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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
Artwork featuring two white leaf silhouettes against an orange background, bordered by a yellow frame evokes the simplicity often found in kindergarten creations.

Gelli Printing with Leaves | Printmaking for Kindergarten

Always a popular fall activity, we made leaf rubbings last week. Then, using our new Gelli Plates, we pulled prints…

  • October 11, 2012
  • 2 Comments
  • kindergarten, printmaking
A close-up of tangled, colorful pipe cleaners and wires forming an abstract line sculpture.

Kindergarten Line Sculpture with Wire

  Playing with wire     Learning about Lines   Straight, curved, loopy, wavy, zigzag…     Over, under and…

  • October 5, 2012
  • 6 Comments
  • kindergarten, sculpture
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
The Dot features a colorful abstract composition with various shapes and sizes of circles and polygons in bright hues on a light background.

What can you do with a dot?

A great project to begin the year is a DOT project.  The kindergartners read the book The Dot, by Peter…

  • September 12, 2012
  • 3 Comments
  • kindergarten
Abstract art with colorful circles and patterns, including multi-colored segments, stars, and various shapes on a white background.

Sketchbook Covers for Kids

We have been making sketchbook covers from donated file tab dividers.  My sister-in-law works in medical records and they were…

  • September 7, 2012
  • 3 Comments
  • first days of school, first grade, kindergarten, sketchbook assignments
Two tissue paper stained glass artworks hang in a window, one with blue-green shapes and the other with red-orange hearts.

Tissue Paper Fun

Our last summer art workshop was a fun one!  We decoupaged tissue paper on to glass vases.  The cylindrical ones…

  • July 30, 2012
  • 4 Comments
  • crafts, first grade, kindergarten, second grade, summer camp, third grade
A large paper with a child’s drawing of a person, decorated with various items and colors, is displayed in a classroom.

Body Pictures– Summer Camp

I am teaching 3 summer art sessions.  Each session is two hours long with one or two art projects.  For…

  • July 12, 2012
  • 2 Comments
  • fifth grade, first grade, fourth grade, kindergarten, mixed media, second grade, summer camp, third grade
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Display of end-of-year memory books and zine templates for students; features accordion books, illustrated art reflection pages titled "My School Year" and "My Year in Art," plus a beginner guide on how to make a zine.
Colorful paper 3D flower garden craft displayed upright, with assorted hand-crafted flowers and green stems, advertised as a fun, low-prep classroom project.
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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