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Transparent Page Divider Activities

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Transparent page divider activities. Art, science, math, and photography ideas that are suitable for all ages.

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School supplies are stocked everywhere, sales are on, and I’m buying a substantial amount of transparent page divider packets. I’m using them for their usual purpose and setting lots aside for early learning activities. Read on for ideas on how to incorporate these layering page dividers in photos, art, and light table play.

Transparent page dividers used in math, science, art, and photography activities with children.

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Transparent Page Divider Jellyfish

Page divider jellyfish bells and transparent stir stick tentacles offer an invitation to create on the light table. The jellyfish can give each other “hugs” so new colors are discovered.

Light table jellyfish made with transparent page divider shapes and stir sticks.

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Geometric Shape Creations

Cut geometric shapes in various sizes and a tray of transparent gems inspire open-ended creating.

Cut geometric transparent page divider shapes set on a light table with transparent jewels.

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Christmas Tree Decorating

Christmas trees cut from page dividers and set out on a light table with transparent star links and game pieces offer a festive invitation to decorate.

Transparent Christmas trees, star links, and game pieces.

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Page Divider Picture Accents

A strip of transparent color layered on pictures adds a striking element. Black and white animal themed coloring pages and calendar pictures work well as subjects too.

Sketch Art picture of meerkats looking into a pumpkin enhanced with a transparent page divider strip.
Sketch Art Meerkat And Pumpkin Photo

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Sketch Art photo of a pier enhanced with a transparent page divider strip.
Sketch Art Pier Photo

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Country barn photo enhanced with a strip of a transparent page divider..

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Handprint Turkey Art Accent

A strip of a transparent page divider enhances black and white turkey handprint art.

Handprint turkey enhanced with a strip of transparent page divider.

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Book Inspired Tree Art

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Tree Art inspired by the storybook "Wow! Said The Owl" by Tim Hopgood. Papercraft art using a variety of colors and textures.

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Inspiration For The Tree Art

Trees are a popular art theme, and I love using tree art in a mosaic pattern on a bulletin board display.

Over the years I’ve done a few tree displays celebrating our four Alberta seasons.  This year I chose an art project based on the storybook “Wow! Said The Owl” by Tim Hopgood.  In the story, an owl stays up past his bedtime one summer night and notices the beautiful colors of early morning, midday, and dusk.  The owl loves all the color schemes but decides the night colors are still the best.  As I read the story, I was saying “Wow” right along with the owl, because the illustrations featuring the owl and tree throughout the day are gorgeous!

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Art Set-Up

Paper supplies to make the tree art pictures. An all-ages book inspired art activity.

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Based on the colors in the book, I used heart-themed paper punches to cut a variety of leaves.  I used circle paper punches for the sun and moon.  Butterfly paper punches came in handy for the midday pictures.  A sticker owl was available to complete each picture.

For the art project, I used four different blue shades of 9 x 12 fade-resistant paper.  This size displays perfectly as a mosaic pattern on a feature bulletin board I have access to.  I cut tree trunks in different shades of brown and glued one on each piece of blue paper.

Then children got a little bag with shapes to create a tree scene.  Paper pieces were attached with a glue stick.  Some children questioned why we were using heart shapes for the leaves, so I showed them heart-shaped leaves from real plants.

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Tree Art Themes

Children completed at least two of the following projects.

Sunrise paper craft tree inspired by the storybook "Wow! Said The Owl" by Tim Hopgood.

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Mid day paper craft tree inspired by the storybook 'Wow! said The Owl' by Tim Hopgood.

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Sunset paper craft tree inspired by the storybook "Wow! Said The Owl" by Tim Hopgood.

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Nighttime paper craft tree inspired by the storybook 'Wow! Said The Owl' by Tim Hopgood.

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Some of the completed pictures were saved for each child’s memory album; others were saved for the bulletin board display.

Tree art projects arranged in a mosaic pattern on a bulletin board.

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A second bulletin board idea…

Tree art bulletin board idea inspired by the storybook "Wow! said The Owl" by Tim Hopgood.

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Tree art depicting the seasons of winter, spring, summer, and fall is always a stunner. And it is easy to display on a bulletin board for parents and children to admire.

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