Ideas for Visual arts?

Arts and Crafts Ideas?!??!?

• i work as a valunteer in a disabled peoples day care center and im in need ofsome arts and crafts ideas they could all take part in together we'v already ad ideas such as scrap books and painting plant pots for the garden they love things that they KNOW will get used and be displayed as it makes them very proud. . . can anyone give me any ideas fo arts and crafts? xx

• Answer:

  - you could all chip in & make a huge jigsaw puzzle - like 1000 to 3000 pieces. when it's done, frame it & display in main hall. [there is special glue that is used to keep the pieces from falling. then frame.] - you could make greeting cards, etc. and even sell them or use them for the various occasions throughout the year. in fact, hold a kind of friendly competition between groups to see who comes up with the most innovative, most creative, most number, etc. of cards. you could give them one particular theme or occasion to work on. they can use anything - from paints to embellishments to fabric to dried flowers/herbs, etc. - how about making a handsewn 'community' quilt either for use or for display. determine the number & size of each block. provide the fabric & then leave it to each person to make the block. they could just cut one square piece & paint or embroider or applique, or they can cut diff shapes & sew together to get the block. when all are ready, sew together to complete the quilt. each person will have contributed something of their personality to each block. - similarly, if they know crochet &/or knitting, let each person make granny squares of specified dimensions. then join together into a blanket that can be used/gifted. - make papier mache articles. these are simple & fun to make, very inexpensive & you can make a range of utility stuff from them. eg. pen-holders, decorative plates & bowls, scenaries/models, jewelery/trinket boxes, vases, toys, ..... They can then be painted & decorated as desired. in fact, you can ask them to come with ideas of what to make - what they may need around them, etc. - make artificial flowers to display in all the rooms in the papier mache vases they've made :-)) - make candles & soaps -- always useful there are tons of sites that give detailed instructions on any/all of the above crafts. just google. or if you choose something in particular, let me know & i'll send you the list - too much to include here. hope these inspire all the very best & have fun