Try one of my free Earth Day activities and see how easy it is to make a large collaborative mural. Just print, color, trim and tape together. This mini Earth Day mural has just nine pages, but it will show you how my larger ones work. (You can find over 5o of them on this…
Below you’ll find an easy step-by-step tutorial for how to draw Flying Heart Balloons. Students can experiment with wet-on-wet watercolor painting. Flying Heart Balloons Painting If you need an easy painting project that works for a wide range of elementary students, try this Flying Heart Balloons lesson. Younger kids can focus on the basics—choosing colors…
Below you’ll find an easy step-by-step tutorial for how to draw a Neighborhood and a Neighborhood Coloring Page. It lets students focus on drawing buildings. Ask students to consider some city blocks they are familiar with, without worrying how far things really are. The goal is to remember WHAT is there, as opposed to exactly…
Below you’ll find weaving projects for kids that are are inexpensive, take very little prep work, and leave students with something they can use too. A couple of variations are included. Weaving projects for kids often involve paper, but that does have drawbacks. Pre-cutting lots of paper strips is either a tedious job for teachers,…
Here you’ll find an easy step-by-step tutorial for how to paint a bat on a coffee filter. They are great replacements for watercolor paper. Bat Paintings on Coffee Filters A sunset silhouette drawing always makes for a colorful and dramatic classroom project. Add in a few Halloween shapes — bats, cats, pumpkins, or spooky trees…
Ask your students concentrate on their coloring skills by starting with a simple drawing project. Here are four easy ideas to work with, a house, flower, bird and monster. If you haven’t tried Crayola’s Color Sticks yet, you should. They cost a little more than crayons and pencil crayons, but NEVER need sharpening and last…
Here’s an easy Klimt patterns art lesson that asks students to add their own background to one of his more famous paintings. Klimt Adele Pattern Drawing Here’s an easy way to bring a Gustav Klimt art lesson to any classroom or home. All you need is a color print of the template, a few black…
Below you’ll find an easy step-by-step tutorial for how to draw a Daffodil and a Daffodil Coloring Page. The sunny yellow buttercup color will brighten any day. Drawing of a Daffodil Who needs to draw the same flower shapes again and again when you can make these daffodils, or buttercups? The simple cup shape and…
Below you’ll find an easy step-by-step lesson for a Chagall Art Project and a Chagall Coloring Page. Stop by and download yours. Chagall Inspired Painting About the artist Marc Chagall Marc Chagall was born on July 7, 1887, in a small town in Russia called Vitebsk. It was a quiet place with cobblestone streets, wooden…
GRAB YOUR STATUE OF LIBERTY ART LESSON >> Here you’ll find an easy step-by-step lesson to draw the Statue of Liberty Tutorial Video and a Statue of Liberty Coloring Page. A lesson for her face is available too!Save Statue of Liberty Drawing More about the Statue of Liberty Lots of students learning about American symbols…
Below you’ll find an easy step-by-step tutorial for how to draw the Capitol Building. This tutorial has some simplification to help students see all those lovely details. Capitol Building Drawing Now students can learn how to draw the US Capitol tutorial with a little help from some graph paper. It really helps students align all…
GRAB YOUR NATIVE AMERICAN MASK ART LESSON >> Draw easy Native American masks with a Cherokee influence using rubbing plates and crayons. A perfect art lesson for grades 2–5. Grab your PDF now. Easy Native American Masks Art Lesson This Cherokee-inspired mask project introduces students to symbolism, texture, and cultural art traditions — all in…
Below you’ll find an easy step-by-step draw a Self Portrait tutorial video. Adding lots of patterns to the background creates lots of contrast. If you’re looking for a how to draw a self portrait for kids project, but want to keep the supplies on the simple side, this might be the perfect project for you….
Below you’ll find a Van Gogh project that features his 3/4 pose and unique use of color. It’s a great way to try out some of Van Gogh’s portrait ideas. A Van Style Self Portrait Drawing Van Gogh’s Famous Self Portrait A Vincent van Gogh self portrait project could focus on many different aspects of…
Here you’ll find an easy step-by-step tutorial for how to draw Bubbles. Water based markers and water make it easy to create this soft look. Bubble Drawing If you’d like to learn how to draw a bubble with just a little more of a nod to all the amazing colors the real ones hold, this…
Below you’ll find my favorite art supply brands for elementary art projects. I’ve tried them all out, and can vouch for their quality. Best Art Supply Brands for Elementary About this Art Materials List If you are looking for some good school art supplies advice, then getting it from an art teacher who spent many…
Below you’ll find an easy step-by-step tutorial to draw Temple Grandin. She is a leading advocate for both autism and animal welfare. Students learning more about autism and neurodiversity, have some help in learning how to draw Temple Grandin. She is one of the first autistic people to document the insights she gained from her…
Below you’ll find an easy step-by-step tutorial video for drawing like Georgia O’Keeffe. She painted nature in a way that showed not just what she saw, but how it made her feel. Now students who are studying this famous American artist have some help in learning how to draw like Georgia O’Keeffe. She covered a…
Below you’ll find an easy step-by-step tutorial for how to draw the Very Hungry Caterpillar and Coloring Page. The Very Hungry Caterpillar Drawing Why try this Very Hungry Caterpillar tutorial? When students learn how to draw the Very Hungry Caterpillar and it really looks like the character in Eric Carle’s famous book, they might just…
Below you’ll find an easy step-by-step tutorial for how to draw Emily Dickinson Tutorial Video and Emily Dickinson Coloring Page. She is widely considered to be one of the leading 19th-century American poets. Emily Elizabeth Dickinson was an American poet and now regarded as one of the most important figures in American poetry. Only 10…