I wouldn?t guarantee that these are ?spill proof? cups, but they will beat a totally open cup any day. I needed to distinguish between some similar wa...
Ever hear of Flat Stanley? Well, here?s a flat reindeer for your kids to draw. I’ve always thought the real ones are pretty tricky to draw, so m...
Here?s an idea for a winter painting, a good old-fashioned townhouse. Try using a cardboard rectangle template just to help students get the basic sha...
Making scratch art with oil pastels is not new, but have you tried making different color combos on one piece of art? Or tried coloring three layers t...
Here are some students coloring a giant printout of my Nutcracker Mural. For those that want to bypass the individual pages that you need to tape up, ...
Looking for ideas for holiday decorations? I need some for my school?s holiday boutique, so I?m having students draw gingerbread houses and then cut t...
Snowman drawings don?t have to be small and flat-looking. In fact, they are a great chance to make things look more dimensional, as in a tube-shaped h...
Fall leaves are made of lots of fun curvy shapes, so I had my art journal students trace them today to make a tissue paper collage of maple, white oak...
There are a few really simple ways to add texture to a watercolor painting. You can sprinkle salt while it?s still wet and let sit for a few minutes. ...
The good and bad news is that oil pastels like to smudge together, especially when black is around. But rather than fight it, why not embrace it in th...
This abstract landscape was drawn with Elmer?s glue on black cardstock paper, and later filled in with Crayola Color Sticks. I promise this is not a p...
I often see students use oil pastels like crayons, as in lightly coloring and shading with them. Unfortunately, that doesn?t let pastels show their ?t...
Tugboats are very basic boats, so they make a good drawing project for even very young artists. I tried this with kinders and they all at least got th...
Office stickers make these snowmen a breeze to put together, so students can concentrate on creating a short story. And with just a few adjustments to...
If you need to keep the little ones busy today, here?s a coloring page that I hope they joy. Happy Thanksgiving Everyone! ? View and download Thanksgi...
‘Tis the season for holiday decorations, so here?s my solution for some inexpensive snowflakes that have a lot more impact than paper ones, if y...
Thanks to infarrantlycreative.net for this great mini food art idea. My kids loved making them last week, the only catch was having enough bottles of ...
I made this Christmas ornament drawing using a set of fine tip markers. If you draw the edges of a shape lightly in pencil, fill in the inside with li...
I saved this Gingerbread House project for my 3rd and 4th graders so they could practice making a house with ?form? and not just ?shape?. A one sided ...
These adorable little donuts were made yesterday out of FIMO clay by a fourth grader. The box measures about 2″ wide, so these little donuts are...
Here is a very simple but very cute way to draw a polar bear. I actually pre-drew the light pencil guide lines for my students today, and I think it &...
Here?s a snowman card idea that could be used for a lesson in positive / negative space. All you need are markers and white circles cut from a hole pu...
If you need to keep the little ones busy today, here?s a coloring page that I hope they joy. Happy Thanksgiving Everyone! ? View and download Thanksgi...
If students concentrate on making a very simple geometric drawing, they can just focus on seeing how precise their painting can be. 1. Have students m...
Finally, my promised Matchbook Art Template and instructions. I tried this on several different papers and ended up liking a heavy 110 lb. card stock ...
If you want to spur a little more creative thinking with a gingerbread cookie painting project, try asking students to add some clothing. Older studen...
Thanks to all who have donated to my quest to bring these three Haitian artists back to my school next spring. One plane ticket is paid for, just two ...
Here is a very simple but very cute way to draw a polar bear. I actually pre-drew the light pencil guide lines for my students today, and I think it &...
Snowman drawings don?t have to be small and flat. In fact, they are a great chance to make things look more dimensional, as in a tube-shaped hat and a...
Fall leaves are made of lots of fun curvy shapes, so I had my art journal students trace them today to make a tissue paper collage of maple, white oak...
