December elementary art projects

Kids will use chalk pastels and black paper to create this bold and bright hot chocolate art project! Easy to follow tutorial included.

5 Winter Art Project or Lesson Ideas that you can simply and easily do in your classroom that use choice or flexible art mediums, perfect for Choice-Based Art Education and Learning. I have a bunch of easy-to-do and prep ideas that can use choice art mediums and can allow the students to really immerse themselves in some Winter vibes. So grab your Art Making Mediums (of your choice of course) and let’s get into these Winter Ready-Made, Simple and Engaging, Art Lesson Ideas for your Amazing…

Colorful penguin art project that use simple supplies and teaches a bunch of art techniques. Makes a cute Xmas craft, too!

Create beautiful mixed media winter art with easy techniques and simple supplies. A fun winter art project that kids will love to create!

One of my favorite art lessons for kids involves a simple kitchen sponge and tempera paints to make this poinsettia print project. Gather up some kitchen sp

Because of winter break and other holiday-time activities, my week with my 1st graders was cut down into only 2 days, so instead of trying to do the alligator weaving project, I opted to change it up and we made snowglobes instead! I had students use tracers to create the shape for their snowglobes on blue paper, brown paper, and a sheet of transparency paper for the "glass" on the snowglobe. The first day students cut out all the parts and used white tempera paint to create their snowy…

Inside you'll find an easy step-by-step tutorial video for painting a Cardinal, and a coloring Page. Stop by, grab yours for free.

Middle school students will create a stunning stained glass Nativity art project with a "star of light," on paper, honoring the birth of Jesus at Christmas.

Here's what first grade is up to this week! We've finished our cardinals, and we're moving on to a new project I've never tried before, but found on Paintbrush Rocket's blog, and wanted to try it with my students! This project may look simple, but is still challenging for little 6/7 year olds. They're working on their painting skills, craftsmanship, color mixing skills, and fine motor skills! Whew! That's a lot of skillz in this little winter landscape! Here's how we're creating ours…

This week 4th grade will start their fall birch tree painting! We create these by using.... Materials: 12x18 90lb paper Crayola black tempera paint little pieces of cardboard and tempera cakes for the leaves and grass Day 1: We will look at photos of birch trees online, and talk about the texture of the bark and really examine what these birch trees really look like. I'll demonstrate how to drag the cardboard and black paint across the paper to create this unique bark texture. The students…