Kindergarten Sculptures

I've been realizing lately how much simple art activities are often the best and most rewarding for kids, especially when they involve opportunities for exploration and lots of creativity.  Artwork should be more about the process of the creation than the actual final product.  A good final product often follows when there was a successful process of thinking and problem solving along the way.  I think that the thinking process and creative exploration was very evident in the work below.  The kindergartners made wood scrap sculputures after looking at the artwork of Louise Nevelson.  They loved sorting through all the junk and gluing everything together and had to learn what sorts of pieces would work for the bottom to sustain the weight for the top.