This lesson features a fun twist on the traditional kindergarten experiment of growing a bean plant seedling. Your students will love watching the bean grow through the greenhouse window. Use... Learn More

Celebrate International Beaver Day on April seventh with your first graders by creating a piece of art based on the world’s second largest rodent. In this lesson, students will begin... Learn More

Learning about the life cycle of a frog is pretty amazing, especially when it is paired with a story about courage and growth that your students can easily relate to.... Learn More

Rotting vegetables and fruit rinds may not be your typical art room subject matter, but in this fun-filled, third-grade collage project, the spotlight shines on them as students create their... Learn More

In this lesson, seventh-grade students will create colorful collages depicting a three-dimensional rain barrels harvesting rain for a blossoming garden. This project gives new life to discarded materials such as... Learn More

Spring weather welcomes kids outside and there is something so freeing about that first spring bike ride. Inspired by Dutch artist Piet Mondrian, these bold bicycles will reinforce shape, color... Learn More

Though this kite is not meant to fly, it is meant to act as a metaphor for kindness and can help remind your fourth-grade students that kindness is uplifting. In... Learn More

This focus of this one-day Primary Skyscraper lesson might be on using primary colors, but it can also be used to teach shape and repetition of line to your kindergarteners.... Learn More

Cutting and pasting is a big deal in the primary grades. Learning how to manipulate paper into shapes and then into a picture is an even bigger deal. It doesn’t... Learn More

Architect Zaha Hadid infused her designs with organic shapes and lines, which contrasted with traditional, geometric-based architecture. She was an inspiring, strong woman who found her own unique way in... Learn More

Your fourth-grade students will enjoy making a colorful, three-dimensional clock tower that is not only freestanding, but made entirely of paper. This minimal-supply art lesson focuses on shape, pattern and... Learn More

Your sixth-grade students will enjoy this minimal-supply lesson that allows them to think like an architect. They can choose between designing their own Frank Lloyd Wright-inspired house within a landscape... Learn More

This colorful collage lesson of a door is a simple, one-day lesson that will have your students layering beautiful papers to create a welcoming entrance. Breaking down a door into... Learn More

Get ready to get a little bit messy in this fun, first-grade painting project inspired by the book Cells: An Owner’s Handbook by Carolyn Fisher. This project is all about... Learn More

There’s not a whole lot better than making a rocket in art class that can actually fly. Your third graders will be doing just that with this minimal-supply straw rocket... Learn More

Do you think that the creatures found deep in our oceans are fascinating or scary? If you’re anything like me, it might be a little bit of both. In this... Learn More

Pete the Cat: I Love My White Shoes by James Dean and Eric Litwin is such a popular and fun book. Pete the Cat is a care-free character who loves... Learn More

Inspired by the powerful book Change Sings by Amanda Gorman, students will create a bold guitar surrounded by a collage of organic shapes set against a sponge-printed brick background. The... Learn More