Where can I find sources of holiday arts and crafts for children?

• Group 23 Solutions, "The Idea Box, Seasonal," 1 October 2001, <http://www.theideabox.com/ideas.nsf/seasonal> (1 October 2001).
• Julie Vickery, "Christmas at the Holiday Zone: Arts and Crafts," <http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Troy/9087/christmas/cart.html> (1 October 2001).

Where can I find sites that give overviews of the visual arts?

• Craig Roland, "The @rt Room," 7 April 2001, <http://www.arts.ufl.edu/art/rt_room/index.html>
  (1 October 2001).
• Sanford, "Art Education and Art Adventures from Sanford and a Lifetime of Color," <http://www.sanford-artedventures.com/> (1 October 2001).

Where can I find online activities using art found in museums?

• Children's Museum of Indianapolis, "Arts Workshop," <http://www.childrensmuseum.org/artsworkshop/index2.html> (1 October 2001).
• Educational Web Adventures (Edweb), "A. Pintura Art Detective," <http://www.eduweb.com/pintura/index.html> (1 October 2001).
• Educational Web Adventures (Edweb) and National Museum of Wildlife Art, "Art Tales: Telling Stories with Wildlife Art," <http://www.wildlifeart.org/ArtTales/index.html> (1 October 2001).
• Keith Haring Foundation, "Haring Kids," <http://www.haringkids.com/> (1 October 2001).
• National Gallery of Art, "NGA Kids: Adventures with Art--Activities and Projects," <http://www.nga.gov/kids/kids.htm> (30 September 2001).
• Smithsonian American Art Museum, "Bottlecaps to Brushes: Art Activities for Kids,"<http://www.nmaa.si.edu/education/kids/cappy/main.html> (30 September 2001).

Where can I find the meanings of art terms?

• Michael Delahunt, "Artlex: Art Dictionary," 27 September 2001, <http://www.artlex.com>
  (1 October 2001).

Where can I find activity ideas for children with special needs?

• Colin Smith, "Great Art Ideas for Special Artists," <http://www.edbydesign.com/specneedsres/specialart/index.html> (1 October 2001).

Where can I find crafts activities for my child to complete at home?

• Marilyn Brackney, "Marilyn's Imagination Factory," <http://www.kid-at-art.com/> (1 October 2001).
• Mary Ann Kohl, "Brightring.com," 30 August 2001, <http://www.brightring.com/> (1 October 2001).
• Tracy Pearson, "Art/Crafts for Kids," 1 October 2001, <http://artforkids.tqn.com/> (1 October 2001).

Where can my child view other children's artwork?

• Telenaut Communications, "Global Show 'n' Tell Museum,"
  <http://www.telenaut.com/gst/> (30 September 2001).
• Craig Roland, "The @rt Room," 7 April 2001, <http://www.arts.ufl.edu/art/rt_room/index.html>
  (1 October 2001).

Where can I find lesson plans for art activities?

• John Hagen, "Learning how to Draw: Illustrated Lesson Notes for Teachers,"
  <http://www.geocities.com/~jlhagan/K9-14/introduction.htm> (1 October 2001).
• The Teacher's Guide, "Art Lesson Plans," <http://www.theteachersguide.com/Artlessonplans.html> (1 October 2001).
• U.S. Department of Education, Office of Educational Research and Improvement, "AskEric Lesson Plans," Educational Resources Information Center (ERIC),
  <http://askeric.org/cgi-bin/lessons.cgi/Arts> (1 October 2001).

* Robert Genn, Ed. "Resources of Art Quotations: An Ongoing Definitive Collection of Quotations about Art Making," 24 June 2001, <http://painterskeys.com/quotations.htm> (30 September 2001).

Final Note: Due to the transitory nature of the Internet, web pages come and go. You may find that links are no longer active, or that the site has moved. Happily, though, as quickly as sites become inactive, new sites are created. I recommend searching an Internet search engine like Google in addition to searching the above links. Search terms such as "art children," "art activities children," and "arts and crafts children" should yield good results.

Good luck! Have fun doing art with your children!

Prepared by Wendy E. Wood
for
Information Resources in the Humanities
University of Texas Graduate School of Library and Information Science
October 17, 2001