Third grade art ideas

Read below to find out how we created these, see step-by-step pics and watch my YouTube tutorial on this lesson! Printmaking is one of my favorite things to teach in art. I love it because it alway…

Thurgood Marshall Elementary on Instagram: “Here is the process we used to create our watercolor geodes! 💕 (Swipe to see steps..) These can definitely be done using just markers and…”

Draw 4 wavy lines, equally spaced, write letters of name between the lines so that they touch top and bottom lines (streeeetttccchhh the letters). Trace with sharpie or crayon. Use colored pencils (If you did sharpie) or watercolor (For wax resist, if you used crayon) to color in. I share my directions freely! (You’re welcome!)

The paper portrait is fun and easy way to create portraits for your students.This project for 3rd or 4th grade usually takes three, 45-minute class periods.

Mrs. O'Connell's Art Room: Van Gogh Chairs 3rd grade

Print out famous people's heads and use for a biography report. Love this writing idea for third and fourth grade.

Third grade learned about coral reefs and created these underground scenes today! Our focus was on texture...the kids used sea shells and…