These plaster casts will delight your youngest students as they explore mold making and get to see the resulting three-dimensional casting. Revealing the casting from the mold is almost like... Learn More
Not only will your first-grade students focus on form in this Model Magic Snail lesson, but they will leave your class knowing a little more about art history, too. The... Learn More
Your second-grade students will love bringing their favorite color crayon to life with this papier-mâché project that has been inspired by the silly and sometimes sensitive crayon characters in the... Learn More
Creating 3D form is easy with this paper collage lesson where the base paper is cut and rolled to make a vertical collage surface. Rolling the paper, stamping it with... Learn More
Reinforce three-dimensional shapes with this Folded Paper Vehicle lesson that will have your students making rectangular prisms out of paper and then altering them to become the vehicle of their... Learn More
If you would like to teach clay hand-building techniques but don’t have access to a kiln or would simply prefer working with air-dry clay, look no further. This lesson is... Learn More
Create simple 3D paper poppies with your students to mark Remembrance Day or Veterans Day. Eight organic petal shapes are arranged and overlapped to build the poppy’s 3D form. Then... Learn More
For this lesson, students will piece together recycled materials such as cardboard and plastic containers to create their own unique 3D flying machine “inventions.” After creating an armature that resembles... Learn More
In this lesson, which features a unique take on a paper lantern project accompanied by an engineering component, students will be creating three-dimensional paper sculptures that are inspired by the... Learn More
These highly textured CelluClay portraits are a great option for teaching students about creating a relief sculpture and form in a way that doesn’t involved kiln-fired clay or any fancy... Learn More
Take your students outside to gather their own materials for this lesson inspired by the Environmental Art movement and artists like Andy Goldsworthy and Robert Smithson. In this lesson, students... Learn More
Clear Con-Tact paper is the perfect surface to build a collage, and best of all, no need to deal with messy glue. In this lesson, students will experiment with adding... Learn More
Aluminum foil printing and shaving cream paper marbling are two exciting printmaking processes that your students will love. The cool thing about these processes is that they can be done... Learn More
Peak your students’ curiosity with this painting activity that has the possibly of using almost anything imaginable to apply paint to the paper except a paintbrush. Gather unique tools in... Learn More
There is something magical about watercolor, and this lesson is all about exploring different techniques to create texture with watercolor. The simple addition of a few materials like salt and... Learn More
This versatile printmaking lesson used everyday objects that you already have on hand as printing tools. Legos, toilet paper rolls, marker caps and other unique printing tools are dipped in... Learn More
Create a simple relief sculpture with an unusual material: joint compound. Normally used for smoothing out drywall, in this application the joint compound will be used for the opposite effect... Learn More
This exploratory sculpture lesson is great for any students from your youngest Pre-K or kindergarteners to middle schoolers. Sculpture keeps students engaged kinesthetically and the open-ended nature of this lesson... Learn More