Light Arts by Kids on Earth Hour 2011
We had a small gathering for the Earth Hour on Saturday, 26 March 2011. We have been participating Earth Hour since 2008. This is our 4th year. Some Kids who joined us this year for the first time made lanterns using recycling materials; decorate a empty jar with papers, ribbons, confetti, cello, and etc. I...
21st Century art for kids (Book review)
Gallery of Modern Art (GoMa) Queensland, Australia is displaying an exhibition called “21st Century Art in the first decade”. http://qag.qld.gov.au This is a fantastic exhibition and it is free! I have visited a couple of times and each time I really had a great time! I liked many artworks such as live birds flying called...
Light Arts with Glow Sticks
Every time we go camping, I take glow sticks. At night, I let kids to move them as they wish and I take photos with slow shutter setting. There were three kids moving the sticks in these photos. They moved sticks left to right quickly and tossed them into the air and so on. Every...
Making Japanese Paper Doll Puppets
March 3 is Hina Matsuri (Doll Festival or Girls’ Festival) in Japan, when people pray for the happiness and healthy growth of girls. The family who has daughters place the doll set for this festival. Platforms covered with a red carpet are used to display a set of ornamental dolls (雛人形, hina-ningyō) representing the Emperor,...
Light Arts by LED Colour Lights
I would like to share my experiments about the light arts. I have been trying using different kind of lights. In the last post, we used Fire Sparkles. This time, I would like to show you the effects by LED colour lights. The first image was used blue, red and white LED lights. My son...
Light Arts : LED White light
I would like to show the light art using a LED flash light. You may have better effects if you cover your flashlight with a bubble wrap. It helps to make the light’s line clearer and sharper. I took these photos and wrote the letters by myself. I took the photos for each letter and...
Kids Art: Marbling with Shaving Cream
I would like to share some ideas of the arts with kids. Today, I would like to show you one of my son’s favourite - Marbling with Shaving Cream. We have tried this when he was four. It is very easy and effective. Kids can have lots of fun. You can teach kids how to...
Light Art: Happy New Year 2011
Hi, I would like to share an idea of Light arts with sparkles. I have been trying and comparing the effects of the Light Arts with using different kind of lights. I think that the Sparkles are the best so far. I will introduce you different type of lights what I have used in the...
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