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Poinsettia Plant Mixed-Media for Third Grade

This project is as about as easy as you can get. The only area of “struggle” was cutting out the pot. Despite it’s challenges, this component of the project provides...Learn More

Related categories: 3rd Grade Art Lessons, Winter Art

Easy Winter Landscape for Second and Third Grade

Here is a super easy lesson that incorporates many art principals. It takes one 45-minute art class to complete this project if you use small sheets of paper. I used...Learn More

Related categories: 2nd Grade Art Lessons, 3rd Grade Art Lessons, Quick Art Lessons, Winter Art

Big Fat Hen: Chalk and Oil Pastel Drawing

A trip to the library last fall yielded a plethora of art ideas. Keith Baker’s Big Fat Hen is filled with fabulous illustrations. Colorful, vibrant, detailed and adorable. Perfect for...Learn More

Related categories: 5th Grade Art Lessons, Animals, Art and Literature, Book Reviews, Chalk Pastels, Pastels & Crayons

Eric Carle inspired Snowman Art Lesson

There is nothing cuter than a snowman, except a “kinder-created” snowman. Watching little fingers stick paper noses and top hats to wet paint is utterly adorable. Since most of my...Learn More

Related categories: Art and Literature, Chalk Pastels, Inclusion/Special Needs Art Projects, Kindergarten Art Lessons, Winter Art

Watercolor Birds Art Lesson

This is a super easy project for middle elementary kids. I like to demonstrate how to draw a tropical bird using the steps below. As I’m drawing, I explain how...Learn More

Related categories: 4th Grade Art Lessons, Birds, Watercolors

Kinder Christmas Ornament Craft

Here’s a super easy, fun craft project to create with your little ones. They would make a cute Christmas card or perhaps even a thank-you note. Just trace the bottoms...Learn More

Related categories: Christmas, Kindergarten Art Lessons, Winter Art

Day of the Dead Catrina Dolls

Celebrate The Day of the Dead holiday with a form-based art project that uses paper bags and cardboard boxes. These festive Catrina Doll sculptures were a blast to create. The fifth grade students worked...Learn More

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Related categories: 5th Grade Art Lessons, Culture Based, Mexican Culture, Paper Projects

Fish Printing Project

ONE LESSON @ 1 HOUR WHAT YOU’LL NEED: Liquid watercolor or tempera paint Foam sheets or foam lunch trays/meat trays Step One: Painting the Background I used glitter liquid watercolors...Learn More

Related categories: 3rd Grade Art Lessons, Blog Posts, Fish and Sea Life, Summer Art

Drawing and Painting Barns

Here is a super easy lesson that I snagged from Painted Paper Flicker Page. If you have any desire to be utterly inspired let alone be swept away by color,...Learn More

Related categories: 3rd Grade Art Lessons, Blog Posts, Buildings and Architecture