Art Projects for Kids + Tips for the Teacher!
Art Projects for Kids + Tips for the Teacher!
My students participated in a community art exhibit at a local arts center. The exhibit was fiber representations of microorganisms. The opening was this past Friday and it was amazing! All of the kids’ artwork was displayed, alongside other community…
I painted this little winter illustration this week and then copied it to make little winter note cards. Perfect for thank you notes. 🙂
I did an after school clay class with kids in grades K-6
Cool Hands, Warm Heart The kindergartners traced their hands and colored them with cool colors. They drew a heart and colored it with warm colors. COOL COLORS: Remind us of cool things, like the ocean. Blues, greens, and purples are…
I thought this shirt was so cute!!
I posted this before and I thought a reposting would be nice. Add your art teacher blog to this directory and then repost it to your website. The more people who repost and add it to the list will help…
I came into the art room this morning and our other art teacher was setting up this still life for the kids to Quick Draw at the beginning of the class. The skeleton models were borrowed from the science room…
To complement their study of explorers, the Primaries made clay Viking ships. We started by rolling a flat slab of clay with a rolling pin and then cutting out the bottom of the boat. Next, we rolled coils of clay…
2nd GRADE learned about the art of Jasper Johns. He used everyday, ordinary images and created art so people would view ordinary things in a new way. We made a collograph printing plate using letters and numbers cut from foam,…
These are some winter murals that we made this week. I was inspired by the murals on Mr. E’s blog.
The Intermediates (grade 3) are studying Africa in their Social Studies class. We learned about the African Korhogo Clothes. This project focused on how symbols are used in African art. The students designed their own painted Korhogo cloth on muslin. …
I really like to knit, but I’m not that skilled at it. I would say I’m probably an intermediate level knitter. I’m not good at precise things, and many times I’ll be knitting something and end up with extra stitches…
These are drawings by 4th/5th graders. Who was Keith Haring? What is gesture drawing? The 4/5s learned about the artwork of Keith Haring and practiced figural drawing. In pairs, the students posed for each other and practiced gesture drawing…