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This 1st Grade Fine Motor Name Crayon Art Lesson gives students a personal way to create a giant crayon artwork with their name on the label. Along the way they practice fine motor skills, name design, line, cutting, gluing, drawing, coloring, painting and creative decision-making. Students learn that their name is a special word that…
In this 1st Grade About Me Portrait Art Lesson, students make a self-portrait and surround it with drawings of their favorite things, such as a favorite food, color, animal, toy, place or activity. They learn how artists use portraits, colors, lines, shapes, patterns and details to share personal ideas. It is made for Grade 1…
WHAT TEACHERS ARE SAYING ★★★★★ “My students loved mixing the secondary colors. They also loved painting the background. I showed them various ways to draw flower petals, and they designed their own petals. The finished pictures were fabulous.” Cassandra Leigh, TPT review Ratings are from TPT reviews (5-star scale). This Color Wheel Flower Art Lesson…
This Line Lizard Art Lesson teaches the element of art: line to Grade 1 students. Students create a colorful lizard artwork full of pattern, texture and personality while exploring straight, curved, wavy, zigzag, dashed, loopy, thick and thin lines. Along the way they practice pattern, texture, painting, drawing, cutting, gluing, literacy and reflection. It works…
This Types of Lines Art Lesson gives Pre-K, Kindergarten and 1st grade students a fun introduction to the element of art line through tracing, drawing, painting, reading and reflection. Students explore zigzag, looped, dashed, wavy, straight, cross-hatch, thick, thin and scribble lines while creating a bright line artwork with a cut-and-glue name piece. It comes…
This Winter Penguin Art Lesson is a print-and-teach resource for Grades 1 to 4. Students create a bold, joyful penguin artwork using oil pastels, paint and collage, and complete reading comprehension, writing activities, reflections and assessment in the same lesson. Every step is visually modeled, and the extensions are optional but ready when you need…
This Penguin Chick Art Lesson is a print-and-teach winter resource for Kindergarten to Grade 3. Students create a fluffy penguin chick artwork using guided drawing, oil pastels and paint, and the lesson also includes reading comprehension, writing activities, reflection pages and critical thinking discussions. Every stage is visually modeled, so young students can follow along…
This Christmas Elf Line Art Drawing Project is a literacy-rich holiday art lesson for Kindergarten to Grade 3. It brings together Christmas art, line art, directed drawing, painting and reading comprehension in one holiday activity. Students create a cheerful elf using oil pastels, line patterns and a watercolor or tempera paint finish, guided by step-by-step…
This Reindeer Christmas Art Project is a literacy-integrated holiday art lesson for K to 3 students and homeschool learners. Students draw a reindeer step by step and color it using oil pastel techniques, with kid-friendly instructions and visuals that keep the lesson flowing. Along with the artwork, students explore holiday traditions, compare real reindeer with…
Are you looking for a Gustav Klimt art project that feels exciting to teach, visually striking on display, and actually manageable for your students to complete? Do you want an art history art lesson that helps students connect with a famous artist while exploring line, shape, pattern, color, and design in a hands-on and meaningful…
The Thanksgiving Turkey Art Lesson is a low-prep art and literacy lesson for Kindergarten to Grade 3. Students follow a step-by-step tutorial to create a colorful turkey with wax crayons or oil pastels and watercolor or tempera paint, then reflect on what they are thankful for through reading and writing. The lesson brings together drawing,…
This Thanksgiving Turkey Art Lesson helps students explore thankfulness while building art, reading and writing skills. Made for Kindergarten to Grade 3, it is a low-prep, mixed-media lesson that brings together drawing, painting, literacy and social-emotional learning. Students follow a step-by-step art tutorial to draw and paint a turkey using wax crayons or oil pastels…
This Poppy Primary Art Lesson is a cross-curricular art, reading and writing resource for Kindergarten to Grade 3. Students use a step-by-step guided art tutorial to draw and paint a poppy while learning about its symbolism of love, peace, courage and remembrance. It is made for Remembrance Day or Memorial Day lessons. Along with the…
In this Halloween Frankenstein Art Lesson, students use wax crayons and watercolor or tempera paint to create a colorful Frankenstein's Monster artwork. It is an art, reading and writing lesson for Grades 1 to 4, made for art teachers, classroom teachers and homeschool families. Students read about Halloween's origins and the Frankenstein legend, then a…
This Halloween Jack-O’-Lantern Art Lesson is a complete, no-prep, classroom-ready resource for Grades 1 to 4. It focuses on the Elements of Art: Line, Shape and Value and explores the tradition and history of the Jack-O’-Lantern through artmaking, reading and reflection. Using oil pastels and colored construction paper, students draw and color their own expressive…
In this Halloween Monster Pumpkin Art Lesson for Grades 1 to 4, students explore the tradition of carving jack-o'-lanterns and learn about the history of Halloween through art, reading and writing. Using oil pastels and watercolor or tempera paint, each student designs an imaginative monster pumpkin full of personality and color. Students start with a…
In this Halloween Ghost and Pumpkin Art Lesson, students create a friendly ghost holding a pumpkin using oil pastels and colored construction paper. It is a low-prep lesson for early elementary classrooms and homeschool art time that blends art, literacy and reflection. Students explore drawing and design, read about the history of Halloween and ghosts,…
This Autumn Bunny with Pumpkin Art Lesson is a seasonal art project for primary elementary learners. Students create a sweet autumn bunny holding a pumpkin using directed drawing, line work, shape building and crayon resist painting with watercolor or tempera. It includes both a PDF tutorial and a PowerPoint slide tutorial, so you can project…
This Autumn Scarecrow Art Lesson is a fall art project for K to 3. Students create a cheerful scarecrow artwork while practicing drawing, line work, shape building, painting and an oil pastel resist, and it comes with both a PDF tutorial and a PowerPoint tutorial so you can project, click through slides or demonstrate live….
This Autumn Acorn Art Lesson is a cheerful fall project for K to 3 where students make an acorn artwork while exploring warm colors, drawing, line work and creative expression. The tutorial comes in both PDF and PowerPoint formats, so you can project the steps, click through slides or demonstrate live. It is made for…
This Autumn Leaf Line Art Lesson is a fall art project for 1st to 4th grade. Students create a striking autumn leaf line artwork while exploring line, pattern, repetition and creative expression, learning how different lines and repeated marks can fill a space and change the look and feeling of an artwork. The tutorial comes…
This Autumn Falling Leaves Art Lesson is a seasonal drawing and painting project for 1st to 4th grade. Students create a full autumn composition with different leaf shapes, seasonal colors and movement, practicing drawing, shape, line, pattern, brush control, color choices and creative expression. It is made for art teachers, classroom teachers, homeschool educators and…
In this Symmetry Balance Bugs Art Lesson, students explore symmetry and the principle of design: balance by creating their own bugs. It is a fully prepped art lesson plan with reading and writing activities, made for classroom teachers, art educators and homeschool parents working with PreK to Grade 2. Students think about how artists use…
This Bee Pattern Art Lesson introduces the Principle of Design: Pattern. Students create a bright bee artwork using tempera paint, construction paper and wax crayon, and learn how artists use pattern to bring rhythm, unity and excitement into their art. It is built for busy classroom teachers, art teachers, substitute teachers and homeschool educators, with…
This Value Chameleon Art Lesson is a mixed-media project that teaches the element of art value through monochromatic color schemes, tints and shades and collage. Students combine tempera paint, wax crayons, scrap paper and magazine clippings to create a chameleon artwork that builds depth using just one color. It is designed for Grades 1 to…
This Value Shark Art Lesson teaches the element of art: value to grades 1 to 4. Students use wax crayon, tempera paint and colored paper to create bold shark collages that explore tints, shades and expressive line. The lesson focuses on recognizing and applying light and dark values, with a mix of structured instruction and…
This Bird Line Art Project makes the element of art line fun and approachable for Kindergarten to Grade 3. Students draw their own stylized bird, fill the background with expressive lines, then bring it to life with oil pastels and tempera paint cakes or watercolor paints. It is made for classroom teachers, homeschool parents and…
This Otter Color Wheel Art Lesson teaches Kindergarten to Grade 3 students about primary and secondary colors in a hands-on way. Using wax crayons and tempera paint, students create a cheerful otter holding a color wheel, so the lesson is both a color mixing activity and a finished artwork for your walls or bulletin board….
This Color Wheel Tree Art Lesson introduces students in grades 1 to 4 to primary and secondary colors through a hands-on mixed media project. It is written for classroom teachers, art educators and homeschooling families. Students draw a tree in oil pastel, divide the background into sections, and fill each one with watercolor or tempera…
This Starfish Color Mixing Art Lesson teaches primary and secondary colors to students in grades 2 to 5. Students draw a cute cartoon-style starfish and blend the primary colors into secondary colors using colored pencils, pencil crayons or crayons, with no paint required. It covers the Elements of Art: Color and reinforces color theory basics…
