Art that Looks Good Enough To Eat Maybe it’s because I have a major sweet tooth, but I absolutely love the art of Wayne Thiebaud! His colorful paintings of cakes, pies, and junk food have inspired many an elementary art project (while making art teachers and students everywhere hungry for dessert!). Wayne Thiebaud’s paintings are …
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Springtime Garden Art Do your school hallways have the winter blues? Here’s a bright, colorful springtime elementary art project to cheer up your hallways and bring the outdoors in! I did this garden snail project with my kindergarten art classes, but you could easily adapt this for preschool or even first or second grade. Start …
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N is for Narwhal If you need a winter project for preschool that looks like a true work of art, rather than a simple “craft” (though I enjoy those too!), I highly recommend trying this narwhal watercolor painting! I was looking for a good “N”-themed project—since my pre-K class learns about a different letter of …
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H is for Hedgehog Looking for a quick and easy art project to do with preschool or kindergarten? If you need a preschool art project using natural materials, this one is not only simple to make, but the results are adorable! (And they are extra-cute when you see a whole class’s artwork displayed together.) These …
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Using Alcohol Inks and Acrylic Paint to create a “Wow” Middle School Art Project As art teachers, we are always looking for those “wow” projects that make everyone say “How did they do that?!” This middle school art project is definitely one of those! I hang them in the lobby windows at school and the …
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Life Lessons from Dr. Seuss Around early March each year, our school (along with many others, I’m sure) celebrates Dr. Seuss’s birthday and Read Across America week. So I like to do several Dr. Seuss-inspired projects with different grades. I had also been looking for a way to incorporate quilling into one of my elementary …
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In pre-K at my school, the four- and five-year-old students learn about one letter of the alphabet each week. So, I try to tie in a lot of the projects we make in art to the letter of the week. This preschool popsicle art project is a colorful and fun way to reinforce student learning …
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Cut-Paper Ovals and O’s In the pre-K program at my school, the classroom teachers have the four- and five-year-old students learn about one letter of the alphabet each week. So, I try to tie in a lot of the projects we make in art to the letter of the week. When they studied O, we …
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Looking for a fun Eric Carle preschool art project? Don’t be afraid to try sculpture! Even the youngest kids will have fun manipulating Crayola Model Magic to make Very Hungry Caterpillars inspired by Eric Carle’s colorful illustrations. Adding a Preschool Art Program At my school, we call our youngest kiddos, our preschool students, “TK” (which …
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