My daughter's kindergarten class has been having color days--wear red on Monday, orange on Tuesday, and so on.  She hasn't given me a lot of information about what their lessons look like on each of those color days (I know they ate Cheez-its for snack on orange day) but I'm sure it's all tied together.

It's just interesting that a simple thing like designating a special color to a particular day can get the kids thinking.  I think colors have always played a big role in my kids' lives, but now that they have color days, I hear things like "Hey, my shoes are purple!" "Hey, we should bring this snack in for yellow day!" It's so exciting to draw connections and to notice things in a new way.

So that's the simple idea for injecting artistic thinking into your child's day--designate a color day, or a shape day, even a pattern day.  Tell them it's Stripes Day and see what they find in their rooms, in your house, or on the way to school that has stripes, or whatever theme you choose.  Maybe they'll get excited about it and pass it on to their classmates and friends.  Who knows. 

For the record, this is truly a no-mess art lesson. (Unless of course, your kids go through their drawers looking for clothes of a certain color.  I can't be held responsible for that.)