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Art Projects for Kids + Tips for the Teacher!

Handmade doll with brown hair, a colorful dress, and blue fabric legs, suitable for 1st graders, laying on a light-colored surface.

Fabric Dolls by the 1st Graders

Here are some of our cute fabric dolls the 1st graders made.  We used a lot of wrapping, tying and…

  • May 1, 2013
  • 3 Comments
  • 1st grade, fabric
A butterfly-shaped ceramic piece with purple and pink glazing, decorated with various embossed patterns and designs.

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…

  • April 22, 2013
  • 3 Comments
  • 1st grade, clay
Various colorful ribbons, including patterns, textures, and materials, are arranged vertically on a white background.

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…

  • April 8, 2013
  • 1st grade, weaving
A heart-shaped artwork filled with colorful hearts and patterns, bordered by a purple outline.

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…

  • February 14, 2013
  • 1st grade, drawing, hearts, holiday, Valentines Day
Child's crayon drawing of a smiling person with black hair, red flower ear clips, and an orange and black outfit.

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…

  • February 2, 2013
  • 2 Comments
  • 1st grade, printmaking
Colorful abstract collage featuring geometric shapes in orange, blue, and neon red on a clean white background using complementary colors.

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…

  • September 28, 2012
  • 6 Comments
  • 1st grade, collage, first grade
A hand holds a colorful small opened box with a decorated interior and exterior.

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…

  • May 21, 2012
  • 2 Comments
  • 1st grade, after school, fifth grade, fourth grade, second grade, sixth grade, third grade
A drawing of two sunflowers with black centers in a blue vase, featuring green leaves in the background.

1st grade Sunflowers

Sunflowers Last year, when the 1st graders were in kindergarten, they planted sunflower seeds in the garden in the back…

  • September 14, 2011
  • 5 Comments
  • 1st grade, painting
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