Tag Archives: art
SHADOWED
Drawing, tracing, cutting and gluing are all skills used in this 2nd grade project. First the students draw a figure, (maybe a football player, a dancer, an angel, etc.)making sure that the arms and legs aren’t too skinny to cut … Continue reading
GLITTER LEAVES
The beautiful and varied shapes of leaves make for wonderful art. This project allows the 3rd Grade to practice their skills of tracing, using a ruler and following directions. This picture doesn’t show the glitter, but it is especially beautiful … Continue reading
BACK UP
A number of art sites have this body perspective project. It’s a project the kids enjoy, and they all seem to know what they want to portray. The kids traced their hands and feet on colored construction paper, glued them … Continue reading
BATIK ON A COFFEE FILTER
Batik is the name for a technique of dyeing fabrics. First, melted wax is applied on the areas of the fabric that is not to be colored. Then the fabric is soaked in dye the wax prevents the dye from … Continue reading
Fun Farm
We started our class showing a PowerPoint presentation of Rob Scotton’s art. This is the first year that the first, second and third grades are able to view art using PowerPoint, so they were really excited with this new experience. … Continue reading
Posted in 3rd Grade, Categories
Tagged 3rd Grade, art, art projects, art projects for kids, cat, chickens, chickens and a cat, cows, fun farm art, rob scotton
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Halloween Magic
These three Halloween figures, a bat, a cat and a spider are glued to black painted top rolls. They can be taped on a piece of yarn or string and hung as a classroom decoration; they can be stuffed with … Continue reading
Posted in 4th Grade
Tagged 4th grade, art, black magic, crafts for kids, Halloween, halloween crafts for kids, hanging halloween craft, spider craft
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AT THE ZOO
The elementary students won a contest put on by the Henry Doorly zoo in Omaha. The book reading contest had the students and teachers excited and determined to win. They really enjoyed their day at the zoo and I thought … Continue reading
