What is collage?

A collage is like making a picture out of bits and pieces from different places.

Imagine you have a scrapbook, like the one you use to save your favorite drawings or tickets. A collage is when you take parts of that scrapbook, maybe a flower, a sticker, a piece of paper with writing, and stick them all together on a new page to make something brand-new and fun.

You can use anything as part of your collage: leaves, photos, crayon scribbles, even bits of fabric. You glue them onto a big sheet of paper, like a canvas. It's like building a puzzle, but you get to choose what goes where, and you don’t have to follow the lines on the pieces.

It’s like drawing with your hands, but instead of coloring in one picture, you’re mixing and matching parts from many different ones. You can make animals, landscapes, or even a story about your day!

Collage is like playing with your favorite toys, you get to be the artist, and every piece you add makes your creation more interesting.