Art journaling has many benefits for people with autism or children. Since people with autism are often visually oriented, working with help can help them communicate since they often have problems communicating verbally. Making art can improve their ability to imagine and think symbolically. Working with texture can help develop fine motor skills. sensory images such as fine motor skills and texture
Supplies:
These are some good materials to use with people with autism:
- Journal or paper: Check out the autism journal and mini journal in my shop. You can also use thick sketch paper.
- Old illustrated children’s books
- Markers
- Crayons
- Watercolor
- Sponge: Good for using with watercolor or other paint.
- Scissors
- Glue or other adhesive
Techniques:
1. Have an old storybook you don’t read anymore? Have you or the person with autism cut images or characters from the book. Rearrange the images and glue them down to make an art journal entry. You can add other times such as decorative paper, glitter
or paint. My entry above uses cut outs of animals from an illustrated children’s book along with tissue paper.
2. Another idea is to make a list of of different emotions or feelings. Write them down on the art journal and add a checkmate next to each phrase. Ask your hold or person with autism if they agree with the phrase and then put a checkmate if they do. .
3. Try having the person with autism doodle random lines and patterns. Alternate with different colors. O used markers in this journal entry.-doodle
4. Have them collage paper. Take decorative paper or images and have them tips up the images. Then rearrange the images and glue them back together.
5. Create different shapes with marker and then have them color the shapes in.
What tips or ideas do you have for making art with people with autism?
2. Another idea is to make a list of of different emotions or feelings. Write them down on the art journal and add a checkmate next to each phrase. Ask your hold or person with autism if they agree with the phrase and then put a checkmate if they do. .
3. Try having the person with autism doodle random lines and patterns. Alternate with different colors. O used markers in this journal entry.-doodle
4. Have them collage paper. Take decorative paper or images and have them tips up the images. Then rearrange the images and glue them back together.
5. Create different shapes with marker and then have them color the shapes in.
What tips or ideas do you have for making art with people with autism?
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