One class art project

In my first year of teaching, I was terrified of teaching art. It was a subject I had always struggled with and that a few of the kids had already decided they HATED. Thankfully, I was able to find some art activities that everyone could be happily engaged in!

Watercolor & glue Jellyfish art project. Free step by step tutorial from TheCraftyClassroom.com Perfect for learning mixed media, texture, warm and cool colors, hue and more!

Six early finisher activities for students who complete their classwork long before everyone else. These activities are inspired by works of art with a focus on art history.

36 Elementary Art Lessons for Kids - one for every week of the school year! Perfect for homeschool families, teachers, scout leaders, and parents!

These are my 50 favorite and most engaging activities I have used over the past 20 years when I just need a short and simple art activity. I use them for the beginning of the school year, the end of the year, just to break things up, or at home for some weekend or summer vacation art activities. Many of these activities require no art materials or mess at all while some require a few simple supplies. All are free!

FUN End of the Year Art Projects- It's the end of the year-go out having FUN! I know how it goes at the end of the year-your tired, the kids are tired...EVERYONE is ready for summer break! Go out with a bang with these super fun end of the year art projects!

In this article I’m going to give you some fresh and new ideas for teaching art at the End of the Year and yes, this shall include End of Year Art Lesson Ideas! So read on to discover 5 End of Year Art Lesson Ideas that you can use in your classroom, whether you teach in a general classroom or an art classroom! Let's make some art!

Make your own sun painting masterpieces with these fun summer designs and easy-to-follow instructions. All you need is fabric, acrylic paint, and cardstock!

It’s coming up on the 2nd week of July and my brain is already starting to spin with all the "back to school" things I want to teach in my classroom.A lot of teachers spend the first month teaching and practicing procedures and expectations for their classroom. This is also a time when we are

Would you like to paint without using any paint? Try yarn painting!

Minecraft Selfies - Art Projects for Kids. Add a little math and pop culture to your kid's art. #minecraft

Showing what I want to do for each grades first project

This step-by-step tutorial for How To Make Easy Paper Mosaics for Kids is amazing! Let's make beautiful, custom DIY paper mosaics today.

Spring is finally here! I love finding ways to integrate art into content areas such as language arts and math. I cannot think of a better project to welcome spring than by creating echo art flowers through a directed drawing exercise. After completing our flowers, we measured with paperclips since we are working on measurement this week. Each student added a sentence under their artwork that stated how many paperclips tall their flowers were. These flowers definitely make an awesome…

First graders have been working on this painting the past few weeks. We are studying weather patterns and having fun learning new techniques with watercolor like blowing, dripping, and adding salt! Third grade is painting these fun jellyfish watercolor resists! I LOVE this Liquitex gloss Medium and Varnish!! It makes a great resist! We just painted this gloss medium right on the paper to create our jellies... We are using warm colors for the Jelly and cool colors+salt for the water I just…

Looking for some fun and unique art activities for your little one? Try our Van Gogh Art Project for preschoolers that will teach your child how to paint a gorgeous painting project like famous artist Vincent Van Gogh.

Learn about the art element of color as you create your own monochromatic watercolor art. You’ll also get to explore Picasso and his experiments with color.

String paint art is SO PRETTY and its really simple to create! This is such a fun and easy art technique and a great project for people of all skill levels.