Deep Space Sparkle Art Lessons for Kids
If you have some extra corrugated cardboard and a few bored kids, try creating these abstract fish and owls. I won’t lie. It took a while to cut out 65 fish and owl shapes plus the notches and mouth openings, but my Kinder students loved creating this cute project. Very hands-on, creative and fun. Kinder [...]
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I’ve been known to dig through the lunch bins rescuing styrofoam trays for printing projects. I save newspapers for delicate ceramic projects and concentrated juice can tops for robot heads. Is it enough? No way. Sometimes I start to collect things then abandon the idea when I can’t come up with an art project or [...]
I’m not usually a fan of crafts but this little number had me at the first shake. For my daughter’s annual Winterfest, we set up a table and allowed children to make their own snowglobes. I bought some jars online to get just the right ones. If you have mason jars at home, they’re fine, [...]
I’ve been collecting odds and ends for this project for some time now. Things like concentrated juice can toppers, plastic strawberry baskets, bottle caps, soda can tabs, old buttons, scraps of shiny paper, old aluminum foil, etc. Even the paper is recycled. The cardboard backing is the cardboard used to wrap newsprint in. Our local [...]
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A few weeks ago, I posted a few questions from readers. One question concerned form-based art projects; ideas and suggestions for a limited budget art room. I weighed in, but so did my readers. I received this fantastic email from Phyllis who has over thirty years teaching art to elementary kids. I asked Phyllis if [...]
This lesson is based on symmetry so as far as teaching kids cool subjects, this one is perfect. In my opinion, there is nothing more pleasing to the ear than hearing a six year old explain symmetry, let alone saying it. It’s a fun word…lots of syllables that when spoken correctly (or very near to [...]
This lesson was inspired by a lesson in The Usborne Book of Art Projects. It was a huge hit with my third grade class. The lesson in the book focused on fish but I thought a sea turtle would look lovely swimming in these glittery waters. As for the glittery waters, I had some glitter [...]
That Artist Lady offers a complete tutorial on this lesson. The fun part is digging into your gift wrap box and selecting the odds and ends that will become windows, smoke stacks and doors. I did this lesson with sixth graders and initially thought the lesson would be to young for them, but it wasn’t. [...]
This is super fun art lesson and is sure to ignite the imaginations of the little ones. I have done this lesson with my first grade students in two 40-minute sessions. In order to complete in within this time frame, be sure to allow enough time to organize your supplies. Supplies Per student: One 12″ [...]
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This is one of my most favorite art lessons. Not only is it colorful, expressive and fun to make, but it teaches a variety of art skills: combining colors, composition, human form and the importance of working neatly. Inspired by the paintings by Henri Matisse, this has been a perennial favorite with my fifth and [...]
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Here is another great lesson for kindergartners to practice cutting and pasting skills. The project looks super dynamic displayed next to one another on a wall or bulletin board. Supplies Needed: Scissors & glue stick per student Construction paper in various colors cut into rectangles 1 12″ x 18″ black paper per student white tempera [...]
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This lesson was discovered on the Incredible Art Department website. For those of you who haven’t visited there, go now! it’s a great resource for teachers everywhere. This lesson, in particular, was submitted by Michelle Peacock of Mohave Middle School. Thanks Michelle for sharing! I thought this was a perfect lesson to do with my [...]
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