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KOKESHI DOLL: JAPANESE ART
Kokeshi dolls are characterized by their lack of arms and legs, as well as their brightly painted kimono in floral designs and geometric patterns. We prepared the background, and the paper the flowers were cut from, before coloring and cutting … Continue reading
Posted in 4th Grade
Tagged art and craft projects for kids, childrens art projects, classroom art projects, colored tissue painting art for kids, colored tissue paper, easy classroom art projects, easy tissue paper crafts for kids, floral designs, geometric shapes, japanese doll art, japanese kokeshi doll, kokeshi doll art, painted kimono, tissue painting
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CARS
The poem, “ Children Learn What They Live,” by Dorothy Law Nolte is such a powerful lesson for anyone who touches the lives of children. We used words in the poem for towns on our map. This project, which uses … Continue reading
Posted in 4th Grade
Tagged art and crafts for kids, art and poem craft for kids, arts and crafts for children, children learn what they live, classroom cars and art project, dorothy law nolte, easy art for kids, easy classroom art projects, lesson, life is a journey craft project for kids, old road maps
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FLOWERS IN OIL PASTELS
Georgia O’Keefe painted flowers up close—I’m sure you’ve seen her calendar pictures. Using these calendar images, the 5th Grade imitated her style. They used colored or white construction paper and oil pastels for their works of art. These pictures, “Georgia … Continue reading
ROSES IN WATERCOLOR
Roses seem like they’d be such a hard thing to draw, but with a little help from the website I have included in this project, it’s quite easy. Every 6th grader just knew they couldn’t draw one—-until they did. You … Continue reading
STARTING OUT
Today I’ve selected the project, “Torn Birds,” to feature. This is a first grade project that really gets the kids’ attention. Special supplies, other than construction paper, for this project are feathers, google eyes, glue sticks and colored chalk. For directions … Continue reading
Posted in 1st Grade
Tagged 1st grade, art projects for kids, arts and crafts for kids, bird art for kids, childrens art projects, classroom projects for kids, colored chalk, construction paper, easy classroom art projects, feathers, feature, glue sticks, google eyes, kids, projects, supplies
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WIND AND RAIN
In February we start to seriously think about the coming of warmer weather and Spring. Of course that means April showers and usually wind. We give our cloud and raindrops a 3-D effect by folding and allowing part of the … Continue reading
WINTER OVAL SCENE
I saw this project on Artsonia a couple of years ago and thought it was beautiful. Made up it’s even more beautiful. With the Cricut and the program, Sure Cuts A Lot (Lot 2), we made the templates for this … Continue reading
Posted in 6th Grade
Tagged art and crafts for children, art and crafts for kids, art and crafts for the classroom, childrens winter art project, classroom art, Cricut, easy classroom art projects, oval winter art project for kids, oval winter scene, sure cuts a lot, templates, white chalk on black paper winter scene art
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KATE MAWDSLEY INSPIRED ANIMALS
Kate Mawdsley, artist, is the inspiration for this project. Her animal paintings are so simple and colorful. This is a good project to get the kids to draw large; to fill the paper. I cut paper so it measured 4 ½” … Continue reading
