Clay Butterflies for 1st Grade
The first graders had a blast rolling out clay slabs, tracing their butterfly, cutting the clay and stamping textures in…
Styrofoam Weaving for 1st Grade
Weaving on styrofoam is really easy to do! There is a great restaurant supply store near my school where I…
Happy Valentine’s Day
I hope you are having a very happy Valentine’s Day! My first graders finished up these lovely Valentine’s hearts. I…
Printed Faces with 1st Grade
Printing with Cardboard To print faces, cut cardboard rectangles. Dip in paint and stamp to make faces. We colored these…
Complementary Color Collages– 1st Grade
Complementary Color Collages This project introduces the first graders to complementary colors. I show them the color wheel and I…
Treasure Boxes– After School Art Class
We made Treasure Boxes at an after school art class that I taught this month. The students were in…
1st grade Sunflowers
Sunflowers Last year, when the 1st graders were in kindergarten, they planted sunflower seeds in the garden in the back…