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PARROTS
This is our “Tropical Beauty” project. I love this for it’s bright, bold colors. First we practiced drawing parrots—-I’ve included a website address that has an easy lesson on how to draw a parrot. The background is done in colored … Continue reading
JUST STACK ‘EM
It’s time to decorate for Halloween, but what to do with all those pumpkins! This is our plan for this year—we’ll stack them—a “Pumpkin Totem Pole.” Just a few pieces of construction paper, colored chalk, hairspray and crayons are all … Continue reading
Posted in 2nd Grade, Halloween
Tagged classroom halloween art, colored chalk, crayons, easy halloween art and crafts for kids, halloween art, halloween art for kids, halloween decorations, halloween stacked pumpkin art, halloween totem pole, kids, project, pumpkin art for halloween, stacked pumpkin art
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UP, UP AND AWAY
“Hot Air Balloons” is a project that describes what is seen from high above the ground. We viewed a Power Point presentation of hot air balloons and discussed how distance is shown in a painting. We also noticed how colorful … Continue reading
WIRE COAT HANGER
We all seem to collect wire coat hangers and it’s nice to be able to recycle them into useful or crafty projects. This project is a very cute bunny made out of a wire coat hanger, cardstock, crayons or colored markers … Continue reading
Posted in Easter, Miscellaneous
Tagged bunny crafts for kids, cardstock, colored markers, cotton balls, crayons, decorations, easter bunny crafts, easter crafts, easter crafts for kids, easter projects, easter projects for kids, easy easter crafts for kids to make, patterns, projects, recycle, wire coat hanger
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HERE KITTY, KITTY
We call this “It’s the Cat’s Meow.” The 2nd Grade started the class by practice drawing cats. I have included a web address that has step-by-step instructions for drawing a simple cat. We discussed primary and complementary colors on the color … Continue reading
ANIMAL FRAMES
Snapshots work well in these canning jar flat and lid frames. They’re quick and easy to make and of course the kids want to give them to parents (Mother’s Day or Father’s Day) and grandparents. Besides the jar flat and lid, … Continue reading
Posted in 3rd Grade
Tagged 3rd Grade, arts and crafts for kids, bear, bunny crafts for kids, cardstock, classroom projects for kids, colored pencils, crayons, easy gift ideas for kids to make, easy picture frames for kids to make, frames, gift ideas for kids to make, jar flat and lid, kids, kitty, pattern, transparency film
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WIRE COAT HANGER PUPPY
This is my favorite wire coat hanger project. I call this little cutie, “Puppy Love.” These are so easy to make, especially because the patterns are full sized. They could be printed on colored paper, but I like to use … Continue reading
WAKE UP CALL
I’ve included a web address to an art gallery with loads of rooster art pictures. Just click on the address and it’ll take you directly to the page. I made a Power Point of some of these pictures and put … Continue reading
