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Text “Art is Basic” in watercolor style, with colorful markers and foam star stickers on the top left and bottom right corners, against a white background.
Activities for Early Finishers" text on lined paper with doodles of stick figures and art supplies.

Ideas for Early Finishers in Art

This month, the Art Ed Blogger’s Network is talking about how to enrich art class for students who finish early.…

  • April 10, 2018
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  • all grades, Art Ed Blogger's Network, art teacher tips, art teaching, free time activities
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Free Fall Leaf Printables

Two pages of high resolution downloads are available for free at my Teachers Pay Teachers shop.  This is fun for…

  • September 17, 2017
  • all grades, collage, coloring, drawing, fall, free time activities
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The Value of Independent and Exploratory Art

I wanted to explain to you how our art class periods are structured.  Students have art twice a week for…

  • April 13, 2016
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  • free time activities
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Easy Collaborative Art Banners with Motivational Words

At the end of the year in June, I posted about a collaborative word banner project I did with all…

  • September 6, 2015
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  • all grades, bulletin board, collaborative artwork, free time activities
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Art Games and Puzzles for an Enrichment Center

I have a bookshelf in my classroom that students can go to when they are done with their class assignments. …

  • September 4, 2015
  • 2 Comments
  • all grades, art teacher tips, free time activities
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5 Art Center Ideas to Try

If you are looking for some new art center ideas for your classroom, look no further!  Today I’m going to…

  • November 10, 2013
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  • all grades, art teacher tips, art teaching, free time activities, sculpture, Uncategorized
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A free guided drawing book

Check out this really cool FREE downloadable guided drawing book from Fairy Dust Teaching. Click on over to her website…

  • January 15, 2012
  • free time activities
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