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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 paper hearts decorated with strings and various patterns overlapping each other on a white background, ideal for 2nd grade crafts.

Yarn Wrapped Hearts (2nd Grade)

Often I get so wrapped up in the curriculum, I don’t take time to do “extra” projects which are just…

  • January 30, 2015
  • 5 Comments
  • fabric, hearts, holiday, second grade, Valentines Day, weaving
A bird with a colorful, patterned body pecks at the ground near a small tree with a decorative red border, resembling a vibrant painting on cloth.

Painting on Cloth | 3rd Grade

Painting on cloth gives such nice, soft colors and is a challenging change from painting on paper.  We tied our…

  • August 20, 2014
  • 1 Comment
  • African, fabric, painting, third grade, watercolor
Children's colorful drawings of various subjects, including animals and people, displayed on a red fabric background.

1st Grade Fabric and Felt Collages

I loved these zig zag dolls by Patricia Saunders that were published in School Arts magazine earlier this year.  We…

  • December 4, 2013
  • 1st grade, collage, fabric
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 colorful, abstract art piece on red fabric with shapes, buttons, and patterns hanging by a yellow string.

Symmetrical Felt Wall Hangings

For this project, the first graders learned about symmetry and fabric arts.  I tied this lesson into quilt making and…

  • October 21, 2012
  • 2 Comments
  • fabric, first grade
Colorful, patterned fabric collage with hearts, stars, and "Peace" text on a background of diamond shapes.

Fabric Collages

I never posted about these fabric collages that we finished at the end of the year last year.   The third…

  • August 15, 2012
  • 2 Comments
  • collage, fabric, fourth grade, third grade
Children painting colorful abstract designs and creating small robot sculptures with various art supplies in the art room.

Pictures from the Art Room

Here are some scenes from the art room this week!  We are using appliance parts to build assemblages. We are…

  • April 19, 2012
  • 3 Comments
  • fabric, painting
Burlap and felt quilt art with a burlap base decorated with colorful felt shapes, gemstones, and ribbon patterns.

Burlap and Felt Quilt Squares – 1st grade

How can a quilt be a work of art?   “Why do people make art?   The 1st graders looked…

  • October 28, 2011
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  • fabric, first grade
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