This is a garden for all of the ants. The plastic pieces are for the ants to sleep in. They play in the little pink cup and they can swim. The sparkle stick is a giant candy cane which is part of the ants’ Christmas decorations.
—Cecily, age
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This is one of the tall buildings that is in Boston. It even has a tower on top of it. The blue balcony is so people can look out over the city. There is a flower garden next to the building where people can eat lunch. There is also a wire sculpture in the garden and big chairs for people to sit in.
—Sarah, age 5
There is a huge red slide at this playground where kids can slide down and land in the soft stuff at the bottom. There is also a beautiful water fountain here. The tube leads to the water fountain, and at the fountain the tall tube shoots water higher than the shorter ones do. There is also a blue water fountain that stores lots of water. The playground is covered in blacktop cement, except for the dark play tunnel, which is covered in yellow grass.
—Aaron, age 8
This is a magic garden of fairies. They live and hide in the garden. They leave fairy dust all over the place…it makes the garden grow and never die. There is a magic pink tree in the garden. See the pink egg? That’s the fairies’ home. Fairies like to ride on butterflies and eat tiny pieces of the blossoms and drink nectar from the flowers. The snakes and moles leave holes in the domino bricks.
—Morgan, age 4
This is a place called Fairy Flower World…it is full of magic, care, love and life. Fairies live here and sleep in the pinwheel and brush their teeth in the dents in the green stuff. For food, the fairies drink chocolate and eat sparkles. They get dressed everyday inside the glass and sometimes they go swimming in the blue water. The flowers make them laugh and sing in the Spring. There is a yellow flower god in this world that makes everything so beautiful and happy. Sometimes, the fairies like to play a game called, “Stay the Cleanest,” where they jump in the tanks of chocolate and try not to get dirty.
—Beatrice, age 5
The wire cat is called Mohawk Chicken, the orange one is called Chicken. My land has pink rocks and a blue river. In the middle is a mountain with a tree on the side... it has flowers in it.
—Angelika, age 7
The rhino sleeps on his bed. The polka-dots are his sheets and he has toys on his bed to play with. See that pink dot? That’s the rhino’s pillow. If he wants to fly around he can get into his helicopter. He also flies in his red plane. The flower is in his backyard and he likes to play on it.
—Tajuddin, age 5
The polar bear has to swim underwater to get into his house. He likes to hang on the balloons and drive around in his red boat. He floats around in the plastic eggs in the yellow polka-dot water. The polar bear keeps his car in the tubes and sleeps in the soft leaves. He has a measuring tower so he can tell how tall he is. The buttons by his house help the polar bear get his shirt on. There are black worms that live on the side of his house, and logs that float in the water.
—Carlo, age 4
The stoplight is like a roof for the tiger’s home. He sleeps in the moss and drinks water from his bowls. He can get in his car and drive around when he wants. He can also play on his golden swing. I built a catwalk for him to walk on too.
—Bow, age 6
This is a zoo that has lots of animals in it. The monkeys live in the tall box cage with the coconut tree inside it. The lion’s den is at the bottom of the branch that goes up to the monkeys’ house. This branch is a slide for the monkeys so they can visit their friend, the lion. Sometimes the lion shares his food with the monkeys that he keeps in the clear egg-shaped container. The giraffe lives on top of the monkeys’ house in the purple rooftop home. At the zoo, there is also an orange water dish for the animals to drink out of, and a rose tree…it looks beautiful.
—Tylor, age 6
There is a chocolate collector at the factory and it collects the chocolate…it is stored in the eggs. There is a stove under the big chocolate pot that cooks the chocolate. When the chocolate is done, it goes through the chocolate pump. The factory mostly makes candy bars with the chocolate, but they also make chocolate milk in the chocolate machine. The special candy bars they make are Reese’s cups. To make those, they have to use the peanut butter machine which is green and looks like an egg. The workers sleep on their soft green beds at night because they are very tired from making chocolate.
—Aaron, age 8
My favorite animal is the beaver. The beaver’s name is Carlo-Carlos and he lives here. He lives under this cave and has a big fan in case it gets hot. Inside he can also take a bath and a shower. This is the Charles river with rocks in it. In case Carlo-Carlos gets in trouble, he can pull himself out of the water with these rocks. He has a camera so he can take pictures of the lake.
—Bridger, age 5
This factory makes chocolate with glitter. The chocolate pours into the clear tube, then it is shaken and makes chocolate milk. The small clear tubes are measuring cups for separating the chocolate. There are lots of different processes that the chocolate goes through.
—Anaya, age 7
This is a secret cave for the tiger to go into. It is covered so it looks like the rest of the jungle. The flower is for him to chew on and play with. He likes to eat the leaves, but mostly his food is the moss that grows near his home. The tiger has motor shoes…they have batteries. The tiger uses them so he can skate around. He likes to skate over trees and go swimming in the ocean.
—Elle, age 6
Young children, 3 to 8 years old, have constructed art pieces from a multitude of objects in our Hands-on Art Studio. They told us the stories behind the 3D art and the scenes, objects, people, and animals that were part of their art. View the wonderfully creative art and read their lively and imaginative stories.
Roll over the numbers below to see 14 great art projects; creative assemblages and stories.
