Train Track Mural Drawings
If you would like a fun activity for a group of young kids or even your own little train enthusiastic, try this railroad track mural art project! My students worked in groups of 3 or more. First, they assembled a…
Marcia
Marcia is an elementary art teacher and loves painting, drawing, sculpture, art journaling and clay. Her blog, Art is Basic, features many exciting art projects for kids.
Printable Art Award Certificates for the End of the Year
I have new Award Certificates in my shop! These are suitable for classroom teachers and art teachers. They can be modified and used for a variety of reasons. I also have a set of Yearbook Cover award certificates. I had…
Design Your Own Fidget Spinner: Free Download!
Fidget spinners are all the rage! Design and color your own using this pre-drawn sheet. (Note: this is just a drawing for fun, not to actually spin.) I was inspired to make this sheet after I saw an art teacher…
Designer Tree Houses
Hi! One day when I was sick I left a sub lesson plan for my students to design their own tree houses. I printed out examples of tree house drawings for inspiration, like these here and here. There is also this resource…
Medieval Paper Mache Figures
This is a project from the archives. I used to teach a combined 5th/6th grade class. Every year, we made medieval paper mache figures. The 5/6s studied the Medieval period in their social studies class. We used newspaper and foil…
“Wild About the Arts” Fine Arts Night
It has been several weeks since our Fine Arts Night and I have been waiting until things settled down here to write all about it. Many, many thanks to my co-worker Katie for taking photographs of the event! We had…
Art Using Train Tracks
In my last blog post, I reviewed the book Old Tracks, New Tricks. It is a super cute and creative book. The book itself is good for up to about 1st or 2nd grade, in my opinion. The kids at…
Review of Old Tracks, New Tricks– Children’s Book about Trains
I have a fun book to share with you today. Innovation Press sent me a free copy of Old Tracks, New Tricks (Amazon affiliate link) to review. I selected to receive this book because it looked cute and I thought…
Mixed Media Collages by Kids – Inspired by Sabrina Ward Harrison
In my last post, I showed you some of Sabrina Ward Harrison’s artwork and talked about what she shared with us at her artist visit. Her artwork is very inspiring, messy and beautiful. Please check out the other post to…
Mixed Media Artist: Sabrina Ward Harrison
We recently had artist Sabrina Ward Harrison visit our school to give an artist talk and workshop with the kids. Today I am going to introduce you to her artwork and life as an artist. In Part Two of this…
Clay Masks with 3rd Grade
To make these charming clay animal masks, we used plastic face molds (with a layer of plastic wrap in between) as a slump mold for the clay. Another option was to use the back side of a styrofoam bowl…
Iron Pour Event
This month I participated in an Iron Pour event. This was put on by a group of iron artists in our community. My friend invited me to do this because she had done this last year and thought it was…
Easy Coffee Filter Snowflakes
My kindergartners recently made these pretty coffee filter snowflakes. The process is simple. First, color the coffee filter with Crayola washable markers. Then spray with water. The colors will run and blend together. Let dry. During the next class, fold…
Tree of Life and Talking Sticks
I forgot to share these pictures of our display when I wrote the blog post about Talking Sticks. My co-worker Jayne taught the lesson behind these talking sticks which were Tree of Life acrylic paintings on canvas boards. They were…
Kindergarten Confetti Hearts for Valentine’s Day!
Here is a fun and beautiful Valentine’s project! I call it “Confetti Hearts” with a side of Matisse. Start by tracing a heart template or free handing it if the kids are older. Then using one of my favorite…