Elementary Art Projects & Creative Lessons for Kids

Welcome to Art is Basic, a blog full of elementary art lessons, easy art projects, and teaching ideas for K-5 classrooms. Browse hundreds of engaging activities designed to inspire young artists.

The Weaving Wonders Camp presents a colorful woven yarn and feather craft with a red spiral center on a circular base, displayed on a wooden surface.

Weaving Wonders Camp Part 2

Circular Weaving is another one of my favorite ways to teach weaving. We did these circular weavings at my Weaving Wonders camp. Beesybee Fiber’s has an explanation as to how it’s done. Obviously, this link shows a very…

July 15, 2010

Children’s Collages

Layered Giraffe Collage for a child’s room

July 14, 2010

Abstract art featuring brightly colored circles in red, blue, yellow, and green on four small square tiles.

Collages on Boards

Here are a couple of my new collages. I found the supports for these at a hardware “Re-store” near our house. They are collaged on old shelving boards. Everything is layered, painted, collaged and photographs added. I like…

July 14, 2010

A colorful illustration of an animal stack featuring a bird, flamingo, dog, and elephant standing on top of each other.

Stack of Animals

My newest “layered” artwork is a stack of animals. I recently purchased some gouache, just some cheapo set to test it out. I really like how you can get a watercolor effect or a thicker paint application.

July 14, 2010

A woven grid of colorful feathers and yarn strings displayed on a flat surface, showcasing the wonders of intricate weaving techniques.

Weaving Wonders Camp

Styrofoam Weaving At the beginning of this summer, I taught a “Weaving Wonders” camp at my school. Kids entering grades K-4 could sign up. The camp took place from 10-12:30 each day. A different weaving technique was…

July 14, 2010