School wide art projects elementary

In my first year of teaching, I was terrified of teaching art. It was a subject I had always struggled with and that a few of the kids had already decided they HATED. Thankfully, I was able to find some art activities that everyone could be happily engaged in!

Hello, friends! I'm excited to share that the school-wide collaborative my first through fourth grade students created at THE BEGINNING of the school year (yikes!) is finally installed. Like, finally. Y'all, while I do love having all students creating a collab at the start of the school year, why do I do it to myself? It's so much work on my end! All the attaching to bulletin board paper and hanging...it's so much! AND I always procrastinate! And yet I do it year after year. Such a glutton…

An elementary art teacher blog with art projects and lessons, DIY projects and outfit photos as well as clothing I have made myself.

Analogous & Monochromatic Self Portrait Grades 1-3 made monochromatic self portraits & Grades 4-5 made analogous self portraits “We all should know that diversity makes for a rich tap…

February 6th... Thursday February 6th, I stayed late at school to install my first art project in the school. A school wide mural includi...

Collaborative projects! Collaborative projects are one of my favorite things. I love them at the start of the year and the end. I love doing them with the whole school or just a grade level. I love using songs, themes, artist-inspiration...you name it. I just love collaboratives! We've done a TON over the years and I thought I'd put them all together in one big ole blog post. So, here you go: my 20 Favorite Collabortive Projects. Be sure and click on the links, many of these have how-to…

15 Fun One-Day Elementary Art Lesson Ideas Curriculum Design % %

school auction art a lot of times can be very corny, or something you may not actually want to bid on / hang in your house. if you're in charge of doing the auction art for your kids classroom this year, here is a post of beautiful projects that fellow parents would actually want and bid on!

Teach children art history through a variety of fun art projects and lessons. We love using artists as inspiration for our own creations.

I’ve been teaching art for over 15 years and have taught every grade, K-12. In those years I have made resources and handouts helpful for the art room, contained classrooms, or homeschool parents. Check out my Etsy shop above. First Steps When I started teaching art, I had never curated an art show and the…