Fall Art Project: Tape Collage
Try this tape collage technique with your next fall art project for kids, and you will fall in love with how transparent and smooth your student’s art will be. Collage … Read More
How to Draw a Cupcake
You can add fun to a basic how to draw a cupcake lesson by drawing MANY of them using lots of bright colors, and including a shadow or two. These … Read More
Simple Dinosaur Drawings
posted in: 1st Grade, 2nd Grade, 3rd Grade, 4th Grade, 5th Grade, Art Trading Cards, Kindergarten
Keep your simple dinosaur drawing small, say trading card size, and then make a page of them. It’s the start of your own fun dinosaur collection. If you liked the … Read More
Fun with Animals ATC Template
posted in: 4th Grade, 5th Grade, Art Trading Cards, Drawing
Looking for some more artist trading cards ideas? Try making these animals look either large or small, depending on what you draw around them. MATERIALS View and download ATC animal … Read More
Artist Trading Cards with Animals
posted in: 3rd Grade, 4th Grade, 5th Grade, Art Trading Cards, Markers
My favorite artist trading cards for kids project involves starting with a color photo and creating a world around it using only a thin black marker. After all, if a … Read More
Paper Quilt Art Trading Cards
posted in: 1st Grade, 2nd Grade, 3rd Grade, 4th Grade, Art Trading Cards, Kindergarten
This is still one of my favorite art trading cards ideas, just rotated squares on a rectangle. Makes for a fun color study too. I’m still so fond of how … Read More
Black and White Art Trading Cards
These art trading cards were simply made with stickers I found at Staples and some black card stock paper. My students got so creative today that they gave me new … Read More
Artist Trading Cards with Texture
My favorite alternative to art texture plates is plastic embroidery mesh from the fabric store. They make a distinct pattern when used underneath a paper and crayon. MATERIALS • White … Read More
Mini School Paper Art Trading Cards
I’ve had a lot of fun creating jumbo-sized projects, so I thought it these blank artist trading cards might be fun too. Just print and draw. My template will create … Read More
Art Trading Card Template
This works as a great prompt for ATC ideas. The template has the animals, you need to provide the drawings. This time I plan to challenge students to play with … Read More
Coffee Filter Watercolor Hearts
posted in: 1st Grade, 2nd Grade, 3rd Grade, 4th Grade, 5th Grade, Art Trading Cards, Kindergarten, Painting, Valentine's Day
If you paint and cut out coffee filters, you just might get some really pretty Valentine cards. My students let them sit on plastic canvas mesh while painting and drying, … Read More
Watercolor Jewels
posted in: 1st Grade, 2nd Grade, 3rd Grade, 4th Grade, 5th Grade, Art Trading Cards, Drawing, Kindergarten, Painting
My Art Trading Card students practiced their geometric shapes by drawing a series of jewels. MATERIALS Watercolor paper Paper cutter (helpful for cutting the 2.5″ x 3.5″ size cards) Black Sharpie … Read More
Hexagons to Cubes
posted in: 1st Grade, 2nd Grade, 3rd Grade, 4th Grade, 5th Grade, Art Trading Cards, Kindergarten, Painting
A hexagon paper punch makes the perfect stencil for students to draw their own cubes. Shadow painting techniques may also be applied to make things 3D. MATERIALS • Cardstock paper … Read More
Paper Weaving ATC Cards
posted in: 1st Grade, 2nd Grade, 3rd Grade, 4th Grade, 5th Grade, Art Trading Cards, Kindergarten, Weaving
I’m calling this art trading card project a weaving sampler. it’s one way to introduce the very basic idea of “over and under” to young ones. MATERIALS • Card stock … Read More
Art Trading Cards for Kids
posted in: 1st Grade, 2nd Grade, 3rd Grade, 4th Grade, 5th Grade, Art Trading Cards, Kindergarten
Art Trading Cards are amazing, considering what dedicated artists can create on the very small 2.5″x 3.5″ format. MATERIALS Watercolor paperPaper cutterBlack Sharpie markerLiquid watercolor paintCrayonsOld phone book papersGelli pensVarious … Read More