“We Can Do It!” was a famous American wartime poster produced in 1943 to boost morale. Now you can make your own mini version to post wherever you need. This mural will measure about 15″ x 20″ when complete. Just use the link below to download your own copy, and follow the directions if you…
Tap taps are a colorful painted Haiti bus, named as such because riders simple reach out to the roofs and tap when they need the driver to stop.
• 25 page mural template (50″ x 37.5″)
• 36 page mural template (60″ x 45″)
Newly combined, three books with drawing and painting tutorials for Botanicals, Fish and Insects.
Each include a full page sample, student tutorial, coloring page, and gray line art for tracing.
What could be better than recycling, working in 3D, and making some really fun crafty sculptures? Cardboard Angler Fish Cardboard Kittens I love how this project lets artists of all ages make super cute kittens in sweaters. I tried this in my art camp which has kinder through 4th graders, and they all loved customizing…
Make your own large scale mural that is an homage to Matisse and his famous painting.
Save your old food magazines for this bug collage project. The shiny and colorful fruit, for example, has a whole new look when viewed as bug parts. Collage is one of those areas of art that’s easy to overlook, but really has so much to offer. Aside from linking to some great collage artists of…
You just never know when you might need to draw a Water Buffalo. These guys have a look that is pretty much all their own. MATERIALS Water Buffalo PDF Tutorial Drawing paper* Black marker* Crayons* *The above product links are referrals. If you click through and take action, I’ll be compensated a small amount, at…
This mural is to celebrate the colorful work of Haitian artist Berny Mathias.
• 12 Page Mural: 30″ x 30″
• 24 Page Mural: 40″ x 40″
• 35 Page Mural: 50″ x 50″
Architecture for kids can include learning how to draw buildings from Russia. The “onion tops’’ are especially fun to draw as they look a lot like swirls of ice cream. These building tops are based loosely on the famous St. Basil’s Cathedral, found in Moscow’s Red Square. Their shapes and details are like no other,…
A simple PDF template makes this mural an easy collaborative project for any group, large or small. The line art drawing is enlarged to spread out over many pages, and comes in three different sizes. All you do is print the size of your choice, trim so the drawing goes to the edge, color, and…
No-prep, powerful, and classroom-ready. This Martin Luther King jr. mural is a monochromatic portrait collaborative project that comes with Google Slides so you can teach and display with confidence. Perfect for MLK Jr. Day and Black History Month — without staying up late designing anything.
My favorite popsicle stick crafts project, no need to buy expensive pre-made easels. I’ve been making these for so long for my mini canvas classes that I thought I’d share an illustrated version. One of my most popular after school classes has been making miniature paintings that display on this easel. The mini canvases come…
Inside you’ll find fun July art projects for kids with step-by-step tutorials for holidays, summer food, insects, travel and more. July Art Projects for Kids July is such a fun month to plan art lessons around because the themes are already built in. Between summer holidays, outdoor adventures, travel memories, favorite warm-weather foods, bugs, beaches,…
Looking for fun collage project ideas for young students? This 5-lesson mini unit helps your grades K-2 students design their very own cat or dog collage while mastering cutting, tracing and glueing skills. Templates offer guidance, but the creative additions are all up to them!
Learn how to draw pets with this round up of 25 cute and adorable animals lesson. Scroll to find your favorite, each links to a post with a complete tutorial. How to Draw a Pet Art Lesson When children learn how to draw a pet, be it their own, or someone else’s, they learn how…
Here you’ll find an easy step-by-step tutorial for how to draw like Floyd Norman. He was a trailblazing figure in animation history. How to Draw Like Floyd Norman Art Lesson GRAB YOUR FLOYD NORMAN ART LESSON >> When students try out a project that shows them how to draw like Floyd Norman, the legendary Disney…
Use some very basic shapes to learn how to draw a tugboat. Then make two shades of blue with one crayon. (Psst, press harder for the ocean.) This is a good tutorial for very young artists as all the shapes are super simple. It’s a good way to even introduce the idea of following step…
Below you’ll find an easy step-by-step tutorial for how to draw people as cartoons. The key is to keep things simple, simple, simple. Learning how to draw people as cartoons is a skill that many pros study for years before they feel like they have it mastered. Drawings that look super easy to do, often…
Below you’ll find an easy step-by-step lesson for how to draw 12+ Endangered Animals. Click on any image to jump to a lesson with a complete tutorial. Endangered Animal Drawing Lessons
When students learn about the struggles that women artists have had to overcome, just to make their art, they will gain a higher appreciation for all the opportunities we have today.