Grade 6 winter art

Winter Snow Globes – Painted Paper Art

Snowmen at Night is one of my kids’ favorite wintertime books. It’s become a bit of a tradition to pull it out in January, just like reading seasonal and holiday-themed books other tim…

Welcome back from Christmas break! If you're like me, you have snow days on the brain! So I'm ready to do some snowy lessons! This week, 5th grade will be trying out this piece of art, inspired by a great art teacher, Caitlyn Thompson. You can check out her IG account at @artwithcoacht! Here's how we're going to create ours! Day 1: Look at birch tree photos, and tape off our paper! Then, figure out where your ground will be, and start painting the sky! I added salt to the wet paint to create…

We're almost there folks! Just 1.5 days left until Christmas break!! The kids have actually been great, thanks to fun new projects like this one! I was scrolling through Instagram, Ahem... (I mean Collaborating with my fellow Ahht teachers) when I came across an awesome looking lesson inspired by the one and only, Cassie Stephens, and the ever so talented Art Room Britt. They had been doing the fabulous looking Jen Aranyi inspired landscapes with their classes, so naturally I had to try it…

This is a wonderfully magic winter lesson I found on the Painted Paper website. She gives all the steps and lots of great visuals to help s...

Trista Johnson on Instagram: "*Created by 5th grade artists Tim Burton Snowman: A Student Favorite Winter Art Lesson Check out my latest blog to learn who enjoys this lesson, the lesson objectives, how I teach the lesson, and why students are successful with this simplistic style. Comment BLOG for the direct link to this blog post on my website. #artteachers #middleschoolartteacher #middleschoolart #highschoolart #elementaryartteacher #primaryart #artlessons #artprojects #artforkids…

How to use straight and bending lines to create an op art snowman. This Optical Art lesson is a perfect art project for Christmas and the winter months!