Chihuly art projects

Plastic cup Dale Chihuly art project for kids - find out how to use Sharpies and plastic cups to make a melted Chihuly project

It all started with a field trip to the local trash dump and recycling center. The kids saw so much trash and recyclables in the dumping ar...

I first heard about Pinterest a couple months ago. Heard it was awesome, but didn't feel like I needed one more thing to be obsessed about on the computer. Then I came across an art blog where the blogger was talking about Pinterest. I decided to check it out and had a friend of mine "invite" me to join. Oh my gosh! This website is awesome!! It's a super easy way to bookmark ANYTHING on the internet into categories so you can remember it and come back to it. I've been addicted to it all…

We looked at the work of glass artist Dale Chihuly for this project. Color a regular coffee filter in washable markers. Spray them with starch, Hang them upside down on a water bottle to dry, Mount them on black cardboard and have an art show!

The Joslyn in Omaha has an awesome Dale Chihuly sculpture that definitely made an impact on the kids. Today they were super excited to do their Chihuly inspired projects. In honor of Mr. Chihuly's Macchia Bowl series we created coffee filter bowls. Dale Chihuly's Macchia Bowls Original coffee filter use watercolor to paint, spray with spray starch, put over a bottle to dry... our Macchia Bowls... and the leftover from the painting... can you say happy accident! In honor of Dale Chihuly's Sea…

Students at Central Riverside Elementary learned about the world-renowned glass artist, Dale Chihuly. After seeing him in action in a v...

Chihuly Paper bowls Students were introduced to the glass bowls by Dale Chihuly. I found a great You tube video for kids where it shows...

Chihuly-inspired Sculpture: Using plastic cups and Shrink paper, you can make a Dale Chihuly inspired sculpture that looks like real glass! Kids of all ages and skill levels can enjoy this fun and engaging art project.

A while back I saw a great Chihuly lesson posted on The Crayon Lab blog (here). I've seen quite a few Chihuly inspired art lessons on the web, but I liked the simplicity of using rubber bands to hold the coffee filters on paint bottles before spraying starch on them. I pretty much followed the steps in that lesson, except I didn't have enough paint bottles, so we used plastic cups from Smart & Final (seems like I've been living there lately!). I also showed the kids a slide show loop that is…