Art Wagon

CREATE more opportunities to CREATE!

We love to CREATE outside & I want my kids to feel like it's easy to CREATE anywhere!

I also want it to be easily accessible, portable, & inexpensive for me & my family...

So, to do this I created the ART WAGON! 

Instead of lugging all of our supplies in & out of the house by hand we just use the wagon!

Using a wagon we already had (or you can get one through Craigslist) & supplies around the house, the cost is $0!  The ART WAGON is always stocked & ready to go whenever we want to head outside for some creative fun! You can fill it with whatever supplies you want.

Here is a list of basics that we usually have inside of ours.

Art Wagon Supplies:

~ different sizes, shapes, & colors of paper &/or stretched canvas

~ variety of paint brushes

~ variety of paints

~ colored pencils

~ sketch book(s)

~ jugs of water for rinsing brushes, cups, & people

~ cups/bowls/styrofoam trays for the paint

~ metal/wire basket(s) for containing items outside of the wagon when creating

~ wood, rocks, nature items (to paint on or sketch)

~ drop cloth just in case (we get the vinyl/cloth table cloths at the end of the season when they're on sale)

~ easel, sometimes our smaller, table top, easel fits but most of the time someone carries it out by hand

~ anything else you can think of! We add to & subtract from the wagon all the time.

Everyone can help with bringing out the Art Wagon!

Just a glimpse at what's in our wagon today

It doesn't take long for the easel(s) to be set up, paint to be poured, & the creating to begin.

When you are creating outside it's easy for artists to take a little nature break in the midst of their creating.  Who knows what kind of inspiration they may find while climbing a rock, dancing in the grass, or playing amongst the trees!

These artists discover an interesting moth they've never seen before while taking a nature break.

This artist is inspired to paint a picture of the moth!

 The Art Wagon is always nearby with any needed supplies.

The Moth & Fire Engine

Castle At Sunset
"These are mountains at sunset behind a castle.  The sun is going down so the mountains look reddish. Sometimes they look purple when the sun is up. The yellow spots are the sparkling sun beams - you know how you can see that sometimes?" (artist quote)

I'd love to hear from you about your outdoor creating adventures!