Funtasy Friends

Green Workshop (Part III END)

2008-12-12T15:59:00.002+08:00

Painting with Chopsticks

To Moms & Dads, let your kids try this at home. Do with an adult supervision, let your kids dip paint with chopsticks. Draw an object, an animal, or your child's favourite toy. Paint it, dot by dot. This will build the kids patience. Remember to help your kids with another chopstick & have fun together!

Group shots on last day of workshop

Jingle Bells

2008-12-10T22:42:00.014+08:00

Reindeer

The Curve

Christmas is round the corner, have you decorated your homes? Here at Funtasy, we have many ideas for Christmas. Take a look at deco at Klang Valley, we have managed to collect some inspiration from major shopping malls.

Xmas Tree at Ikano Power Centre
Snow Man

One Utama

Take a look at how our kids explore on their creativity. Maybe you want to try these out for your homes. It's very economical, art paper, crayons, paint are things you will need.

Hang them anywhere you want. You can put these at your Christmas Tree, or even at a hook.

Surprise!! You can wear them as Santa's hat too.

For details on how to make these, you can email us at funtasyfriendsstudio@gmail.com

Green Workshop (Part II)

2008-12-10T21:33:00.006+08:00

Musical Chair

How to play this game? First, you need many people to form a circle. Then, everyone will take their place & sit down on the floor. The teacher will play a non-stop music, players will pass on a box to the next person sitting beside. Listen to the music & sing along, if you know the song! When the music stop, whoever is holding the box will have to draw a ticket from a treasure box.

"Sing a song", "walk like a duck", or "get a present"?

Green Workshop (Part I)

2008-12-10T17:49:00.010+08:00

This holiday workshop started from 18 Nov to 11 Dec 08. The theme of the workshop is "Green". What is "Green"? Green as in nature, environmental friendly. The workshop turnout was greater than we have expected. Everyone had a lot of fun, including the children & teachers.

Week 1: Getting started

Work in progress... children layering recycle newspaper on boxes.

Week 2 : Having more FUN than ever!

Painting butterfly clip.

Look at that Christmas Tree!

Porcupine & other "green" friends

Anime Drawing Sessions

2008-10-28T13:33:00.007+08:00

To all Anime & Game lovers, this is a chance for you all to learn how to draw your favourite characters. It is as easy as "ABC". Drawing on plain paper to painting with poster colour.

Classes held weekly at our premises at Funtasy Friends Studio. Holiday intensive classes available. Call at 03-7982 1620

Adeline. 13 yrs old

Loong Min Shen, 15 yrs old.

Connie. 15 yrs old

Enroll now for November School Holiday Workshop

2008-10-14T22:42:00.007+08:00

November school holidays is round the corner, we are now open for registration for holiday workshop intake. Seats are on first come first serve basis. Workshop details as below:

Green Workshop
Theme: animals, nature
Date: every Tue & Thurs starting 18 Nov – 11 Dec
Time: 2 – 5pm
Fees: RM 120

Workshop includes creative crafts, games, living skills, etc.
Further enquiries call: 012-692 1927 or 03-7982 1620

Secret Garden

Hedgehog

Butterfly clip

Christmas Tree

Games

Group photo last Dec Holiday Workshop

Twentieth century Art – Post Impressionism

2008-09-26T21:34:00.006+08:00

Vincent Van Gogh (1853-90)
Famous for his conscious exaggeration of natural appearances for emotional suggestive effects. His works include: Starry Night, The Night Café, Self Potrait…

We have taught our students to apply conceptual arts into their daily art practice. Here are a few examples. Below is Loong Min Shen’s (15) work done with poster colour on art paper. Notice the amount of details in the work & the brush strokes. It is important to understand the usage of various artists’ style. Here, we tried the impetuous brush strokes & dramatic distortions of colour & objects. The practice of strokes & details have built up a lot of confidence & patience in children.

Take a look at photo below. This is done by one of the junior students, Hey Ting Fang (6). With guidance, she had turned a simple night scene into a conceptual art form.

Other examples of Van Gogh’s theory.

Teoh Jian Sheng (9)

Doodles & Observation

2008-09-25T23:03:00.005+08:00

What is a doodle?
A doodle is a form of scribbling.

Who doodles?
Everyone. Starting from the age of 2 yrs old. (whenever the child starts to hold a tool to draw)

Why doodle?
We doodle what is in our thought, what we see, feel or experiencing.

This is a good exercise for your kids. You can try this at home. First, find a subject matter for doodling. Example here is a snack plate. Let your kid(s) observe the form, colour & space. Then, provide a piece of paper & let's start doodling. You will be amazed at the result. Analyse how your kid(s) art piece. Everytime your kid(s) doodle, don't forget to mark the date at the back & compare the results.

Above: Ivan (3+) "My Dad & I"

Above: Isabel (6) "The Railway"

Funtasy Friends Studio

2008-09-25T22:24:00.006+08:00

We are a creative art & crafts studio located at Kuchai Lama. We encourage children to think "out of the box" in order to develop individual character. Here, we explore a lot on creativity, experiment using different media & medium.

Classes available:

Junior Jojo Bear Creative Arts 4 - 5 yrs old

Jojo Bear Creative Arts 6 - 11 yrs old

Advance Jojo Bear Arts 12 -17 yrs old

Bucky Holiday Workshop

Gogo Rabbit Reading Programme

Kinder & After School Care also available

For more information

call us at 03-7982 1620 or

email us at funtasyfriendsstudio@gmail.com

Japanese Fish Sock

2008-09-25T20:38:00.008+08:00

Last week, we taught the kids to make a Japanese fish sock, which my Japanese student later told me it is named “koi”. First, we showed the kids images of the “koi”. They were very excited throughout the class. Then, we also explained the use of the Japanese kite & the cultural influence in the design.

Before we start, collect the materials for this project:
a toilet paper roll, art card (>165gsm) sized 6”x 7”, colourful Crepe paper, fishing string, paint, & glue.

Step 1: Gather all the materials above. Remember not to trash away your toilet paper roll when you finish using them. Recycle! Begin with rolling your art card around the toilet paper roll.

Step 2: With the help of an adult, staple the joints or glue the edges together.

Step 3: Mix 5 or 6 of your favourite paint. Are you ready?? Let’s begin by staining your fingers with one colour at a time. Remember to always start with the lightest shades, example: yellow.

Step 4: When your are done with the first layer of colour, proceed to next shade like Orange, Blue, Pink, more. (My students have always love pink) Don’t forget to explore & experiment to get multiple colours.

Step 5: Let your “koi” dry in the sun, or at least air dry for 30-60 minutes. While waiting, start to cut coloured Crepe paper into strips of ½ inch each. You will need 5 or 6 strips of these.

Step 6: Glue the strips of Crepe paper to the back of your “koi”.

Step 7: Cut the shape of fish at the other end of your “koi”.

Step 8: What is missing? Ah, yes! The eyes. Cut out 2 circles for the eyes. Be creative, you can add eye balls, lids, lash, etc.

Hope you will have fun doing this, because our kids did! Look how much fun they had!

How to make a fish puppet

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Step 1: Make a cone shape out of card

board & paper mache it.

Step 2: Air dry for at least 24 hours,

then paint as you like.

You are done!

Have fun with your fish puppet.

Don't forget to be creative!

Mid Autumn Festival

2008-09-16T22:29:00.013+08:00

Mid Autumn Festival is a very unique celebration for kids. Last week, we had a Mooncake party where kids learnt how to make creative lanterns out of paper plates. We made lanterns of different shapes & sizes.

Mid Autumn Festival is about being together with our family. Kids nowadays tend to forget about family values. So this is the good time to enjoy ourselves & gain back the childhood memories that we might have long forgotten.

The making of fish lantern.

Above: fish lantern made of paper plate.

Above : Students posing with their hand-made lanterns.

candid shot: mooncake eating session at Funtasy Friends Studio.

Merdeka Art

2008-09-14T15:42:00.007+08:00

Teaching children to be patriotic is a simple as ABC. This August at Funtasy, we painted a Malaysian flag.

First we clean & dye the egg shells red.

Then, we draw the Malaysia flag on art block, cut into A5 size.

Next, we put pieces of red egg shells onto the red stripes of flag.

Paint the Crescent Moon & Star in yellow.

Lastly, we paint the dark blue.

The children just love painting the Malaysian flag with the national flower. Look! they had so much fun.

August Holiday Workshop

2008-08-25T15:21:00.019+08:00

Funtasy Friends Studio is a studio where children explore on their creativity & artitstic flair. Every school holidays, childrenfrom all over Klang Valley would join our exclusive Bucky Holiday Workshop. The recent school break mid Aug, we all had such a great time!

We started with the "fish tank" project. Children were given recyclable items such as shoe box, newspaper, tissue, aluminium wrapper & etc. A step by step demo was shown so that children could execute on their project.

Besides the "fish tank" project, the children also created a "hanging moon" for the ambience of the night. We all had so much fun for the entire 2 afternoons!

Inose Rumy & her mermaid

Talitha & her fish tank.

Pose for the camera!

Group shot.