Art ideas for first grade

36 Elementary Art Lessons for Kids - one for every week of the school year! Perfect for homeschool families, teachers, scout leaders, and parents!

The August art session with my little "firsties" was a HUGE success. We created "Wild About 1st Grade" self-portraits. They turned out so dang cute! It was a lot of fun to combine some guided art along with "do your own thing" directions. The bulletin board is adorable. We'll be adding their writing prompt responses to "I'm WILD About 1st Grade Because..." as soon as we finish the edit process. I created a file with the guided art directions, supply list, and writing prompts. Feel free to…

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This collection of spring art for kids is filled with colorful and fun project ideas! There are art projects for kids of all ages that use different types of art materials and techniques.

Watercolor & glue Jellyfish art project. Free step by step tutorial from TheCraftyClassroom.com Perfect for learning mixed media, texture, warm and cool colors, hue and more!

From mixed media to simple sketching, there's something here for every 1st grader.

This lesson is an original by Julie Werkman, who I student taught with 25 years ago. It is a great lesson for teaching the elements of art! Line, shape, color, texture, and value are all worked in! Any fishy book of your choice maybe the inspiration! First, we paint some light to dark blue waves on a large 18x24 blue construction paper for our fish bowl. I pre-trace the fish bowl on the back of the paper before the next class, then students cut out and add seaweed and rocks! After painting a…

Our Kindergarten teachers approached me with a request for an art project for the back cover of their memory books. The kids have filled out pages in their memory books all year and they wanted a colorful back cover. For this project, we used a great end of year poem by Helen H. Moore. To print out this poem, click here for the high resolution PDF download. I like to cut my poems out with fancy-edged scissors! (Amazon affiliate link … Read more... →

Summer is almost over! How did that happen? Where did the last 2 months go? With a little under 2 weeks left until we go back to school my mind has been increasingly drawn to planning for the new school year. Ssshhh, don’t tell anyone but I actually love starting a new school year […]

I have recently moved to WordPress and I am still learning how to use my blog. This is going to be my first post 😉 I want to share our end of the year with you. We have had a great end of second grade. I had a great group and I will miss them... Read More

Turning directed drawings into art projects can be a wonderful way to support the planning of your next visual arts lesson. The directed drawing steps can give you various levels of support depending on your confidence in art. Have the students, for example follow the steps exactly watch as you demonstrate using the steps as an idea follow the steps as a warm-up sketch use the steps as inspiration for their own creative extension Today I want to share a 'funny monster' directed drawing…

This is one of my FAVORITE art lessons for 2nd grade!! I LOVE each and every one of them!! (More info. and how they were created below! Plus a little virtual gallery walk video!) &nbs…

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Here’s my favorite way to make a simple shark drawing, and modify it for different grade levels. Younger students learn about symmetry, older can add a shadow.