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Art Projects for Kids + Tips for the Teacher!

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Text "Art is Basic" in a purple watercolor style with paint splatters.

Art Projects for Kids + Tips for the Teacher!

Two sheets of paper featuring various colorful watercolor patterns, including wavy lines, dots, squiggles, and geometric shapes.

Painting Patterns with Watercolor

Playing with pattern is a simple way to create collage elements when you have hit a creative block.  Create patterns…

  • July 1, 2014
  • abstract, all grades, art journaling, painting, watercolor
Colorful homemade wands laid out on a table with a banner at the bottom reading "Make a Magical Wand.

Make a Magical Wand

Every so often, I host after school art classes.  I try to have some fun projects that I wouldn’t normally…

  • May 18, 2014
  • all grades, sculpture
Colorful feather with text: "Let your creativity SOAR!" against a vibrant, multicolored sign.

Creativity Sign

 

  • May 14, 2014
  • all grades
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Pinteresting Art Ideas!

It’s no secret art teachers love Pinterest.  In this new blog series, I will round up some of my favorite…

  • April 28, 2014
  • 1 Comment
  • all grades
Text on watercolor background: "If there is a person or animal in this picture, what would they say?" Great for art discussions or bulletin boards.

Art Discussion Signs for Bulletin Boards

I have been dreaming about how I will be setting up my art room next year, as we will be…

  • April 7, 2014
  • 4 Comments
  • all grades, art history, art teacher tips, art teaching, bulletin board
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Have You Ever Drawn Flowers with Watercolor Pencils?

The week after winter break was up in the air.  Due to construction, we weren’t sure if we were going…

  • January 31, 2014
  • 1 Comment
  • 1st grade, all grades, drawing, fifth grade, first grade, fourth grade, science, second grade, sixth grade, sketchbook assignments, third grade, watercolor
Bulletin board featuring snowflake cutouts labeled with names, colorful houses, and a snow-themed background, highlighting our Winter Food Drive.

Winter Food Drive Bulletin Board

I wanted to show you the winter food drive bulletin board with lots of snowflakes! It was a great community…

  • January 12, 2014
  • all grades, bulletin board
Illustration of a hand pointing to a pennant with "GO!" text and "More School Spirit Ideas" written above, ideal for promoting School Events.

10 More Spirit Day Ideas for School!

We are coming up with lots of good ideas for Spirit Days at our school. The first post on Spirit…

  • January 4, 2014
  • 2 Comments
  • all grades, art teacher tips, Uncategorized
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Three colorful art award certificates with art-themed illustrations and text, displayed with the title “Art Award Certificates” and a note stating “13 fun designs!”.
A promotional image for yearlong art choice boards, featuring sample boards for August, September, October, February, and December; includes text highlighting 12+ months of activities.

Free Sub Tub Guide

A colorful flyer titled "Ten Easy Art Activities for Subs" features images of art supplies, a worksheet about creating an “Art Sub Tub,” and highlights free art sub plans perfect for substitute teachers.

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Helpful Line Handout

A chart displays 14 types of lines, including straight, curvy, wavy, thick, thin, loopy, scalloped, dotted, dashed, bumpy, zig zag, castle, spiral, and scribbly.

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