I Ain't Gonna Paint No More!: Unique Ways to Spice Up Your Easel in ABC Order

I ain't gonna paint no more... at the easel that is!

Check out some unique and creative ways to develop fine motor (use of small muscles in the hands and wrists), creative arts, literacy/language and social studies skills at the all-important art domain known as the easel.

Other subjects covered are math related such as geometry (shape identification and recognition), color identification and recognition and spacial concepts. Your mini scientists will be fascinated as they use their sense of touch and tactile skills.

Hip-hip hooray let's go to the easel today!


Below you will find a list of mostly  no-paint  options listed in alphabetical order. Please note that most of these projects will require a very thick glue such as Aleene's Tacky Glue or Elmer's Non-Toxic White School Glue.

So what are you waiting for, go ahead and get your easel on!

ABC Easel Art Projects 

*Please note some of these items are possible choking hazards or allergens. Always supervise preschoolers and young children when using these objects. Remember to read all ingredient labels before using*. 

A - Ads, aboriginal sand art

B - Buttons, bows, bingo daubers, bookmarks

C - Cards, crayons, cardboard, candy wrappers, catalogs, old CD inserts 

D - Doilies, color-coded sticker dots (found at office supply stores) 

E - Etchings (Use a piece of cardboard wrapped in aluminum foil and a play-doh cutting knife to etch designs.), envelopes

F - Flags (coloring pages or clipart), foam shapes, fabric

G - Glitter mixed with glue, garland, plastic gemstones available at craft stores 

H - Handprints, hearts, horoscope animals, highlighters 

I - Ice pops made from tempera paint (See link about tempera paint at bottom of page), Impressionistic paintings created through use of bingo daubers

J - old, cheap costume jewelry that has been deshanked 

Project idea - Draw an egg shape and create a Faberge egg using jewelry. 

K - Kites, ketchup bottle labels 

L - Leaves, lace

M - Maps, markers, cheap makeup, magazines  

N- Newspaper, decorative napkins 

O - Oatmeal mixed with paint for a bumpy finish 

P- Pom-poms, paper dolls, photos, pipe cleaners

Q - Quilts (Use fabric cut into squares), Play money quarters 

R - Ribbon, Ric-rac, rubbings, receipts

S - Shaving cream dyed using food coloring (eek! dyed hands alert), stamps silhouettes, stencils, shapes, rubber stampers, scrapbook paper, seed packets, stickers 

T - Colored tape, clothing and gift tags 

U - Umbrella cutouts

V - Valentines, vases made out of paper, vanilla- infused paint 

W - Colored water in spray bottles, wooden shapes, wrapping paper 

X - Bright Xerox paper

Y- Yarn 

Z- Zebra stripes made from construction paper

Do you still have a craving for ways to use tempera paint? If so, check out a previous post about fun activities that use a hail and hearty supply of this messy, gooey, preschool staple from a boatload of bodacious bloggers. 
http://glitterandgluesticksforever.blogspot.com/2014/05/watch-you-tempera-whimsical-tempera.html

It's your turn. Do you have any crafty and innovative ideas that would help get our tiny Titians creative juices flowing? If so, please comment below.