Art Projects for Kids + Tips for the Teacher!
Art Projects for Kids + Tips for the Teacher!
These were some fun paper Memory Quilts that the kindergartners made! Aren’t they cute? We read Tar Beach, by Faith Ringgold and talked about her story quilts. The children received a square piece of white paper, which had 9 squares…
Sometimes I like to let the kids loose with a box of supplies and minimal instruction. I photocopied some pages from Lynda Barry’s book and showed them to the first graders. In the box were paper scraps, magazines, strips of…
First, we looked at the art of Bridget Riley and the Op art movement. We read a Scholastic Art issue which features this style of art. If you don’t get these magazines, they are a great investment. Each year, we…
These pictures are based on the book Elmer! I love this book and the colorful elephants. The kids drew their own elephants and colored them with fun patterns. The borders were made by cutting up and gluing strips of wrapping…
The 4th/5th grade classes learned all about Greek and Roman mosaics, to complement their studies of Greek/Roman history. In Art class, we made mosaics from ceramic tiles. The tiles were glued on to masonite board using wood glue (there probably…
This is a playground! Do you see the mini-Coke cans for sale? Here are some of our finished assemblages. These were made by 4th and 5th graders. This is a town square, with a fountain, pool and snack shop. Ice…
The first graders learned about artists that make art about underwater life. Then, they used markers and water to create a watercolor effect. They drew the fish with water soluble markers and then used a paintbrush and water to blend…
This is one of my favorite projects all year. I know it is one of the kids favorite projects too. The 5th/6th graders study the Medieval period in their Social Studies class. In Art class, we have done a variety…
My husband has hobbies too! He is really into building Legos now and he even started his own lego blog. I think the title of his blog is cute and I love the picture he put on his heading. Let…
Finally! My copy of the magazine has arrived. Featuring magazine was started by the lovely Marit in the Netherlands. It is about art journaling, mixed media and other arts. She had a call for submissions and applications to be…
Here are some more of our painted fabrics. They doodled on the muslin fabric with Sharpies… graffiti-style! Then, we used liquid watercolor paints (with a little bit of water) in spray bottles and stencils to spray over them with color. …
I was going through my old emails and I found this one from a parent. He had told me about this at parent-teacher conferences. His daughter had made some art using backyard materials.. all natural! She is a fourth grade…
The first graders made these utterly adorable birds in nests this week. We first made nests. We used tinfoil to shape a nest-like shape. Then I mixed up some goopy paper-clay and the kids covered their tinfoil nests with the…
Here are some scenes from the art room this week! We are using appliance parts to build assemblages. We are painting on wet fabric and will later cut the fabrics and sew theme together for a fabric collage.
The second graders drew a bug of their choice on white paper. I had photos for reference and showed them how to use the pencil to create shading and how to blend it with a blending stub. (I call them…