{"id":27793,"date":"2023-02-17T11:13:34","date_gmt":"2023-02-17T16:13:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/?p=27793"},"modified":"2025-04-08T15:25:43","modified_gmt":"2025-04-08T19:25:43","slug":"program-in-a-post-chalk-art","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/2023\/02\/program-in-a-post-chalk-art\/","title":{"rendered":"Program in a Post: Chalk Art"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">With this post and $15, kids and their grown-ups can make dynamic chalk art drawings at your next event.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Supplies:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Chalk (sidewalk chalk is great for this)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Black paper (cardstock or construction paper)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Baby wipes (for messy hands)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Set up:<\/strong>&nbsp;This is a super simple outreach activity. Just pack up your supplies and find a table and you are all set. This is a fan favorite on the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/2017\/12\/spinningcreativity\/\">ArtCart<\/a>. Similar outreach activities include: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/2022\/06\/program-in-a-post-dot-art\/\">Dot Art<\/a>,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/2014\/06\/program-in-a-post-art-links\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Art Links<\/a>,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/2015\/09\/program-in-a-post-squart\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Squart<\/a>,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/2016\/09\/program-post-art-spot\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Art on the Spot<\/a>, and&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/2019\/09\/program-in-a-post-cotton-swab-pointillism\/\">Cotton Swab Pointillism<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Program prep: <\/strong>We like to cut the black paper in half (4 1\/4&#8243; x 5 1\/2&#8243;), but that is optional. Other prep just includes gathering your supplies. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Have fun out there!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With this post and $15, kids and their grown-ups can make dynamic chalk art drawings at your next event.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":141,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":"","_members_access_role":[],"_members_access_error":""},"categories":[122,93,38],"tags":[2522],"class_list":["post-27793","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blogger-heather-acerro","category-outreach","category-programming-ideas","tag-chalk-art"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27793","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/141"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=27793"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27793\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27793"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27793"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27793"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}