Beautifully colored fall leaves inspired this fall leaf project that features one large single leaf as the focal paint and a pattern of stamped leaves in the background. Students will... Learn More
Ample opportunities to practice simple cutting skills, simple beginner-friendly materials and crowd-pleasing subject matter will make this lesson a hit with your youngest students. With a focus on simple, curved... Learn More
This lesson features a fun twist on the traditional experiment of growing a bean plant seedling. Your students will love watching the bean grow through the greenhouse window. Use cardstock... Learn More
If you have a collection of donated CDs, this lesson featuring ornament monoprints is for you. Students will use CDs to create round, decorated Christmas ornaments by painting, adding patterns... Learn More
These sweet little pumpkins are the perfect projects to usher in the fall season with your youngest elementary students. Students will explore color mixing to create the secondary colors needed... Learn More
In this playful lesson, students will explore symmetry, value and expression by creating a silly-faced shark out of painted paper. They’ll practice double-loading their paintbrushes with black and white tempera... Learn More
In this engaging art lesson, students will explore symmetry by folding and cutting a large piece of paper to create a balanced rainbow shape. They’ll use tempera paint sticks to... Learn More
Celebrate Valentine’s Day with parading penguins and heart-shaped balloons in this quick lesson that features some basic printmaking and focuses on pattern, shape and balance. To get started, students will... Learn More
These sweet little lounging frogs create the perfect opportunity to practice simple tracing and cutting skills with your youngest students. To get started, students will focus on simple shapes while... Learn More
This colorful rabbit will have your kindergarteners ready to experiment with color mixing, using a limited palette to create new colors and tints. Simple cutting transforms circles and strips of... Learn More
Introducing artist Henri Rousseau to young children, even as young as four, is easy with this simple project. Students will focus on line, shape and space as they draw their... Learn More
These bright and beautiful flowers are ready to spruce up your classroom and hallways this spring. This painting gives your youngest students a chance to practice mixing primary colors together... Learn More
There is such a joy in painting large-scale flowers inspired by Georgia O’Keeffe using nothing but a few colors of paint. Sometimes the easiest projects delight the most. The flowers... Learn More
This sweet lesson that is based on the popular children’s nursery rhyme, Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star, creates the perfect opportunity for your youngest students to explore some simple printmaking with... Learn More
In this dynamic lesson, students will focus on movement, rhythm and shape while creating their own city at night that has been inspired by Vincent Van Gogh’s painting The Starry... Learn More
Kindergarteners will love this lesson that features the exploratory printmaking technique of stamping with a sponge to create their own still life, inspired by the artwork of Vincent van Gogh.... Learn More
This project requires less time than my other Van Gogh lessons because it uses a very quick art technique: Watercolor resist with oil pastel. Students will begin their still life... Learn More
Encourage students to practice looking at and talking about art with this lesson that features a 2D representation of an abstract sculpture that has been inspired by the illustrations in... Learn More