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Art Projects for Kids + Tips for the Teacher!

Four colorful Viking ship artworks with decorative sails on a blue and white background; text reads "Viking Ship Artwork, free templates for your next art project!

Free Viking Ship Templates | Art Project

My first grade students had a blast making these Viking ship pictures. They have been studying about the Vikings in…

  • December 4, 2024
  • 1st grade, drawing, social studies
Child's drawing of a fierce, colorful creature with horns, sharp teeth, and geometric patterns on its face and body, resembling traditional mask drawings.

Mask Drawings

My 3rd and 4th graders are currently making messes with paper mache! They are building and paper maching masks. They…

  • January 9, 2019
  • fourth grade, masks, social studies, third grade
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Ancient Egyptian Art Choice Menu

We recently had an inservice at our school and they talked about making choice menus to give the students different…

  • October 24, 2018
  • all grades, fifth grade, fourth grade, free time activities, freebie, social studies
Craft your own "Milk Carton Sailboat" using a colorful sail and a repurposed milk carton.

Milk Carton Sailboat Tutorial

My 1st graders are working on these fun boats now to go along with their explorer unit.  Okay, I know…

  • March 16, 2018
  • 1st grade, all grades, crafts, first grade, Girl Scouts, science, sculpture, social studies, summer, summer camp
A pyramid-shaped craft featuring a cat drawing on one side and a smiling face with "happy" written on another.

Egyptian Pyramid STEAM Lesson: Art Ed Blogger’s Network

How does ART fit into STEM? STEAM:  Science, Technology, Engineering, Art and Math This month’s Art Ed Blogger’s Network topic…

  • March 13, 2018
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  • Art Ed Blogger's Network, clay, fifth grade, fourth grade, sculpture, social studies
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Wooden Peg Dolls: Kokeshi

When I was at the NAEA conference two years ago, I saw a station where people were making wooden Kokeshi…

  • July 15, 2017
  • 2 Comments
  • painting, sculpture, social studies, third grade
Two medieval paper mache knights, one on a horse with a spear and shield, the other standing with a sword, facing each other.

Medieval Paper Mache Figures

This is a project from the archives.  I used to teach a combined 5th/6th grade class.  Every year, we made…

  • April 18, 2017
  • 3 Comments
  • fifth grade, paper mache, sculpture, sixth grade, social studies
Medieval Knight Sculptures

Medieval Day at School

Near the end of the school year our 5th/6th grade students put on a Medieval Day for the entire school. …

  • August 12, 2015
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  • all grades, fourth grade, paper mache, sculpture, sixth grade, social studies
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