GPAM At-Home: Art Activities for Kids & Families

The Great Plains Art Museum has developed a series of STEAM at-home art activities for kids and families of all ages. Each activity is inspired by a work in our collection and is interdisciplinary in pairing art with science or engineering learning objectives. Explore each activity below to view the step-by-step guide for completing your art creation using basic craft materials. 


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Shadow Plant Painting

Inspired by Paul A. Johnsgard & Allison Johnson's Bearberry (Arctostaphylos uva-ursi) 

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Dried Bean Nature Mosaic

Inspired by Molly Murphy Adams's Relative Position

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Animate a Running Bison Zoetrope

Inspired by Sharron Ahtone Harjo's We Had Plenty

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Nature Diptych with a Microscope

Inspired by Karen Dienstbier's Prairie Grasses Series, Fall

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