Elizabethan clothing styles used rich, elegant materials such as fur, velvet, silk and lace. Not wanting to be mistaken as lower class, the upper class made sure to wear fancy,... Learn More
Fashion made easy! Kids use the pre-drawn fashion plates to create their own Pucci-inspired fashions. Trace the plates with a pencil and use markers to create and color your own... Learn More
Cook Island tivaevae is truly an art form. Tivaevae artists create very colorful patchwork quilts by hand. They were traditionally made by women from Polynesia who would usually work in... Learn More
Art projects don’t come more colorful than this! Students learn about coral reefs through children’s books such as Life in a Coral Reef by Wendy Pfeffer or Peek Inside Coral... Learn More
In 1962, President John F. Kennedy delivered a speech that set the goal to put a man on the moon by the end of the decade. After many experiments, the... Learn More
Here is a project that combines American history with important art concepts: mixed-media collage, texture, achieving depth and the illusion of form. Read through the book, One Giant Leap: The... Learn More
This project is a wonderful opportunity to review or discuss the scientific accomplishments of space travel with a fun and engaging art activity. Children explore space in the scientific sense... Learn More
Learning how to manipulate paper into shapes and then placing them on a piece of paper to create an object is a big deal for young children. In this lesson... Learn More
In this lesson, children combine the front and back of animal bodies to create a new type of animal. Animal illustrations can be photocopied, arranged and assembled by the student... Learn More
This elephant art project is part art and part craft. Every few years or so, I like to buy an assortment of rhinestones and various sparkly embellishments. It’s always fun... Learn More
Drawing like Miró is quite fun. Often times the lines don’t make sense, which is why it’s such a great project to do with kids. Again, oil pastels are the... Learn More
Joan Miró was a Spanish painter, sculptor and print-maker. His first paintings were inspired by Cubism and his later works were more magical and dream-like. The art he created during... Learn More
Here is an easy, quick and technique-rich lesson to do with your first and second grade students. The project can be completed in one 40-minute session, but if you want... Learn More
In the book, The Artist Who Painted A Blue Horse, author and illustrator Eric Carle tells the story of how he learned to create art and to paint colors that... Learn More
If you don’t have a copy of one of the Elmer the Elephant books, it’s best to run down to your local library and pick one up. The story is adorable and... Learn More
The lesson was one of my first lesson I created for Deep Space Sparkle. I loved the lesson so much, I did it almost every year with my first grade students.... Learn More
Monsters are always a popular subject for my youngest art students. My go-to monster lesson for this age group has always been Where the Wild Things Are, but this year I... Learn More
Drawing trucks is one of my most requested how-to-draw subjects in art class. I love the stories of the people who drive them, the cargo they haul and the best... Learn More