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Art Projects for Kids + Tips for the Teacher!

Five colorful landscape scrolls hanging on a wall, each depicting mountains, rivers, and nature scenes.

Landscape Scroll Displays

How is your year going?  Ours is rapidly coming to a close.  There is so much to do… grading, finishing…

  • April 22, 2013
  • painting, third grade
A watercolor painting of a hilly landscape with brown and green tones, depicting trees in the background, showcases elements of American landscape paintings.

American Landscape Paintings with 3rd and 4th Grade

  Just a few quick pictures of American landscape paintings that the third and fourth graders created.  A few summers…

  • April 15, 2013
  • 4 Comments
  • American art, fourth grade, painting, third grade, watercolor
A child's painting of two mountains, a river, trees, and a small hut, displayed on green-bordered cloth, evokes the charm of 3rd grade artistry and Chinese landscape scroll paintings.

Chinese Landscape Scroll Paintings for 3rd Grade

This 3rd grade lesson was related to the Chinese scroll paintings.  I have taught this lovely project for several years…

  • April 4, 2013
  • 1 Comment
  • painting, third grade, watercolor
Colorful, abstract face drawing with geometric shapes and patterns, featuring a big head, prominent eyebrows, and dots. The design is inspired by African masks.

Studying African Masks: 3rd Grade

The 3rd graders studied Africa in their social studies classroom and we learned about African masks in art class. The…

  • February 28, 2013
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  • African, drawing, masks, third grade
A surreal underwater hallway with a rainbow ceiling and black-and-white checkered floor, where the walls are adorned with sea life, provides an intriguing perspective.

Perspective “Viewing Rooms” 3rd/4th grade

I teach one-point perspective every year to the 3rd/4th grade class.  In the past couple of years I typically have…

  • February 26, 2013
  • drawing, fourth grade, third grade
A hand-crafted Clay Face Mug featuring bulging eyes, a red nose, and a wide orange mouth.

Clay Face Mugs- 3rd grade

Making clay mugs with 3rd graders.. This is a great lesson that can be adaptable to pretty much any age. …

  • February 22, 2013
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  • clay, sculpture, third grade, Uncategorized
A pencil sketch of a bird in flight with a long beak and black and grey shaded wings, using cross-hatched animal drawings techniques.

Cross Hatched Animal Drawings- 3rd and 4th grade

These lovely cross-hatched animal drawings were made by my 3rd/4th grade class.  The students used pictures from Zoobooks magazine for…

  • January 16, 2013
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  • drawing, fourth grade, third grade
A colorful handmade mask painted in blue and green tones, adorned with feathers, inspired by Pacific Northwest Coast Masks.

Papermache Masks– 3rd and 4th grade

This is an art project that I repeat every year, because it is such a great process for the kids……

  • December 28, 2012
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  • fourth grade, masks, paper mache, sculpture, third grade
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