The following information will help you make some of the projects in this section. If a special skill is needed, the directions will tell you the page on which that skill is explained. For example:...
Paint and Print
How can you tell a story without using words? If you guessed "I can paint a picture," you're right! Paint talks. With paint you can tell about the places you've visited, the things you've seen, and...
Crazy creatures
Paper-Bag Puppets All of these puppets started as plain paper bags. Draw or paint faces and bodies on the bags. If you want, tape or glue on construction paper and yarn decorations. Poke holes in...
PICTURES PAINTED ON WALLS
If people want to decorate the walls of their houses, they might hang wallpaper or they might just hang lots of pictures. In the museum in Vatican City, Rome, pictures are painted on the walls...
Which do you like best?
Some people like decorated things. They fill their houses with carved and painted furniture. They hang fancy lights from decorated ceilings. They put lots of pictures on the walls. They cover the...
This reptile
This is a looking page. Look at this turtle. The turtle's head looks as if an artist had painted stripes and spots on it. That's why this kind of turtle is called a painted turtle. The turtle's...