Hands-On Art Projects | Fitchburg Art Museum

HANDS-ON FUN!

Create with us from home! Please see activities and tips for creating art with children below.

A woman doing crafts with beads

ART PROJECTS INSPIRED BY OUR PERMANENT COLLECTION

Explore the artistic techniques, concepts, and themes behind Fitchburg Art Museum’s permanent collection artworks through these fun creative projects. Explore the full list of tutorials below. Click here for information on how to best use these resources.

White feathered Bird (Heron)

Inspired Animals

Colorful Abstracted Cactus

Color Crazy

An abstract acrylic on paper painting, includes green & brown tones disbursed throughout.

Unreal!

A vessel with a gradient. White on the bottom, blue in the center, and red on top.

Vessel Variety

Imaginary Landscape

Painting featuring a flower

Fun Photography Effects

Moran Sq. Diner

Building on the Wall

Three women looking confident

Who Are You?

An abstracted map

Scenes Seen From Above

ART ACTIVITIES WITH HOUSEHOLD MATERIALS

The open-ended activities below can be adapted for a wide range of ages, and require things found around the home as well as some common, inexpensive art supplies. Explore supplies lists and guidelines for creation.

An abstract cardboard sculpture.

Cardboard Creations

Tie-die coffee filters

Coffee Filter Designs

A paintbrush and painted canvas with hearts

Crayon Resist Drawings

Childs hand finger painting

Easy Finger Painting

A recycled sculpture featuring a water bottle.

Recycled Sculpture

Hands drawing on glass plate

Glass Plate Monoprints

A Papier-mâché Bird house

Papier-mâché

Book Assemblage Activity Instructions for Artists make an assemblage by collecting everyday.

Book Bento Assemblage

Snapshots arranged on a table.

Fun with Photography

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TIPS FOR CREATING ART WITH CHILDREN

Crayons with a child in the background

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Wednesdays through Fridays: 12–4pm
Saturdays and Sundays: 11am–5pm
First Thursday of each month: 12–7pm

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Fitchburg Art Museum
185 Elm Street, Fitchburg, MA 01420
Phone 978.345.4207
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