I’ve experimented on music paper, old stamp album paper, maps. You’ll need some basic art materials – a ball point pen, lead pencil, oil pastels and water color paints. Any simple-shaped household objects work well. Hearts are the theme on these two Doodle Pattern Tiles, making them perfect for a Valentine doodle When the kids have filled them in they could cut out the tiles and glue onto a larger piece of folded, coloured card for a really special Valentine.
If you scroll down this blog post, you’ll see some lots of examples, using rolls of tape, lids and tiles. This experimental process has been quite addictive. I grabbed a roll of tape and a ballpoint pen and started playing……. We don’t always need expensive art materials and coloring books to keep kids creatively occupied. However, sometimes the simplest ideas are the best. Mindful coloring books have been popular for some time, and we all know the relaxing benefits of switching off for a while. Kids love to experiment, play with color, shape and pattern with no fixed outcome in mind. You can give these simple ideas a go in the classroom or at home.ĭoodling helps us to relax our minds and takes us away from screens. I also find doodling incredibly relaxing.These easy doodles for kids really keep them engaged. Doodling is said to help people retain information, foster creative thinking, and believe or not, HELP people focus. Several research studies have been done that suggest that doodling actually helps people commit to memory the ideas that they are listening to while drawing. While doodling may seem like just a way to pass the time, I believe in the power of doodling to engage the brain. Our Doodle Cubes reminded me of The Continuous Monument and the idea of taking simple basic forms like the grid and using them to connect and explore form and space. One of their founding members, Cristiano Toraldo di Francia, was my professor when I spent a year studying in Florence! And here’s one more reason I love Superstudio. Designers like the members of Superstudio explored unique and impossible ideas as a way of both questioning the status quo and proposing solutions to world problems. Pretty heavy stuff, huh? The 1960s was a great time in architecture. That’s right, the ENTIRE WORLD, in an attempt to instill unity. Their most famous work is The Continuous Monument, a monolithic grid structure that they proposed would circle the entire world. Their work was primarily conceptual, meaning it was never actually built but instead they explored radical architectural ideas on paper. Superstudio was an Italian architecture firm founded in the 1960s. Doodle Cubes reminded me immediately of Superstudio. On Babble Dabble Do I profile an artist, designer, scientist, or creative that comes to mind with each project we do. You’re done! Make a few of these and explore how 2D patterns translate into 3-dimensional objects! Doodle Cubes Look Like… The cubes are delicate so parents may wish to do this step for younger children who might crush the cube while trying to glue it. Alternatively or in addition to the glue you can add tape to the sides. Tuck them UNDER the cube sides and press together.
You can also use the letters to find the matching side of the cube.įold along the light lines with crisp folds and cut along the solid lines.
This will guarantee that the lines will continue around the side of the cube and appear to flow.
Here’s the BIG TIP: Try and start a line or color block on the tick marks along each side of the cube. If you are going to use pens you can print them on regular paper. If you are going to paint your cubes print them on card stock.
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