February art lessons for elementary

This art project is inspired by a series of books by Rachel Bright. During the month of February, we focus on kindness, love and friendship so this story is a great way to set the stage.

Who's ready to kick off this new year with a whole lotta love, color and bright, fun lessons? BUT who's also not done any real thinkin' about said lessons?! If you said ME to both of those questions than I gotta tell ya, YOU AND ME BOTH. Luckily, I've done a whole lotta love lessons over the years and put all 21 of 'em right here in this blog post. If you follow the links to these, you'll find videos for most and lesson details for ll of them. Have fun creating! Learn how to draw each of…

Create 3 boxes with 4 inch tops and 4 inch bottoms. And yes I had to teach 1st graders how to use the ruler! Then use the ruler to create horizontal and vertical lines inside your boxes. Draw a heart inside each of the 3 boxes. Color in the hearts first and then the backgrounds using a repeating checker board patten. You could have themes such as warm and cool or complementary colors. Or make it random colors! When you are finished coloring in all the spaces, flick black watered down tempera…

Printable Art lessons and Art Worksheets

Mosaics is a familiar art form for kids and the physical act of piecing shapes together to form a beautiful pattern is filled with learning opportunities. This lesson is easily adaptable for older kids by making the heart shape larger and requiring more complex patterns, but it can be simplified as well.

Looking for a Valentine's Day project for your students that is both creative and educational? Look no further than this Valentine's Day Heart Art Project! Using a variety of materials, students will create a heart-shaped collage that celebrates all the things they love about Valentine's Day.

With a Valentine's twist, this simple Kandinsky Heart Art Project for kids encourages children to explore colour mixing and colour combinations.

Use oil pastels to create a box of chocolates like artist Wayne Thiebaud with this drawing art lesson.COMPLETE LESSON PLAN AVAILABLE HERE:http://bit.ly/3l7I2...

From our little preschoolers to bigger elementary school kids, the ease of this project makes it successful for little kids, and its simplicity makes it open-ended for big kids, too!

Heart scrape painting craft for kids. An easy Valentine's day themed art and craft activity for toddlers and preschoolers.