Visual Arts and Crafts on KBTeachers (organized by suggested grade level)

Arts and crafts are always fun! Be it painting with fingers, building some fun wire critters, or simply discovering famous artists - let your students explore their creativity with these unique crafts and painting projects.  These are organized by grades, but most can be done by kids of all ages with some adult supervision. Have fun!

Grades 3-8
1. Rainbow aquarium - cooperative project
2. Pop Art - collage
3. Vases, flowers, and butterflies - for mom
4. Texture zoo - cooperative project
5. Greek pottery in paper cups - history
6. Winter window - chalk technique
7. Watercolor shading - watercolor technique

Pre-School to Grade 2
1. Egg crate caterpillars - creative sculpture
2. Soda bottle penguins - arctic creatures
3. Georgia O’Keefe flowers - inspired artwork
4. Primary colors - student handout
5. Kandinsky art - primary colors
6. Klimt - patterns - using basic shapes
7. Matisse collage - more about shapes
8. Mondrian collage - primary colors & shapes

 

Grades 9-10
1. Ancestral self-portraits - history and art
2. Plant abstractions - details in composition
3. Abstract sculpture - creating metal artwork
4. Wire critters - mounting wire bugs
5. Tessellations - patterns and colors
6. Symbolic stamping - objects of importance