Chihuly art projects

It all started with a field trip to the local trash dump and recycling center. The kids saw so much trash and recyclables in the dumping ar...

I love this Dale Chihuly inspired art lesson for kids using shrink plastic found at Mary Making. Remember, you can use #6 plastic the same way as shrink plastic found in stores.

Plastic cup Dale Chihuly art project for kids - find out how to use Sharpies and plastic cups to make a melted Chihuly project

Both myself and our students are excited about our sculpture in progress!! Second, third, fourth and fifth graders have been studying the work of renowned glass artist Dale Chihuly. Students learned how glass is formed, and how Chihuly relies on his team to help him create his masterpieces. During the course of this lesson we thought about where creative ideas come from. Looking at Chihuly's work we could see how the artist was often inspired by the world around him. Nature was a definate…

Dale Chihuly is one of my favorite glass artist. You see his work a lot here in the Northwest. He even had a piece on the Frasier TV show. But not all of us can do blown glass. I really like wh…

Fun group art project inspired by Dale Chihuly's blown glass chandelier. For all ages.

Make Dale Chihuly inspired art with kindergarten children.

We looked at the work of glass artist Dale Chihuly for this project. Color a regular coffee filter in washable markers. Spray them with starch, Hang them upside down on a water bottle to dry, Mount them on black cardboard and have an art show!

The Joslyn in Omaha has an awesome Dale Chihuly sculpture that definitely made an impact on the kids. Today they were super excited to do their Chihuly inspired projects. In honor of Mr. Chihuly's Macchia Bowl series we created coffee filter bowls. Dale Chihuly's Macchia Bowls Original coffee filter use watercolor to paint, spray with spray starch, put over a bottle to dry... our Macchia Bowls... and the leftover from the painting... can you say happy accident! In honor of Dale Chihuly's Sea…

Students at Central Riverside Elementary learned about the world-renowned glass artist, Dale Chihuly. After seeing him in action in a v...