One thing I’ve learned with collage and altered books is that drawings don’t have to be flat. Even kids who are a little bored with regular coloring and painting will get interested in three dimensional pictures. There are so many things you use. Think about buttons, ribbon scraps, leftover caps from bottles, Popsicle sticks, different nuts, peanut shells, raisins, cheerios, dried beans, fruit loops, sticks from the yard, pine straw, and dried pasta of all different shapes – elbows, wheels, shells. Buttons can be eyes, pasta swirls can be hair, and pine straw can be fur or hair. Sticks can … Continue reading →