Kids Craft Corner – Jazz Fest Style

I think Stella’s favorite part of Jazz Fest is the kids area!  They have a special stage just dedicated to kid centered musicians, puppeteers, etc and then tent after tent of kids art project – that change every few days.  This year there were more tables that had art items that were going to be part of a bigger project; sculpture, paper maiche mask or art for the group’s office.  Each day we would go to the area, at least once, for no less than an hour.  We started a new tradition this year – on the way to the kids area we passed a lemonade stand – and being as hot as it was – we would stop and get one lemonade to split between the 2 of us as we walked.

Jazz Fest Kid’s Art Projects

Butterfly Necklace

Take a butterfly cut out (with or without antennae) and color.  Once all decorating is done, punch a hole (center, top) and string with ribbon.  Tie and put over your head.  You now have a lovely, one-of-a-kind butterfly necklace.

Fan

There were two different fans to be made.  One, your basic fan  and the other a lady bug fan.  For either one – you will need the cutout (out of cardboard) and attached to popsicle sticks. For the basic fan – decorate with markers, crayons, glitter, feathers, felt cut-outs and beads, For the lady bug fan – you will need to cut out black circles, triangle and oval and then cut out 2 white circles.  Glue on following the picture below.

Red Beans and Rice Art

 

This was a fun art project.  Using a wooden board, red beans, rice, glitter, markers and glue – the kids could let their imagination go.  Some made plaques, others picture frames, other just pictures.

 

One art project was to paint feathers on cardboard.  All the feathers over the second weekend were collected and were to be added to a paper maiche mask.  Stella ended up doing 2 feathers.

The other project that Stella could not keep the art was the wind sculpture.  Kids would paint a cotton square and then they were all added to the sculpture.  The kids could come back at the end of the festival and take their creations.  Stella did two, but we could only find one of them.

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One Response to Kids Craft Corner – Jazz Fest Style

  1. Candace Coffin says:

    Really a wonderful fest to include so many activities for kids. I’m sure you got lots of ideas for your own kids’ crafts!! Good photos.

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