1st grade art projects

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 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 ...

Free Jellyfish art tutorial for kids and adults! This stunning jelly can be recreated with a few watercolors and a bit of clear glue. This mixed media art project creates lots of interesting textures and designs that are sure to delight your students.

The first grade students made yarn wrapped snakes. We started by coloring their heads with oil pastels. Then, they practiced wrapping the yarn tight and close together to cover up all of the cardbo…

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100 Art Projects for First Grade Students. Project ideas and lesson plans include: art collages, painting, mixed media, clay and many more!

This first grade lesson took about (2) 40 minute art classes to create. Students first learned about the artist Sanford Biggers and we discussed his AMAZING artwork. We also discussed how we’d be u…

2nd Grade Art Lessons – Art with Mrs Filmore

Lauralee Chambers🌀 | Next up- 4th grade giant ice cream sundaes! Drawing with ink on 18x24. Following an @artforkidshub lesson. Thanks! #drawinglesson #kidsart… | Instagram

My first graders are studying Claude Monet right now! First we watched a cute video (below) to learn about the artist Then we drew the garden and the Japanese bridge with oil pastels on watercolor pap

1st graders had a blast making these line rocket ships! Lots packed into this quick lesson - shape, line, rainbow order, and… | Instagram

STEM becomes STEAM as we integrate science with art in these awesome science art projects for kids! Get ready to get your mind blown!

This week, 1st grade is learning how to weave, and reviewing the order of the rainbow! We were inspired by the awesome art teacher, Olivia Gay, and wanted to try it out for ourselves! You can check out all the cool stuff she does on her art teacher instagram account! Here's how we made them! Materials: 9x12" 60 lb paper scissors 18" strips of Tru-Ray construction paper Roy G. Biv video Day 1: We talk about weaving, and the colors of the rainbow. We watch a quick clip of the "They Might Be…

Everybody loves axolotls! Art with Jenny K. has a surefire art activity to make every kid an axolotl artist!

State testing has started so that means a different schedule than normal, so shorter classes for the next couple of weeks! This may sound fun, but it's not! lol 45 minutes, once a week, is not enough time to begin with, much less 35 minutes! They're coming at different times as well, and the natives are getting restless this time of the year anyway! I saw this precious idea on Instagram, (@the_doodle_birds) and thought the kids would have fun with this quick and pretty simple lesson on line…

1st Grade LAMBscapes! Soooo stinkin’ cute!! 🐑🐑🐑 We learned how to create space using foreground, middleground, and background. You just kn… | Instagram