Making Toys and Accessories (Ages 4-10): Art prompts that introduce ways to make toys or accessories that can be played with when finished.

Modeling Clay Creatures
Mini Bed
Habitat
DIY Instrument
Dancing Paper Dolls
Sticky Sticks
DIY Magnet Puzzle

Conclusion

Having a Designated Art Space in Our Home (by Meri Cherry)
Final Thoughts
Resources
Acknowledgements
About the Author

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