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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!

Colorful crayon drawing featuring abstract shapes and patterns, divided into sections with words written on dividers. The artwork, inspired by Mondrian's style, prominently uses primary colors giving it a vibrant and lively feel suitable for a kindergarten classroom.

Mondrian– Primary Colors lesson plan– Kindergarten

This is a great beginning of the year project for kindergartners. During the first 40 min. class period: 1.  Identify…

  • October 25, 2012
  • 1 Comment
  • drawing, kindergarten
A hand-drawn, colorful geometric circular pattern with triangles, zigzags, and concentric rings against a black background, inspired by Radial Designs.

3rd Grade Radial Designs

Radial designs are so much fun to make!The third graders made these.  

  • October 12, 2012
  • drawing, third grade
Abstract crayon drawing with overlapping letters and various colorful geometric shapes filling the entire canvas, resembling vibrant Alphabet Art created by a 1st Grade classroom.

Alphabet Art: First Grade

This is a lesson I love to teach at the beginning of the year.  The first graders create a picture…

  • September 26, 2012
  • 1 Comment
  • drawing, first grade
Colorful drawing with patterns of swirls, zigzags, and waves in red, orange, yellow, green, blue, and black; a delightful line drawing that's great for kindergarten creativity projects.

Kindergarten Line Drawings

This is one of my favorite kindergarten projects and it is perfect to teach at the beginning of the year.…

  • September 22, 2012
  • 2 Comments
  • drawing, kindergarten
Six colorful Campbell's Tomato Soup cans, each showcasing different Pop Art designs, celebrate 50 years of Andy Warhol's iconic artwork.

Pop Art pictures: 2nd grade

“Don’t think about making art, just get it done.  Let everyone else decide if it’s good or bad, whether they…

  • September 18, 2012
  • 2 Comments
  • drawing, second grade, self portrait
The Weekly Doodle: Printable Drawing Prompts features a colorful illustration on lined paper clipped with a red paperclip.

Introducing: The Weekly Doodle– Printable Drawing Prompts

Only for 11 prompts. Purchase the Weekly Doodle here. These printable drawing prompts are now also available at my NEW…

  • September 8, 2012
  • 3 Comments
  • drawing
A child’s drawing with swirls, stars, a crescent moon, and a house with yellow windows against a white background, evocative of Starry Nights.

Starry Nights– kindergarten

This was one of my FAVORITE lessons this year.  I just loved how each and every one of them turned…

  • July 9, 2012
  • 1 Comment
  • art history, drawing, kindergarten
Colorful abstract drawing with intersecting leaf-like shapes in green, blue, and purple, outlined in blue; resembles patterns often found in tessellations.

Tessellations– 3rd Grade

We are out of school now for the summer, but I have some projects that I have not blogged about…

  • June 18, 2012
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  • drawing, third grade
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