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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 patchwork art with pink, purple, and red squares decorated with hearts, stars, and spirals. Features vibrant feathers along the edges, resembling a paper weaving masterpiece.

Free Paper Weaving Template- Paper Weaving with Kids Tutorial

Are you looking for an easy way to do paper weaving with kids? Are you not wanting to cut all…

  • January 29, 2025
  • 1st grade, second grade, third grade, weaving
Three colorful yarn mandalas hanging on a wall with wooden sticks forming diamond shapes create a striking God's Eyes wall decor.

God’s Eyes Woven Wall Hanging

My 3rd and 4th grade class just finished making woven God’s Eyes (Ojos de Dios).  Students chose yarn and wrapped…

  • April 29, 2016
  • 1 Comment
  • collaborative artwork, fourth grade, third grade, weaving
Colorful paper hearts decorated with strings and various patterns overlapping each other on a white background, ideal for 2nd grade crafts.

Yarn Wrapped Hearts (2nd Grade)

Often I get so wrapped up in the curriculum, I don’t take time to do “extra” projects which are just…

  • January 30, 2015
  • 5 Comments
  • fabric, hearts, holiday, second grade, Valentines Day, weaving
A colorful paper weaving with an assortment of patterned squares interwoven throughout, perfect for a kindergarten craft.

Paper Weaving with Kindergarten

I introduce paper weaving with my kindergarten class. We use colored strips, scrapbook paper and wrapping paper.  Here is a…

  • May 19, 2013
  • 3 Comments
  • kindergarten, Uncategorized, weaving
A display of colorful woven textile art pieces created by 2nd graders, arranged on a purple board in a grid format with orange border accents.

Circular Weaving with 2nd graders

Weaving is so much fun!  I love using up scraps of yarn, but there are other things you can use…

  • April 20, 2013
  • 5 Comments
  • second grade, weaving
Various colorful ribbons, including patterns, textures, and materials, are arranged vertically on a white background.

Styrofoam Weaving for 1st Grade

Weaving on styrofoam is really easy to do! There is a great restaurant supply store near my school where I…

  • April 8, 2013
  • 1st grade, weaving
A handmade green and black clay bowl featuring a blue star-shaped design in the center.

Clay Bowls– 3rd and 4th grade

 

  • March 22, 2013
  • graphic design, Uncategorized, weaving
A colorful, textured weaving with various fabric scraps, feathers, and ribbons on a white Styrofoam frame.

Weaving on Styrofoam

Weaving on Styrofoam was a recent project with the 1st graders. A restaurant supply store near our school had a…

  • January 31, 2012
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