Art Projects for Kids + Tips for the Teacher!
Art Projects for Kids + Tips for the Teacher!
My 5th and 6th grade class carved stamps from E-Z Cut and then we printed them many times. They looked at African Adinkra stamps and then used those designs for inspiration. We printed them on artist trading cards, a design…
Both of these ideas I borrowed from other people’s recent blog posts. You caught me red-handed! I’ve gotten so many good ideas from other art teacher’s blogs. Go ahead and check my blog roll on the side of my page…
The 2nd graders made circular weavings this week. Some are still finishing up. They are like the ones we made at the weaving camp I taught.
Here are some Valentine’s Day prints I made out of a styrofoam printing plate. You can use those styrofoam meat plates or, like I did, order the styrofoam printing plates from an art catalog (like Nasco). These are great for…
We made this with my first grade class. I took mat board, and the kids stapled their own pipe cleaners to the ends and then weaved in yarn, ribbons and feathers. The kids did a great job on their…
These are two pages I made while “taking” the online Strathmore Visual Journaling Course. Pam Carriker led us through the process of using photocopies of some of our old collages, cutting them up and adding layers of gesso and paint…
The 3/4s painted Pointillist Trees. They have studied trees in Science. We learned about the artist Georges Seurat by reading Scholastic Art magazine. Students identified and described Pointillist paintings. They created a Pointillist painting of trees showing dimension…
The goals for this project are to Classify artworks as landscape, still-life or portrait. Identify and use foreground, middle ground, and background in two-dimensional works of art. Use size relationships and simple depth techniques to show space in an artwork.…
The kindergartners are studying penguins in their classroom, so we made penguins out of model magic modelling compound. One trick to get the parts to stick better is to use just a bit of regular hand lotion on your hands…
Shape Collages— The kindergartners learned about geometric and organic shapes. We read a book called When a Line Bends, a Shape Begins. We made a shape collage using cut construction paper. Lines and shapes were added with marker.
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Another challenge I recently discovered is Michelle Ward’s street team crusade. There is a new technique every month and then you post your results. This month the challenge is “It’s a Wrap”. You are supposed to incorporate wrapping paper, tags…
Last chance to sign up for this random giveaway of an art book. See this post to sign up. I will choose a winner tomorrow.