I saw this project in an Arts & Activities magazine. When your fridge and walls are already filled with your child's art, have them paint your switch plates!1. Your local hardware or home improvement store carries plastic switch plates for every need and they're quite inexpensive.
2. Provide the students with lots of acrylic paint and a switch plate and maybe some ideas of subject matter. Small motor skills are needed so they should think of detailed images to make the most of their “canvas”. Be sure to have lots of thin paint brushes too so that painting tiny details is possible.
3. After the plate is painted, spray with a sealer to protect from scratching.
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This is a great site. I plan to come back here and visit often. I am a homeschool mom, but I also teach art history based art lessons in my home.
I also plan to paste a link to this site on both my websites.
You can check them out if you are able.
http://missjuliesartschool.webs.com/
and
http://thehomeschoolherald.webs.com/index.htm
My 7 year old did this at one of the paint-your-own-pottery places a few months ago. She decided to paint an underwater scene for her brother's room, which is rather nautical. It turned out beautifully, and she loves to show it off. That's the most important thing, I think - to have the opportunity to be proud of her hard work!
I agree - I love seeing kids proudly share their artwork with others. I wish us "grown-ups" could not lose that ability...
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