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Inside you'll find an easy step-by-step How to Draw an Easy Owl Tutorial and Coloring Page. Stop by and download yours for free.

These Leprechaun Hat St. Patrick’s Day Craft for Kids will make sure to delight your children this season. Kids will not only enjoy the process of making them, but they will want to wear them atop their heads for the world to see. If you are looking for more St. Patrick’s Day crafts and...Read More

Tips and methods for teaching art in your homeschool without having to pay for an art curriculum

These are so simple, yet so beautiful. I LOVE color and I love mixing colors. 1st graders drew their own sunflower by studying images and each had a large sunflower to look from on each table. We u

This has been a busy week. We have been preparing for Fallas and St. Patrick. I used this easy printable with my secondgraders before our tests. I have included English-Spanish and capital letters too. Enjoy! They love everything crafty! 🙂 I also loved our Leprechaun directed drawing. Jennifer is an artist. And this was... Read More

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Integrate art and literacy with no prep or background knowledge with step by step tutorials for art history and art around the world!

This Picasso inspired art project is a wonderful introduction to Cubism for the kids. This is great for an individual or a collaborative project.

Inside you'll find an easy step-by-step How to Draw an Abstract Self Portrait Tutorial Videoge. Stop by, grab yours for free.

Today, 2nd grade embarked on a new project! New to me and certainly new to them! I saw this awesome idea on Abby Schukei's blog, Art, Eat, Tie Dye, Repeat and decided to give it a go! Here's how we created ours! Materials: 90lb 6x18" paper 6x18" Tru Ray construction paper Crayola oil pastels Fiskar scissors Pencils Big Kid's Choice flat paintbrushes Crayola Artista II tempera paint Day 1: Talk about the Element of Art, VALUE! Value is super duper important, y'all! Value is the lights and darks of a color. We use value to shade things, and to make our pictures just look more AWESOME! ;) I like to say, Value adds $Value$! Need another example of Value...how about the ever popular Ombre craze? It's everywhere! You can have ombre from head to toe if you wanted! Well, we're making ombre ice cream! lol Today, we're focusing on the lights or the TINTS. I tell them, not like the tent you sleep in! A TINT is when you add white to a color. (A shade is when you add black to a color, but we're not doing that) I gather them around my middle table in my room and show them how to paint a 6x18" piece of paper. I start with my plain color, and slowly add dollops of white to make the color get lighter and lighter! I remind them to paint in one direction to make the color smoother too. After I paint my long paper, I show them how to paint their cone paper. I used oil pastels to make crisscrossing diagonal lines. (peach and brown from Crayola's oil pastels) Then, they got to work! Here's Mrs. Fitch's class, hard at work, making their Tints & cones! Day 2: I'll get them to trace an ice cream template on the back of their paper, cut them out, and assemble them on a complementary color of their ice cream! Mrs. Fitch's class doing a great job! Here's Mrs. Parsons' class, hard at work!

Kids (and adults) can make butterfly art that's pretty enough to frame using this easy tissue paper transfer technique.

Check out these totally free and totally adorable St. Patrick's Day printables for tons of holiday fun. Print these out today!

Inside you'll find an easy step-by-step Haunted House Art Project: Painting with Coffee. Stop by and download yours for free.

Introduce these simple varieties of watercolor techniques to your classroom of any grade level, and let them experience first hand all the exciting ways to

This origami dragon eye project gives step-by-step instructions on how to draw, fold and shade a dynamic blinking dragon eye! Students will love drawing and folding these dragon eyes that actually blink when complete! So much fun! With a full presentation, demonstration video of the entire process, and step-by-step worksheets on how to draw and how to fold this lesson is ready to teach! This lesson takes students through the step-by-step process of how to fold a dragon eye that opens, how to draw a dragon eye, and how to draw dragon eyelids. Once finished kids can open and close their dragon eyes. Kids loved following directions to get the folds exact so their eyes opened and drawing the eye and eyelids to fit their dragon personalities.  Included: Full Video Demonstration of the entire process 50 Page Editable Powerpoint Presentation 50 Page PDF Version of Lesson for Printing with step by step of how to fold, anddraw eyes and eyelids. How to draw a dragon eye worksheet (PDF) How to draw dragon eyelids worksheet (PDF) How to fold the dragon eye sheet (15 steps) (PDF) Rubric Multiple examples of students in the process and finished artwork Your students will love designing their dragon eye and doing precise folding to make their eye “pop”! Preparation is quick and easy; students need minimal materials to complete this dragon project but do allow for time to follow the steps to complete the folding process. The origami project is intended for students in grades 3-6.  National Visual Arts Standards: Middle School: Grades 6-12 Grade 6: VA: Cr2.1.6 Demonstrate openness in trying new ideas, materials, methods, and approaches in making works of art and design. Grade 7: VA: Cr2.1.7 Demonstrate persistence in developing skills with various materials, methods, and approaches in creating works of art or design. Grade 8: VA: Cr2.1.8 Demonstrate a willingness to experiment, innovate, and take risks to pursue ideas, forms, and meanings that emerge in the process of art-making or designing. Elementary School: Grades K-5 Grade 3: VA: Cr2.1.3 Create personally satisfying artwork using a variety of artistic processes and materials. TEACHERS LIKE YOU SAID… ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ “My students were completely engaged with this lesson!! They LOVED the origami folding more than I thought they would - they were very focused on getting the folds right so their dragon eye would open right. They really loved the project and were so proud of the finished pieces.” - Carol J.  ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ “My students were super excited to complete the dragon eyes. We used markers, glitter glue, and copy paper. Some struggled with the folding but class "experts" helped with struggling students. We followed up this activity with a drawing of a dragon colored with colored pencils.” - Julie D.  ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ “This was a great resource to teach students how to fold their origami eye upon completion! Students really enjoyed this project.” - Amanda S.  I love seeing student artwork! Share yours with me! @spacetocreateart on Instagram A Space to Create Art on Facebook A Space to Create Art on Pinterest A Space to Create Art Blog Follow me atA Space to Create Art Classroom Art Lessons, Homeschool Art Lessons, Dragon Eyes, Fun Elementary Art Lesson, Easy Elementary Art Lesson. Dragon Art Lesson, Dragon Eyes that Open and Close Art Lesson ©2017 A Space to Create Not intended for resale or sharing online without permission.

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I was looking at my Fall Trees project and wanted to try a variation. Bright blue sky with vibrantly colored leaves on the trees...this is what we came up with. Ryan, age 10, completed this beauty. We tried white for our tree trunks to look like an aspen or birch but I found it too winter like....( future Jan. project)....so I think we will stick with black. MATERIALS REQUIRED: - watercolor or tempera paints - watercolor paper - painter's masking tape (optional) - drinking straws - kleenex - cotton swabs or Q Tips - acrylic or liquid tempera paint in fall colors I like to tape off my watercolor paper with painter's masking tape to give me a clean white border on my finished project. It makes for a nice presentation on the bulletin board at school as well. Draw in a horizon line in pencil. For more info on horizon lines see my lesson here. Paint in a sky with watercolor. You want a nice graded wash so I get the kids to first wet the paper with plain water and then add some color. You want it darker on top and fading as it reaches the horizon. While the paint is still wet take a scrunched up kleenex and lift out a few clouds. Paint in the ground on the bottom half of your horizon. I tried a sample without a horizon just sky and it seemed the tree needed the extra color around the trunk of the fallen leaves. Leave to dry. Mix up some black paint to an inky consistency (you could also use India ink). Using a paintbrush paint in the beginning of the trunk from the ground. Using an eyedropper (save the ones from liquid medicine) drop in some paint, make a bead of paint on the paper and then have the kids blow the bead into the rest of the trunk and the branches. Continue to add paint where a branch is needed and continue blowing until you are happy with your tree. Leave to dry. Dab into acrylic or liquid tempera with cotton swabs and add leaves to your trees. Include some fallen leaves on the ground. Less tends to be more in this case. You don't want to overdue and lose the branch detail on your trees. Here is Jeff's, age 7, version. I plan on doing these with Grade 2. Take care and we will be back with more art adventures soon! UPDATE: Here are the Fall Trees (version 2) that the Grade 2's completed this week in time for Parent/Teacher interviews! Click on to see larger if you wish. Great job Grade 2!

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Combining art with math, geometric animal art can be a great art project to do with kids. How To Draw Geometric Animals Here are the basic steps to drawing animals using geometric shapes: #1 Find

This Symmetry for Little Kids project is easy to set up, kids get a chance to create a simple reflection symmetry and you end up with a pretty piece of art.

4th & 5th grade Blended Candy Canes As 5th graders are finishing their one point perspective pictures, they can start on a fun project that involves blending, and using one of my favorite mediums, oil pastels. Here's a step by step tutorial on how to make them! Materials: Crayola oil pastels (I like the 28 pack because they are more color blending options!) Candy Cane tracers 9x12" Tru-Ray Construction paper Here's the link to the video, in case it doesn't work How to start your candy cane Trace or draw a candy cane shape Add curved lines, because a candy cane is round! Draw a white line down the middle of your candy cane with an oil pastel. Our favorite is Crayola's oil pastels. Here's a video showing them how to shade their candy cane. Here's a link to the video, if that doesn't work. How to shade your candy cane Color side to side to make that white line wider. Add your darker colors on either side of your lighter colors. If you get out of the lines, it's ok! Make sure you're coloring side to side, and not up and down! Go back with your lighter colors, and white, and blend to make a more gradual change in value. Cut it out and glue it to a new piece of paper! Thanks Katie Mallette for this awesome idea! Here are some fabulous 5th & 4th examples! Murdoc Lucia 5th Kalina 5th Jordan 5th Holly & Heather 5th Alana & Bonny 5th Jayla 5th Skyler Megan & Abigail 5th Thomas Ezekial, Brianna, & Jarred Madeline 4th “Lauren Stacey is a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising fees by advertising and linking to Amazon.com.”

Inside you'll find an easy step-by-step How to Draw a Tree Tutorial Video and Tree Coloring Page. Stop by and download yours for free.

Preschool Halloween crafts should be short and sweet. Mischievous masks, tasty treats, ghoulish games, and devilish decorations will turn your classroom into a magical masquerade.

Last week, my daughter and I had a ton of fun making straw blown peacocks. The response was overwhelming and I received a few requests for additional ideas. We are always up for a challenge and were excited to play with this technique some more. So, here are a few more blow paint creatures with […]

After we made our swirly glue snowmen last week my daughter said, "Hey Mom, we could also make Christmas trees!" She always has the best ideas!

Printable spring word search for kindergarten or preschool aged children. Doubles as a fun reading worksheet. 4 versions to choose from: color or black and white - uppercase or lowercase

A quick and easy spring bunny lesson on value to introduce to your students. Included is a free PDF download and drawing guide, video instruction and step

Kids learn about African history and geography as they create beautiful necklaces, bracelets, and ankle bracelets. Wear them everywhere!