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

One thing that I love most about drawing with pastels, both oil and chalk, is that is generally encourages students to draw big. In this project, students will use chalk... Learn More

This lesson explores the work of artist Romare Bearden while emphasizing mixed-media collage, cutting, arranging, gluing, texture, and space. Students complete this multi-step project while coming to an understanding that a... Learn More

My goal with this lesson was to teach my fifth graders about Horace Pippin, a relatively unknown American painter and how every artist’s journey is different. The book A Splash of... 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

Chalk pastels are a wonderful medium to work with, especially for older students. The ease of prep and the ability to easily pull out an unfinished chalk project and work... 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

Students will learn about and use pottery clay, tools and vocabulary. After studying henna designs, students will create a 3D clay henna hand dish. This introduces students to the concept... Learn More

This is a colorful opportunity for children to research and draw traditional Indian dress. Inspired by the colorful illustrations in Indian Tales from Barefoot Book, children follow a drawing sequence... 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 child-like. The painting that inspired this... Learn More

Joan Miró was born in Barcelona, Spain in 1893. He started drawing at age 8 and went on to become one of the world’s most famous abstract artists. He loved... Learn More

Miró started making prints after he was considered a well accomplished artist. He used two types of print-making: lithography and intaglio. Lithograph: Ink is spread onto the plate and then... Learn More

Creating collages is a wonderful way for children to express their sense of color and composition. It’s not always easy though, which is why I recommend showing children a few... Learn More

This STABILE project requires a small amount of time and offers much creative opportunity. Painted cereal box cardboard would make a great substitution for card stock and would offer more... Learn More

Calder combined Mobiles and Stabiles to create standing mobile units. Often these were in abstract shapes and animals shapes.... Learn More

There are a few techniques on how to build a pot that you can teach your students. I have done coil pots before and was very pleased with the results.... Learn More

Have you ever wanted to do a super simple clay project but with a group of older kids? My time was always super short with the kids. I had about... Learn More

I’ve seen pictures of these cute wizards on many art sites, and in all cases; no instructions! They looked hard to me and I couldn’t quite see how I would... Learn More