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Join The "What's Your Favorite Animal" Project!

April 18th, 2014

In What’s Your Favorite Animal? a new book by Eric Carle & Friends, 14 amazing children’s book artists share their favorite animals. We’d love for you to do the same! If your kids are school break this coming week like they are here in Amherst, MA, this may be the perfect time to create some animal art and submit it to The “What’s Your Favorite Animal?” Project. READ MORE

February School Vacation Week 2014 Creations

February 20th, 2014

The Carle's guests are making some pretty fantastic paper sculptures this week (including this skater's ice rink) during our Every Day Art Project, Bend, Fold Curl!

Twists and turns...

Snowflakes galore...

Towering hats...

Playgrounds... READ MORE

DIY Chalk Board Drop-in Workshop with Knack

February 10th, 2014

February school vacation week is almost upon us and from art making to story times to theatre; The Carle has your family?s vacation covered! One of the activities I'm most excited about is hosting our friends from Knack on Sunday, February 23rd. READ MORE

Feathered Flyers: Collaging Paper Birds

October 21st, 2013

Have I ever mentioned how much we love birds here at The Carle?

Collage Birds Inspired by Picture Books

September 6th, 2013

Here is a deep look into one of the projects we did with our Animals, Art and The Imagination 2013 Students, aged 6-10, on the final day of our program.

To me, the strength of this project is that it involves a few different kinds of activities to appeal to many kinds of learners: READ MORE