Use these five quick and easy art activities at your next book distribution to get your RIF Kids motivated to read.
 

• Sculpturades
  Make your distribution come alive with sculpturades. Teams of children sculpt clay to try to get their team to guess a familiar book title.
  
  
• Art and Authors
  Children become the authors of a tale based on a picture.
  
  
• Monster Masks
  Kids create their own visual of a monster after reading a story's description.
  
  
• Picture Pursuit
  A scavenger hunt turns artsy as illustrations aid children in the hunt.
  
  
• Quilting Chronicles
  Children design their own squares to add to a collective quilt, which tells a story.

For more activity ideas, try the Activity Database where you can search for ideas by category, keyword and age group.

View the resources we've compiled to help you use art themes to promote reading. 

Articles & Tips

• Illustrator Visits
• Create a Memorable Experience: Welcome a Children’s Author or Illustrator to Your RIF Site
• Artistic Adventures: How Appreciating Art Can Promote Literacy
• Building a Theme Event
• The Art of Reading Aloud

Booklists 
Find great book titles about artists, art history or other art themes.

• Great Books for Young Artists
• Books for Exploring Fun with Colors
• Artistic Discoveries
• Booklist for Museum Visits
• Books to Help Make Arts Part of Literacy Development

Web Resources
We've compiled several great web links for you to explore. Click here for a full list. Check out these featured links:

• Crayola's "Books & Beyond"
  http://www.crayola.com/educators/index.cfm
  A fun site for all, the Crayola website focuses on reading, writing and crafts. Educators will find lots of lesson plan ideas.  Kids can submit their artwork, play games and design e-cards.
• KinderArt
  http://www.kinderart.com
  This site offers the largest collection of free art lessons on the Internet.
• Picturing Books
  http://picturingbooks.imaginarylands.org
  A site devoted entirely to picture books, this website provides information about artistic media, the anatomy of a book and how to evaluate picture books.

Fun and Games for Kids
Visit the RIF Reading Planet Art Studio to find online activities for kids. Kids will have a blast with these web features:

• Riffington's Coloring Book
• Illustrate a Story
• Read It & Draw It
• Poetry In Pictures