Foil art projects

This project is one of my most viewed projects on my blog. For good reasons: it's a very popular lesson that's found all over Pinterest...

Foil leaf rubbing!

Some teachers like to start the year with a project involving students’ names. It helps you learn each student’s name and makes identifying students during those early days a breeze. You can use these as stand-alone projects or create the designs on sticky label paper to mark their portfolios. 1.Blogger Katherine Scott Maghini does these […]

I've had so many questions about the foil embossing lesson over on my twitter page. I said it'd probably be easier to write a blog post ...

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This is a really fun and engaging lesson I found HERE on the Kinder Art website. I modified the steps a bit. These turn out really beautiful with wonderful colour effects that these photos aren't able to capture! We used plastic sheet protectors. Students looked online for photo inspiration. On regular photocopy paper (which fits in the page protector), students drew out their image in pencil. They had to make sure to turn it into stained glass effect by fracturing up the image. Slide the…

I have very clear memories of doing foil art at a summer camp I worked at in America. Anyway, this is probably one of those crafts that you did as a child/teenager, and have completely forgotten about. It is very easy to set up and simple to do, although I do think that older children will have more fun doing it.

Foil Transfer Art: This is a fun, colorful project that anyone can create. Experiment with different colors, designs, and patterns. The end product looks like you've tie-dyed your paper. It makes a beautiful framed gift, homemade card, or simple wall art. This proj…

This was a super fun project my Grades 4- 6 mixed elective class did at the end of this school year. They LOVED this project- some even made 2 or 3. I pretty much followed the excellent instructions posted HERE on the "We Heart Art" blog. She found the idea on the Fine Lines blog. I was worried we would have to use that chunky yarn (of which I had none) but regular yarn worked well. I collect empty cereal boxes from my students all year long and stockpile them for projects such as these…