Preparing Supplies for Your Sessions

Much like collecting ingredients for the kitchen, you can enjoy gathering supplies as part of the fun. Some items you will have around the house. Other items you may want to purchase from the same places you purchase school or craft supplies. And a few of the activities have links provided to purchase specialized art supplies online. Here is a master list of supplies that you might need to purchase for some of the activities. Many people like to collect a creativity kit in a handy, accessible bin.

• Pencils and pens
• Writing paper and journals
• A smart phone or camera
• A list of songs or recordings of favorite songs
• A list of poems or books of poems
• Family photographs
• Snapshots from magazines of paintings and images
• Watercolor paper
• Scrap paper to communicate visually such as showing the effects of color blending, images created by certain art tools
• Fresh leaves from the yard to use as collage material.
• Small tubes of acrylic paint or bottles of craft acrylic paints, variety of colors
• Paper plates to use as a paint palette
• Paint brush or sponges
• Rags/paper towel
• Watercolor paint
• Mod Podge (glue)
• Rice paper or thin art tissue paper(white)