Toddler Art: Andy Warhol

During Toddler Art: Andy Warhol, we read a short board book story called Andy Warhol's Colors by Susan Goldman Rubin, introducing Warhol's artwork and the concept of colors.

Afterwards, there was craft time. The first craft was making a Warhol inspired flower portrait using black card stock, green paint, and die-cut flowers. Painting and gluing were part of this craft.

The last craft was making another Warhol-inspired craft with colored square construction paper, die-cut hand shapes, and stamping hand prints on them to get the full pop art effect.

The family enjoyed the story and had fun painting together.

Other Books:

ABC Pop! Rachel Isadora

Other Craft Ideas:

-black and white picture and markers

-yarn warhol face craft

Preschool Picasso: Andy Warhol

This was a great Preschool Picasso turnout for the unique theme of Andy Warhol. I'm finding that the parents are excited for the specific artist themes I've been incorporating into this program. As long as I can find age-appropriate crafts and books for both preschoolers and toddlers, the artist-related theme is something I would like to stick to in the future.

We started off Preschool Picasso with our story, Uncle Andy's Cats by James Warhola that explained a little bit about Andy Warhol's life and included a fun story on his cats that inspired his artwork.

Once we finished our story, I explained the two crafts we would have for the day. Our first craft involved paint and green bell peppers. A unique artist requires a unique craft. The kids used cut green pepper and black paint to stamp on a flower-like outline that was inspired by Warhol's flower artwork. Once the outlines were stamped on their colorful neon card stock, they could paint inside with different color paint.

Their next craft was making a Warhol inspired block pop art using different colorful squares and colorful cat die-cuts, inspired by the story. The kids glued on their squares to their paper and added their cats on top to give it that pop art look.

Other Books:

ABC Pop! Rachel Isadora

Uncle Andy's James Warhola