Mali, West Africa, holds many visual treasures for the traveler willing to forfeit the conveniences of modern society and slip into the traditional world of the Bambara people. One such treasure is Bogolan cloth, a traditional textile made with bold geometrical patterns dyed with black mud, brown tree bark, and bleach. This article describes the…

Instructions for making simple masks are provided in this guide for teachers of elementary children. Directions with illustrations are given for constructing masks from paper plates, construction paper, plastic milk jugs, and papier-mache. Ideas include a clown mask, a flower mask, a top hat, a paper crown, and "Groucho" glasses. Types…

This compilation of ideas submitted by Kentucky teachers includes over 100 8-1/2 x 5 black and white designs for bulletin board displays, as well as a list of suggested materials, design tips, special techniques, and a bibliography of ERIC articles and documents. Subject areas covered include language arts, reading and library, math, social…

An art activity which involved elementary students in making coiled clay constructions is described. (RM)

Experience of several sixth grade classes using scrap glass to create their own window. (RB)

Describes three dimensional design, techniques for its use, various activities, and evaluation of the design qualities. (RB)

An activity is described in which children explored ways of changing a nontessellating circle into curved shapes which would tessellate. (MP)

Describes a project in which the children were given the opportunity to produce mosaic life size figures for the office complex of their elementary school. (RB)

One girl's achievements in pattern-making are related with the intent of examining the way children think and the character and quality of the intellectual growth. (MP)

Describes how caregivers and their school-age children can make a "friendship quilt," outlining the basics of quilting, the materials needed, and basic patterns that can be followed. Includes detailed diagrams and patterns for designing and constructing applique and patchwork quilts. (MDM)

We are all designers. Designing is a part of life. It is the way we make and assemble the things we need for the way we like to live, or have to live. It is a way of organizing both the tangible and intangible structures of our lives, the structures which we form and which then in turn form us. In designing these structures we balance an inward…

This work presents a collection of craft projects that can be created by children. Necessary for completion of each craft is an IBM-compatible computer running Windows, "Word for Windows 6.0," with a mouse, a printer, and plain white printer paper. Simple craft supplies, including glue and scissors, also are needed. In each activity the child is…

This book is designed to be of assistance to primary school teachers who have had little training in arts and crafts and for use in teacher training colleges. Tested in Nigeria and Jamaica, this manual gives children an opportunity to develop their natural creativity, and also develops accuracy and manual dexterity in hand skills. Lesson plans are…

Instructions are given for a class or school-wide art/language arts project in which students learn to evaluate and design book covers. (SJL)

The construction of Islamic patterns is outlined as a product of two processes--building up more and more complex grids, followed by taking lines away. (MP)