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This Ceramic Jack O'Lantern art lesson shows students how to build a clay jack o'lantern using pinch building and additive methods. Finished pieces can also be turned into tea lights if you like (optional). Students work with a variety of processes, materials, tools and techniques, following a visual and text step-by-step where each step has…
In this Ceramic Ghost Tea Light Art Lesson, students learn how to make ceramic ghost tea lights using pinch building methods. They combine pinch building with additive methods, using a variety of processes, materials, tools and techniques. The lesson comes with a visual and text step-by-step (each step on its own page with a description),…
In this Ceramic Autumn Leaf Bowl lesson, students press real autumn leaves into clay to make leaf slabs, then overlap and attach them inside a slumping form to build a functional, decorative bowl. They use a combination of slab slumping and additive methods, and the finished pieces have an earthy, handmade quality students are proud…
In this Ceramic Animal Plant Pot art lesson, students learn how to build ceramic animal pots using pinch building and additive methods, working with a variety of processes, materials, tools and techniques. The resource includes a visual and text step-by-step (each step on its own page with a description), a lesson plan, a rubric, a…
This Ceramic Apple Sculpture lesson teaches students real clay handbuilding techniques. Students use the pinch method and additive methods to build a rounded apple with a stem, a leaf and their own name carved into the front. It is written for art teachers, classroom teachers and homeschool educators who want a structured clay sculpture lesson…
This Back to School Art Community Builder Pack gives you 10 creative, art-based community builders designed for the first week in the art room. It suits elementary and middle school art teachers (grades 2 to 8), homeschool co-ops and substitute teachers. The low-prep activities help you get to know your students, observe their skill levels…
This Ceramic Monsters art lesson shows students how to build a clay monster sculpture using pinch building methods. Students combine pinch building with decorative methods, using a variety of processes, materials, tools and techniques to create their own monster. The lesson comes with a visual and text step-by-step (each step on its own page with…
In this Ceramic Unicorn Art Lesson, students learn how to make ceramic unicorn sculptures using pinch building methods. They combine pinch building with decorative methods, using a variety of processes, materials, tools and techniques. The lesson comes with a visual and text step-by-step (each step on its own page with a description), a lesson plan,…
In this Ceramic Dragon Art Lesson, students learn to build a ceramic dragon using pinch building methods, then add decorative details using a variety of processes, materials, tools and techniques. The visual and written step-by-step puts each step on its own page, so students can follow along and build their piece successfully. The project suits…
This Elementary Sketchbook Prompts pack helps you build a structured sketchbook practice in your elementary art classroom, whether you are starting a sketchbook routine or refreshing the one you have. It includes 30 creative sketchbook assignments and 15 interactive sketchbook pages that support creativity, reflection and skill-building. It is made for classroom teachers, art educators…
This Back to School Self Portrait Art Lesson helps students create a personal artwork while learning the basics of portrait drawing, facial proportions, shading, blending and name art. It makes a strong All About Me activity for the start of the year, and it also works as an introduction to portrait drawing any time. It…
This Back to School About Me Art Lesson has students create bold name art in large block letters, surround it with a decorative border, divide the background into sections, and fill those spaces with images and patterns that represent who they are. It combines All About Me art, name art, zen doodle patterns and mixed…
This My Wishes art project is a Back to School goal setting art lesson. Students draw a large cloud with the words My Wishes, divide the background into sections, fill the spaces with illustrations of their hopes for the school year, and finish with pattern work and color. It blends All About Me art, goal…
This Cartoon School Supplies art project is a bright, playful Back to School art lesson. Students turn a pencil, paintbrush, glue bottle and eraser into cartoon characters, then finish the piece with black marker, oil pastel and watercolor paint for a bold mixed media artwork. It is for classroom teachers, art teachers and homeschool educators…
This Perspective Name Art Lesson helps students turn their name into bold artwork while learning one point perspective. Students draw large block letters, pull them toward a vanishing point, and build a finished composition with color and depth using pencil crayons and paint. It works especially well for Grades 3 to 8 and suits classroom…
In this Painting a Dot art lesson, students create an animated paintbrush character with their name, expressive details, shading and a colorful painted dot in the background. It is playful and approachable, and students still learn real techniques: drawing, line, value, wax crayon shading and watercolor painting. It is made for classroom teachers, art teachers…
In this School Bus Pop Art lesson, students draw a front-facing school bus with a comic-style VROOM banner, strong black outlines, pop art patterns and bright color. It is a mixed media project that combines drawing, black marker, oil pastel and watercolor paint in one finished artwork. It works well as a Back to School…
This Narwhal Art Lesson is a guided watercolor and mixed media project for teachers, art teachers and homeschoolers. Students create a smiling narwhal holding a pencil with a bold Ready to Learn banner, starting with a wet-on-wet watercolor background, then outlining in black felt marker and finishing with wax crayon for color and texture. The…
This Llama Line Art Lesson is a directed drawing art project that brings together name art, line design, pattern drawing and mixed media techniques. Students draw a fluffy llama with a personalized blanket featuring their own name, nickname or initials, then divide the background into sections and fill them with bold line patterns and zen…
In this Ceramic Name Plate Art Lesson, students build a clay slab tile with their own name in raised clay lettering, surrounded by textured and patterned sections that make every piece unique. It introduces ceramics, clay slab construction, additive and subtractive methods, texture, pattern and personal expression in one project. It is made for teachers,…
In this ceramic cactus clay sculpture art lesson, students build their own ceramic cactus in a clay pot, combining pinch pottery, coil building and additive clay techniques. It introduces hand-building, clay sculpture, texture and three-dimensional form, and it suits elementary and middle school students. The resource is made for elementary and middle school art teachers,…
This Ceramic Pineapple Clay Sculpture art lesson walks students through building their own clay pineapple step by step. It introduces clay hand-building, pottery skills, texture and three-dimensional form in the art room or at home. Students shape the pineapple base with a pinch method, build the leaves on top, and carve the pineapple pattern across…
This Ceramic Coil Pot Art Lesson introduces students to the coil building method. Step by step, students learn to hand-build a pot using coiling, pinching and additive sculpting, rolling, shaping and assembling coils into a functional or decorative pot. It suits elementary, middle school and homeschool art classes. It works whether you are teaching ceramics…
This Ceramic Pinch Pot Art Lesson introduces students to the pinch pot method. Step by step, students hand-build a functional or decorative pinch pot while exploring pinching, additive sculpting and surface design, with the option to add feet, texture or patterns to make it their own. It is a hands-on, low-prep clay lesson for elementary,…
This Growth Mindset Art Lesson helps students practice resilience and embrace challenges. In this Power of Yet art project, students use oil pastels and watercolor paint to create an artwork about something they can't do yet, a visual reminder of perseverance and self-belief. It is designed for Grades 2 to 6 and fits Back to…
This Growth Mindset Art Project is a social emotional learning art lesson that helps students explore the difference between growth mindset and fixed mindset in a visual, memorable way. Students create a split-brain artwork: one side is darker, with limiting thoughts and symbols, and the other is bright and colorful, filled with encouraging mindset language…
The Growth Mindset in Art Class Workbook helps students think differently about effort, mistakes, persistence, challenge, self-talk and creative growth in the art room. It mixes reflection pages, drawing prompts, goal setting and teacher-read calming scripts, so students practice growth mindset through art rather than only reading about it. It is made for teachers, art…
These Growth Mindset printables are made for the art classroom. They help you promote resiliency and determination among your students. This is a free sample of a larger growth mindset resource for the art classroom. Use it on its own, pair it with your growth mindset lessons, or use it alongside growth mindset coloring pages….
In this Pineapple Zentangle Art Lesson, students draw a pineapple with decorative flowers, divide the fruit into sections and fill each one with zentangle-inspired line patterns. Washable markers, watercolor-style blending, wax crayons and paint bring the bright summer artwork to life. It works well for Grades 3 to 6 in elementary art classrooms, homeschool art…
This Watercolor Pineapple Art Lesson is a bright summer art project that combines drawing, marker techniques and watercolor painting. Students draw a pineapple, add detailed texture with marker, and then explore wet-on-wet watercolor, color blending and paint splatter to create a loose, expressive background. It is designed for Grades 3 to 6 and introduces watercolor…
