VAN GOGH TO PLAYDOUGH AT HOME
In-person Van Gogh to Playdough activities are back, but you can still access certain activities online! Watch and participate with us and your little art lovers in miniature versions of the MOA’s Van Gogh to Playdough program. These short episodes will help your child learn, explore, move, play, and create using household items! Showcase your creations with us using #byumoa.
Latest Episode: Plants
Where do the plants we eat come from?
In this 11-minute video for toddlers, you’ll learn about seeds and farmers, as well as hear a story about one young farmer from a long time ago!
After watching, you can use our guide to decorate and grow your own potted plant!
Then review what you’ve learned and explore additional activities as a family by exploring our learning card.
Art with Anything!
You don’t need fancy supplies to be an artist, and neither do children!
In this 7-minute video, your kids can explore the many ways artists can create without paintbrushes and crayons.
After watching, you can use our guide together to make something extraordinary using household materials!
Then review what you’ve learned and explore additional activities as a family by exploring our learning card.
Mother’s Day
Happy Mother’s Day! Help some children in your life celebrate their mom with this activity.
First, help them watch this 7-minute video about mothers.
Then help them make a bouquet of flowers for their mom using this guide.
Then review what you’ve learned and explore additional activities as a family by exploring our learning card.
Inventors
Help you child become an inventor with this engaging 12-minute video!
Let them create their own cardboard steam engine using household materials using this guide!
Then review what you’ve learned and explore additional activities as a family by exploring our learning card.
Photography
Turn your children into junior photographers in this fun 20-minute video!
Next, create with them a toy cardboard camera they can fill with their artwork using these instructions!
Finally, review what you’ve learned and explore additional activities as a family by exploring our learning card.
Animals: Nocturnal & Diurnal
Join your toddler as they learn the difference between nocturnal and diurnal animals with the three activities in this short video!
Then learn how to make your own night-time scene together in this fun activity!
Finally, review what you’ve learned and explore additional activities as a family by exploring our learning card.
A Studio of Her Own: Women in the Collection
This Van Gogh to Playdough activity comes in three parts, all related to our exhibition A Studio of Her Own: Women in the Collection. If you prefer to watch all segments together, click here.
Part 1: “How Do We Move Our Hands?” activity with Jaylee Johnson
John Henri Moser
This Van Gogh to Playdough activity comes in four parts, all related to the artist John Henri Moser.
