Need a simple art project for Earth Day? Use our free heart-shaped Earth template with your students for a simple and graphic Earth Day craft! With Earth Day approaching, we headed to the library to find Earth Day read-alouds. We love The Earth and I by Frank Asch. The watercolored illustrations in Asch’s book inspired our watercolor […]
Spring Flower Color Wheel Activity
Color can have an effect over how we feel about objects, how we behave, and how our bodies react to circumstances. Teach the importance of color to preschoolers, kindergarteners, 1st, 2nd, 3rd, even 4th graders with today’s spring inspired color wheel. This activity is very versatile. It helps master sorting by color, categorizing colors into groups, […]
Valentine’s Day Craft Using the Element of Art: Color
A color theory heart craft is the perfect element of art to feature for Valentine’s Day! Sharpen your child’s color knowledge with our Elements of Art Heart pack all the while honing in on their fine motor skills! Create this simple heart craft in your classroom. It makes the perfect parent, sibling, or grandparent Valentine’s […]
Mixed Media Acorn Craft {Measurement Idea too!}
Often pumpkin and scarecrow crafts receive a lot of attention in fall, but we want to highlight a lesser used craft material for fall: the acorn. To help decorate for autumn, my son created this adorable acorn craft. This mixed media fall art project can be differentiated across many grade levels and ages. It’s straightforward […]
Textured Flower Rubbings with Kids
My son thrives on art activities. To introduce the element of art known as texture, I had him created crayon rubbings. Texture refers to the way something feels. Not everything that you make needs to be created with tactile texture. Visual texture, or the illusion of texture can easily be done with different surfaces. We […]