This project is fun for any grade, but especially the kindergartners because it is so cute to see what they come up with. We painted broad strokes of WARM COLORS in the background with watercolor paints. Then, using black and white pieces of paper, we cut out spooky shapes– haunted houses, bats, ghosts, etc. We used a black marker to draw extra details.
Both of these ideas I borrowed from other people’s recent blog posts. You caught me red-handed! I’ve gotten so many good ideas from other art teacher’s blogs. Go ahead and check my blog roll on the side of my page and you can see some of the other ones that I read. Here are some students working on a gigantic weaving! I’m super excited about this project. It is an “extra” project that kids can work on when they are … Read more…
Here are some Valentine’s Day prints I made out of a styrofoam printing plate. You can use those styrofoam meat plates or, like I did, order the styrofoam printing plates from an art catalog (like Nasco). These are great for little kids to print with. All you have to do is draw with a pencil onto the foam. Then, using water based printing ink, roll it onto a tray using a brayer. Then, roll the inked brayer onto the foam. … Read more…
One ornament made by a student The week before winter break not much gets done in the classroom. It’s hard to start something new when we will be off school for 2 weeks. So, as kids finished up projects I took out a bunch of random art supplies, cookie cutters, glitter, felt, and pipe cleaners for them to make stuff out of. Here’s an ornament example one kid made.
Turkeys!I found this lesson on Mrs. Art Teacher’s blog: http://applesloveorangespdx.blogspot.com/search/label/turkey Thanks for the fun idea!! I don’t normally do crafty-type projects with my art classes, but these were so cute. At the beginning of the year, the kindergartners need a lot of practice cutting, so this project helped with that skill. 1. I had predrawn various sized circles and then photocopied them onto construction paper.2. The children chose 5 circles and cut them out. I passed them out one at … Read more…
The Governor’s Mansion in Madison sent us a call for ornaments made by 4th graders based on a book. These ornaments will be hung on a large Christmas tree in the mansion. Only one per classroom could be submitted. As a group, several of the students made this dream catcher. The 3/4s read the book Time of the Eagle, by Stephanie Golightly Lowden and made a creative dream catcher to represent the book. It is a great tie-in to their … Read more…
