Category Archives: 5th Grade
LENTEN CROSS
The Lenten season reminds us of the extreme suffering that Jesus offered up for our sins. This art project is meant to help us focus on this season of preparation for Easter. I saw some clip art that gave me … Continue reading
FOLK ART (AMERICAN)
The 5th grade class watched a PowerPoint presentation of folk art by American folk artists. Many of the artists were self-taught artists who wanted to tell a story, through pictures, about specific events depicting life in rural areas. Calendars with … Continue reading
MEXICAN FOLK ART
The beautiful colors and designs in Mexican folk art makes it a style that begs to be imitated. I made a Power Point presentation showing Mexican folk art. Since folk art is a primitive style, we are using the owl … Continue reading
ARTRAGEOUS
This is a project that the 5th grade look forward to. It’s a chance to be just outrageous in art class. We use magazine images to create Dali like art. The only rule to this is that what you see, … Continue reading
WINTER SNOWMEN
The first thing we want to do after the first big snow storm is to build a snowman. The 5th grade watched a Power Point showing different artists’ versions of the snowman. Google images of snowman art, makes it really … Continue reading
SANTA’S GOT MOVES
Santa’s so happy Christmas is coming that he’s dancing. Pipe cleaners give our Santa moves to envy. Finish only one side of Santa and hang on the wall or bulletin board, or finish both sides and add a string for … Continue reading
LEAVES
Beautiful fall. If only fall lasted longer and winter was shorter! We used leaf stencils (the pattern included is Cricut friendly), colored chalk, oil pastels and glitter glue to make this autumn project. The directions and patterns for this project, … Continue reading
SCARECROWS
We did a draw-along lesson while drawing the scarecrows, then each student finished their fall picture with pumpkins, crows or whatever they chose. We used watercolor pencils in this project. The complete list of supplies and the directions for making … Continue reading