Art Supplies
Stockmar Beeswax Crayons
Block or Stick - 8 to 24 Colors
These outstanding crayons foster and lend themselves particularly well to wide-stroke drawing which encourages motor activity and inner relaxation. For the young child, block crayons are easily held and allow coloring without being overly concerned with lines. The addition of pure beeswax enhances the brilliant pigment and creates a high degree of opacity similar to that of watercolor. Highly recommended! Assortments of 8 or 16 available in attractive, sturdy tins. Both stick and block crayons are also available in 24 colors packed in finely crafted wooden boxes with a sliding lid. Ages 3 and up.
Coloring with Block Crayons
Learn to create luminous, illustrative drawings using just primary colors with this guide for working with Block Crayons in the early curriculum of Waldorf education. Provides instruction for: drawing letters and numbers, illustrating fairytales, fables, stories of the saints and heroes, and main lesson book work. Although young children, through kindergarten, enjoy using block crayons, their coloring experience should be free of guidance. The author provides suggestions about ways to work with that age group as well. This updated 2nd version is spiral bound so it will lay flat. Abundant with full color and black & white illustrations. Author Sieglinde de Francesca
Soft, non-crumbly modeling dough that's fun to play with! Holds up well to lots of creative play. A rainbow tub of 6 different colors: red, blue, yellow, green, purple and pink. 18 oz. Ages 3 and up. USA
Softdough Rainbow Play Set
Includes four 4 oz tubs of Mary's Softdough (red, yellow, green, and blue) along with a hardwood rolling pin and 11 cookie cutters - heart, sun, moon, leaf, frog, squirrel, dragonfly, turtle, butterfly, star and cloud. Ages 3 and up. Everything in this set is made in the USA.
Window Crayons
These crayons are great for drawing right on windows (even car windows for road trip entertainment). Artistic endeavors are easily wiped off with a dry or wet cloth. Set of 10 crayons. Plastic pencil sharpener available separately works with Lyra Theatrical Cosmetic Pencils as well as Window Crayons.
Drawing with Your Four-to-Eleven Year Old
Designed to be practical and useful to homeschoolers interested in the Waldorf approach. Includes form drawing, 7 full color pages, and general indications on drawing with your child in kindergarten and first through fifth grades. A Christopherus publication.
Form Drawing for Beginners
The only step-by-step book on form drawing written specifically for homeschoolers available. A complete sequence of forms for grades 1-3 (or older children or adults beginning form drawing), story ideas and instructions on how to actually do form drawing make up this user-friendly and practical guide. 41 pages, spiral bound. Christopherus.
Lyra Colored Pencils
The fat, triangular shaped barrel assures a proper grip, is easier for the young child to hold and less tiring for the older child to use. The thick, heavily pigmented lead applies ever so smoothly and yields brilliant colors. Unlacquered barrels, Set of 12, in 5" or 7" lengths. Germany. Ages 4 thru 9.
Rainbow Super Ferby Pencil
This fun, colorful pencil has four colors all in one fat triangular shaped barrel!
Plastic Drum Pencil Sharpener
With two holes you can sharpen Lyra Ferbys and regular pencils, too. Up to 8.3mm and up to 11mm.
Greenfield Fountain Pen
Best selling fountain pen in Waldorf Schools! Made in Germany, this pen is part wood and part plastic, with a medium iridium nib. The triangular grip is suitable for both right and left hand writing. Does not include ink. Uses ink cartridges which are purchased separately below or can be converted to a pen filled with ink from a jar with the Greenfield Converter, also available below. Pair this with our Journal (scroll down) for a nice gift for ages 10 and up.
Greenfield Converter
Using the Greenfield Converter the Greenfield Fountain Pen can be filled with ink from a jar. Germany
Drawing/Main Lesson Books
All purpose books of high quality drawing paper. Children will love all the blank pages ready to be filled with pictures and writings. Perfect main lesson books for homeschoolers. Suitable for crayons, colored pencils and ink. Colorful, stapled covers of a heavy English cardboard. Both cover and drawing paper are chlorine free. 32 pages, available in two sizes. Please specify model and color.
Journal
A main lesson book (6.5" x 8.25") excellent for the upper grades; useful for art, writing or a combination of both. Suitable for crayons, colored pencils and ink. Could also be a dream journal, travel journal, nature journal, sketch book, game book (tic tac toe...), take along to restaurants, on planes, trains and in automobiles! 32 blank pages separated by onion skin paper to prevent smudging; sturdy cover.
Soul Development through Handwriting
This book considers the personal characteristics, which can be transformed through certain letters. The Vimala Alphabet was designed specifically to support independent thinking, engaged willpower, balance, tolerance, honor, and intuition, as well as strengthening the developing soul forces of children. Includes a summary of the Waldorf method for teaching writing to young children, ideas for introducing the alphabet into different grades, and details on using the alphabet as a transformative tool for children. The handwriting book we sell below is recommended for practice. Jennifer Crebbin.
Handwriting Book
24 pages with light bands of color to help with letter placement. Pink cover.
Painting in Waldorf Education
In Waldorf schools the unique and important nature of watercolor painting is significant for the stages of childhood development. This extraordinary book was written by two experienced Waldorf teachers from Holland, who present the rationale as well as detailed practical excercises for teaching painting from kindergarten through high school. Included is a CD containing sixty images selected from the work of their students.
Painting with Children
A vital factor in a child's development is the stimulation of active imagination and creativity. Here are ideas for encouraging self-expression through wet-on-wet water colour painting as done in Waldorf Schools. Essentially practical, this guide covers preparation, colour stories and poems, painting moods of nature and the seasons of the year.
From the book:
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"My Orange is so happy - he wants to jump about everywhere."
Girl, aged 4-1/2
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STOCKMAR WATERCOLORS
Stockmar watercolours are ideal for wet-on-wet and transparent painting. They are produced from gum arabic and the finest light-resistant colour pigments, have a very high yield-value, remain completely water-soluble when dry and are non-toxic. The colour tones have been chosen so that they can be mixed to give all intermediate shades without losing their brilliance and intensity. Begin with a dilution of 10 parts water to 1 part pigment.
Colours are based on the natural graduation of the colour-circle in accordance with Goethe's theory of colours.
Stockmar Primary Colors
It's exciting to create the intermediate tones by blending 2 primary colors on your wet paint paper.
Click here for a downloadable manual on mixing Stockmar's carmine, lemon and ultramarine water colors to create all the colors of the color circle.
Our next shipment is expected around March 15.
When ordering, leave us a note to add on out-of-stocks and request that we hold your entire order until it is complete.
Stockmar Basic Color Palette - save!
Save when you buy the 6-color Basic Palette. Cardboard box includes 20cc of 6 different colors: carmine red, vermillion, gold yellow, lemon yellow, ultramarine, prussian blue.
Paint Jar Holder & 6 jars
Wood holder and 6 glass jars with lids keep left over watercolors fresh and ready for use. Extra jars are available separately.
Strathmore Watercolor Paper
Heavy-weight 140 lb. paper specially made to stand up to water. Rough surface adapts well to the wet-on-wet technique. 12 sheet pad, 11"x15" spiral bound.
Flat Watercolor Brushes
Short handled watercolor brushes made by a family-owned paintbrush manufacturer in New York. A blend of natural hair fibers encased in seamless nickel ferrules on baked enamel wooden handles. We recommend the 1" size for preschool and kindergarten age children. Older children and adults may use both sizes.
Paintbrushes should be washed gently with soap (not detergent) and dried after each use. Brushes that are allowed to sit in water will eventually become loose and the enamel may chip away.
White Paint Brush
A well balanced, short handled high quality paint brush for preschoolers and kindergartener's. With proper care your brush will last for many years. Bristles are soft cow's hair, 22mm wide (nearly 1"). Brush is 8.5 inches from tip to tip. Made in Germany.
Paintbrushes should be washed gently with soap (not detergent) and dried after each use. Brushes that are allowed to sit in water will eventually become loose and the enamel may chip away.
Painting Sponge
Useful for soaking up extra water on your paper when wet-on-wet watercolor painting, leaving paper damp but not dripping with water. One sponge.
Blunt-Tip Fiskars Scissors for Children
Cuts cleanly through felt, fabric, ribbon, yarn, string and construction paper. Durable, corrosion resistant stainless steel blades. 5" in length, for right and left handers. Colors vary. Ages 4 and up.
Pointed-Tip Fiskars Scissors
Adults and children will find this a nice size for their sewing baskets or traveling. Cuts cleanly through felt, fabric, ribbon, yarn, string and construction paper. Durable, corrosion resistant stainless steel blades. 5-1/4" in length, for right and left handers. Colors vary. Ages 5 and up.
Alphabet and Math Cards
Make up fun math and language arts games with these beautiful learning cards from Germany. Standard playing card size.
The set of 32 Alphabet Cards helps with letter recognition and includes all the letters of the alphabet, plus extra vowels, in upper case and lower case for colorful learning and spelling of words. An animal and its name in English is shown on each card. Use as flash cards, spell words or play one of the games suggested on the enclosed idea card.
In the Math Basic Set children count to 10 by ones, then to 100 by tens. Cards 1 through 9 have animal images in a quantity that is representative of each number. Also comes with plus, minus and equals cards. With the Math Full Set individual number counting can go up to 25, with nature oriented images (i.e. 20 morning glory flowers and leaves) up to 21. After 30 there's counting by tens to 100. In addition to plus ( + ), minus ( - ) and equals ( = ), there are times ( ∙ ) and divide ( : ).
