This winter project offers a minimal-material and low-prep option as well as a more detailed skate option for you to choose from depending on your time availability. Photocopy the templates... Learn More

Your kindergarten students will love creating a favorite literary character in this Brown Bear lesson that is based on Eric Carle’s illustrations in the book Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What... Learn More

The butterfly provides a natural lesson on symmetry and balance. In this project, your students will be using their observational drawing skills to create a symmetrical butterfly. Tracing a mini... Learn More

These geometric-patterned birds are the perfect way for young students to show off their art skills and express themselves through shape and color. First, students will follow a directed drawing... Learn More

Based on the book Mañana Iguana by Ann Whitford Paul and illustrated by Ethan Long, this re-telling of The Little Red Hen story features Spanish speaking desert animals. To accompany the reading... Learn More

Simple. Cute. Fun. What more could you want from a primary grade art lesson? This lesson features a farmyard favorite that your students will enjoy drawing. Tempera paints with a black... Learn More

I love this lesson because it covers so many important skills for kinders. Your students will be drawing or tracing apples, cutting, pasting and painting. Simple color mixing is sure... Learn More

These beautiful, glowing pumpkins have a lot going on: drawing from observations and sequence, primary color mixing, adding highlights, cutting and pasting skills and composition. Though this is a multi-step... Learn More

In all my years of teaching art, this Funny Face Pumpkin Project is the one that elicits the most giggles and smiles. As you’ll see in the instructions, the pumpkins... Learn More

Kandinsky’s Concentric Circles is a wonderful painting to use as inspiration for color exploration. I have used one version of a “Kandinsky” art project almost every year with my Kinder... Learn More

One of the easiest ways to teach small children portrait making is to eliminate difficult steps. By using a head & shoulders template, children can trace or cut a generous... Learn More

I used a few of my favorite techniques to help my kinders create these adorable (and quite impressive) self-portraits. We used a template to trace the face and used a... Learn More

Using a template or a starter when teaching little kids about the process of making portraits helps the child considerably. Don’t worry that you are stifling creativity. As long as... Learn More

Drawing elephants can get a little tricky but this drawing focuses on the contour shape. Add a trunk and chunky legs and Kinders will have no problem appreciating their efforts.... Learn More

Creating sunflowers in the art room is a welcomed subject. They are easily understood by most children, some have planted a few in a school garden, and many have plucked... Learn More

Drawing castles with a classroom of noisy, rambunctious kids is the surest way to win them over. Really. Every child loves this lesson because they know castles very well and... Learn More

This is a great lesson to do at the beginning of the school year. It may look complicated but the overall scope of the art elements is very beginner. You... Learn More

Using a template or a starter when teaching little kids about the process of making portraits helps the child considerably. Don’t worry that you are stifling creativity. As long as... Learn More