Have you made mosaics with elementary students? We first learned about the mosaics in ancient Greece and Rome. The student thoroughly enjoyed sifting through my box of mosaic tiles to find the perfect pieces. We used glass bits and bobs,…
Our local public library partnered with us to have a bookmark contest. The kids in grades K-5 each designed a bookmark based on a favorite book. We provided a template for them to compose their drawing. The library will pick…
Here are some of our cute fabric dolls the 1st graders made. We used a lot of wrapping, tying and hot glue. I would recommend having an older student helper or a couple of parent volunteers. I’m trying to find…
As art teachers our hands are covered in glue and paint all day. We are on the go and juggling so many different tasks. We definitely need our own creative outlet. We need time for ourselves… to play, to relax,…
I am very honored to share with you that I have an article in the Art Journaling Exposed 2 downloadable E-magazine from Cloth Paper Scissors. I browsed through the issue and it has a lot of interesting articles and videos.…
The first graders had a blast rolling out clay slabs, tracing their butterfly, cutting the clay and stamping textures in the clay. Do you remember the game Perfection? When I coordinated a summer day camp, we had this game and…
How is your year going? Ours is rapidly coming to a close. There is so much to do… grading, finishing projects, finishing the yearbook, planning a middle school dance, inventory and cleaning the room! Yikes, I don’t know about you,…
Weaving is so much fun! I love using up scraps of yarn, but there are other things you can use too: I started the kids with just yarn pieces. After 2 days of working, some of the kids were far…
The fifth and sixth graders study the Medieval time period in their Language Arts/Social Studies class. I love teaching this clay castle project because it allows the students to practice important clay building skills (plus it’s just fun!): rolling slabs…
Just a few quick pictures of American landscape paintings that the third and fourth graders created. A few summers ago I took a watercolor painting class which was very useful. I used some of the techniques I learned in…
Weaving on styrofoam is really easy to do! There is a great restaurant supply store near my school where I can buy meat trays in bulk and have them last for years. 1. Cut slits on the edges of two…
This 3rd grade lesson was related to the Chinese scroll paintings. I have taught this lovely project for several years and I know I saw a version of it online when I first started teaching it. I did some internet…
My 5th and 6th grade students studied Africa and the African Adinkra stamped cloths. I showed them a slide show of images. Examples of Adinkra symbols were shown for inspiration. Check out my African Adinkra Pinterest board for handouts of…
