Especially when we repurpose them as art materials!
Teachers, here’s a fun challenge to give your left brain a break (should you or your students need one after standardized testing). This DMA Creativity Challenge, aka art-making activity where limited materials and time are provided, is guaranteed to flex your brain muscle and challenge your creativity.
We [Heart] Office Supplies Challenge
The Challenge: To create a sculpture using only materials commonly found in office desk drawers.
- Begin by gathering materials. Try combinations of the following to create your artwork: binder clips, post-it notes, rubber bands, file folders, paper clips. Grab a pair of scissors, but leave the tape, glue/glue sticks in the desk drawer for more of a challenge.
- Sketch out your ideas on blank paper.
- Give yourself a time limit. The pictures below are artworks made over an hour’s time, but making sculptures in ten or fifteen minutes is just as fun.
- Make a label for your sculpture: title it, date it, name the artist(s), and write a short creative description of it.
- Display your artwork in the classroom or wherever else you keep your creations.
Ready, go!
Amy Copeland
Coordinator of Go van Gogh Outreach
