For 15 years, I covered up my art room windows with fall leaves, winter snowflakes, and spring flowers. It always looked terribly amateur and uninteresting. I wish I had thought of ... Read More
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Mr. Brush Crochet Pattern
Mr. Brush has been a class mascot in my art room for a number of years. He's been a key motivator in getting my wild n' wacky kindergarteners to focus on our art lesson. Because ... Read More
Metal Tooling Using Visual Texture
Metal tooling, also called "repousse" and "metal embossing" is a type of low-relief sculpture in which tools are used to create a design on metal. This centuries old ... Read More
Snowflake Art Lesson for Kindergarten
Need a quick and simple one-day art project for the last days in December or January? This is my favorite go-to kindergarten snowflake art lesson. It reinforces prior knowledge ... Read More
Kindergarten Collage Project: Mixed Media Fun!
Creating a collage project with kindergarten is a great skill-builder and problem-solver activity. Hear me out. Kindergarten is all about learning through exploration. It's a ... Read More
A Cute Pumpkin Art Project for Elementary
A Cute Pumpkin Art Project for Elementary Tired of your standby pumpkin art project for Halloween? Here's a fresh idea that you can do with lower elementary students (and ... Read More
All About Me in Pre-School Art Activity
All About Me Hand Mirrors All about me is the theme in pre-school this week. The goal of this unit is for young children to learn about themselves, each other, and their ... Read More
Color Wheel for Art Spinner Project
One of my favorite elements of art to teach students is color. When I pull out the color wheel for art class, my students instantly know a painting project is on the horizon. ... Read More
Growth Mindset Posters for the Art Classroom
Last year I wrote about growth mindset in art education. I talked about how my students were hung up with preconceived notions of either having "talent" or not. And I was wanting ... Read More
Elements of Art Cootie Catcher Game
The elements of art are the building blocks used to describe and create works of art. These components include line, shape, color, texture, value, form, and space. When students ... Read More
Facebook Groups for Visual Arts Teachers
Facebook Groups for Visual Arts Teachers Facebook groups are a great way for art teachers to connect, engage, learn, and grow from other professionals in the field. There is so ... Read More
Art Bulletin Boards For Back to School
Art bulletin boards are the first on my back to school preparation list I tackle at the end of the year. Yes, at the end! As I stated last year, I like to fully enjoy my Summer ... Read More