• Tempera paints of primary and secondary colors
  
• brushes
  
• paint shirts
  
• boxes

Procedure:

At the 1997 NAEA conference in New Orleans, one of the sessions was on box sculpture. This would be a great activity for first or second graders. Simply, each child paints a box using primary colors. This may take as long as an hour depending on the size of the box.

The next lesson students learn how to mix secondary colors. Secondary colors are provided for them to paint patterns, lines or designs on the boxes. The boxes are then taped closed.

The final activity is having the students create one large sculpture using all the boxes. Students add their box one at a time. Walk around it, take it apart and do it again. In the end they each have their own box to take home. Very age appropriate activity and a nice introduction to 3D art and sculpture.