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September 12, 2020 by: Hodgepodgemom

Football Video Art Tutorial

Celebrate your favorite team with a football video art tutorial. Nana shows you how to create a flying football with chalk pastels. “It is half time here. We only have a few more minutes until the team comes back on the field…” Football Video Art Tutorial Chalk Art Supplies: White paper or another color of your choosing. white, yellow, rusty brown, green, light green and

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August 25, 2020 by: Hodgepodgemom

You ARE an Artist: Chalk Pastel Art 101

You ARE an Artist is our motto here at Hodgepodge and chalkpastel.com Why? Because you are. You just may not know it yet. “But I didn’t inherit the art gene,” you might say. “I don’t have a stitch of creativity in me,” you may have said another time. Art time might make you cringe but truly you long to give your children the chance to

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July 12, 2020 by: Hodgepodgemom

Mike Mulligan Chalk Pastel Art Tutorial

We are big fans of Mike Mulligan and his steam shovel, Mary Anne. Every time I turned the page to this particular scene – the dirt, the steam, the clouds of smoke – I always thought this would make a wonderful Mike Mulligan chalk pastel art tutorial. So we set aside an art afternoon and enjoyed it! Chalk Pastel Art Supplies Needed: White piece of

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July 11, 2020 by: Hodgepodgemom

Free Fall Art Lessons for All Ages

Pull out those fantastic reds, oranges, browns, yellows and greens and enjoy our free fall art lessons for all ages. Don't you love a fall palette?

A few leaves are already starting to turn here in the south and that means it’s time to turn our attention to fall art! Pull out those fantastic reds, oranges, browns, yellows and greens and enjoy our free fall art lessons for all ages. Don’t you love a fall palette? These colors make me so happy! I’ve put together a list of our best art

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July 8, 2020 by: Nana

Train Chalk Pastel Art Tutorial

Little Engine! This Train Chalk Pastel Art Tutorial is a MUCH-requested one from one of my youngest students.  He is a real fan of  The Little Engine that Could originally by author Watty Piper. Train Chalk Pastel Art Tutorial You will need the following pastel colors: blue (of course!), yellow, black, brown, green, gray and white. We will start drawing a line with your blue

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June 16, 2020 by: Hodgepodgemom

How to Do Art in 5-10 Minutes

Q: How do you fit in art? How can you do art in 5-10 minutes? When, oh when, is a good time to do art with children of all ages and stages? (These are questions I get often.) A: The answer is super simple. We have found – after much practice in our home – that the best time for us to enjoy art is

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June 15, 2020 by: Hodgepodgemom

Elementary Homeschool Curriculum Choices

Elementary homeschool curriculum choices - all the tried and true favorite resources used for five children of various learning styles at Hodgepodge.

Many a time I have found myself pausing and being thankful that the younger two that make up our elementary homeschool are so close in age. Almost exactly two years apart with the same birthday month. They are buddies and they cheer each other on in their learning. Older sister coaches reading. Younger brother waits patiently while she finishes handwriting – and then they are

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June 11, 2020 by: Hodgepodgemom

Dandelion Chalk Pastel Art Tutorial

One of the icons of warm weather is the dandelion. Have you ever studied the detail of this beautiful creation? Oh there are so many ways you could paint it! This dandelion chalk pastel art tutorial is inspired by a photo I took last spring. I was looking down as I walked and there was just one, big full dandelion that begged to be picked

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