These fun personality-filled crabs are sure to scurry right into your first graders’ hearts. In this lesson, students will choose complementary colors to create these active crabs, which are made... Learn More
This diverse, multi-layered lesson featuring seashells on the beach has something interesting to look at on every square inch of the paper. Students will be thrilled by the tactile experiences... Learn More
This lesson can be used to adapt this project for your students with disabilities. The recommendations provided are suggested options, which you can pick and choose depending on your students’... Learn More
In this fun lesson, a sumo wrestling kitty helps teach your students about the iconic, national sport of Japan. Students will use the primary colors plus white and black to... Learn More
This cheerful spring landscape highlights two unique symbols of Japan: Mount Fuji and the bountiful cherry blossoms that bloom each spring. In this lesson, students will not only explore a... Learn More
Get ready with all of you painted and colored paper scraps. Your fifth-grade students are going to love turning your art room into a kitchen as they prepare a bento... Learn More
This multi-layered lesson is based on textile designs from Japan, which often features traditional patterns and symbolic animals. First, students will use a printmaking technique to print their own unique... Learn More
This printmaking lesson, based on graphic artist James Lesesne Wells, is sure to get your students hooked on creating prints! Having an option for a full lesson using printmaking ink... Learn More
Your students will be textile designers like Harlem Renaissance artist Loïs Mailou Jones in this fun printmaking lesson. Students will be looking at the beautiful textiles of Jones and then... Learn More
The painted houses of the Kassena people in the West Africa country of Burkina Faso were the inspiration for this printmaking and recycled materials lesson. In this project, students will... Learn More
This retro camper with all its embellishments and details will delight your students! Tissue and paper curtains? Check! Paper bunting? Yep! Miniature clothespins holding up tiny watercolor clothing? Of course!... Learn More
What summer camp experience is complete without a hike through the woods? This multi-layered diorama featuring a hiker in the woods is packed full of surprises and is sure to... Learn More
This three-dimensional, multi-layered lesson evokes a carefree float down a river on a beautiful summer day! In this lesson, students will create paper mâché feet, use cardboard construction to create... Learn More
This lesson makes graffiti accessible and understandable for even your youngest students! In this lesson, students will create simple stencils to mimic sidewalk chalk graffiti and will finish off their... Learn More
Your students will be excited to explore simple printmaking in this lesson, using found objects to create richly patterned papers. They will then draw and cut out a number of... Learn More
Graffiti art ranges from simple words to complicated, multi-colored images. If a graffiti artist is nervous about being caught in their act of vandalism, they may only have time for... Learn More
Have you ever wondered how graffiti artists like Banksy create graphic, multi-layered designs in public places that they can recreate again and again? They use stencils! In this lesson, students... Learn More
This sweet lesson features a busy bee, traveling from flower to flower spreading their pollen. Students will use sponges to stamp flowers on their background to create repetition, then recycled... Learn More