Art Projects for Kids + Tips for the Teacher!
Art Projects for Kids + Tips for the Teacher!
Painting on cloth gives such nice, soft colors and is a challenging change from painting on paper. We tied our lesson into African Korhogo cloth painting and you can read about this project in previous posts here. We used unbleached…
Many of you have probably know I have a 4 1/2 year old daughter. If you are friends with me on Instagram you have seen pics of her. I LOVE that she loves art. She has a creative spark to…
These gorgeous radial designs were made by fifth and sixth graders by using their name. You can see all the steps to make these in a previous blog post. The only difference is that now we use light tables (or…
Learn shading! Practice drawing cubes, spheres and more. Add dimension and depth to your drawings! All this can be achieved with SECRET CITY DRAWINGS. Check out this awesome video. The kids practice drawing all these forms and then stack them…
Are you looking for a fun and easy printmaking activity with your youngest students? This one is always a hit and allows the students to be creative and expressive. I saw the idea to print with cardboard from Thinking with…
This summer, I have been working on creating a new PDF set of Art History Sketchbook Prompts. The first two sets have been very popular and there are so many artists I want my students to learn about. These cards…
Remember these samples I got from the Pacon company? Several of you were curious about the multi-media art paper, so I decided to test it out. I primarily use watercolor and collage in my personal art and I am always…
Playing with pattern is a simple way to create collage elements when you have hit a creative block. Create patterns using watercolor paints. After the pages dry, tear or cut up into shapes to use as elements for your collages…
Last fall, we participated in the Wisconsin Association for Language Teachers postcard contest. The theme was Languages: Literacy for Life. The students created postcards to fit this theme and one winning card was chosen to be reproduced in a pack…
I was trying to find a good activity for my daughter to do for Father’s Day and decided to make my own. Here is an interview printable for your little ones. Have fun! For the PDF downloads, click the links…
At the beginning of the year when Kindergartners are learning how to write their letters I like to read the book Chicka Chicka Boom Boom (Amazon Affiliate link used) and teach an art lesson using the alphabet. Most of the…
I was approached by a representative from Build a Sign to review a product from their website. They have a variety of types of signs (metal, vinyl, etc.) and also things like bumper stickers, magnets and license plates. I chose…
Beautiful spring butterflies are a great way to end the school year. Paint dotters give colorful results without a ton of mess. Kindergartners drew these with pencil first. I read a suggestion from Patty Palmer on an art teacher Facebook…
I was super thrilled to receive an email that I was going to have an art journal published in the Somerset Studio Gallery magazine (Summer 2014 issue). I had submitted this book over 2 years ago and I had pretty…