Office Supply Inspirations

Use office supplies as both a material for inspiring creating or as a finishing touch!

Materials

• Office supplies (paper clips, stickers, elastics etc.)
• Glue
• Pre-made artwork OR paper and paints
• Smock
• Craft Tray

Directions

Approach 1

• Glue or stick office supplies to a blank piece of paper.  This serves as a starting or inspiration point for creating around the supplies.  Don your smock and paint away!

• Our daughter decided to go with reinforcements, painting circular sponges and acrylics, followed by a watercolour wash on her pieces.  Go with whatever materials excite you- markers, watercolours etc.

• Another finished piece:

• You could also experiment with removing the office supplies to create negative space images on your piece:

OR 

Approach 2

• Add office supplies to already existing piece as a bit of embellishment.

• We suggest arranging them before you glue them on, so that way you can experiment (as our daughter says!) with the placement.

Purpose

• Exploring different materials

Safety Notes

• Items such as elastic bands, paper clips etc. can be coking hazards, therefore be sure to keep them out of the reach of children ages 0-3 or those that tend to put things in their mouths.