Optical illusion art for kids

Back for a new year with a wonderful group of students. I have been researching many new projects, some online and some from my head and this weeks project I got from Rundes Room who got it from We heart art . The internet is a wonderful place to share/exchange ideas. I am always happy when I see that another teacher has used my ideas! Anyway, this was a great first of the year project to assess where everyone is at and to have fun with color (we made color wheels first) and then do the step…

Make a fun optical illusion using a straw and two squares of card. Trick your eyes into seeing both pictures at the same time.

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My 4th grade worked on optical illusions. I love teaching this 'magic' to kids. They love the final outcome of the illusions we created. I have 5 4th grade sections so I did a different lesson with each group. They all have the work hanging in the hall so each class was exposed to other options of op art. This project was inspired by this pin. I'm not sure who it belongs too, but here is the link on Pinterest. I also used the instructions from We Heart Art. The kids made the art work with…

Materials: Paper and pencil. Optional Materials: Crayons and ruler.

Last week I pinned a fabulous optical illusion art idea from We Heart Art. She had completed this activity with her fifth graders, and I thought it would make a fantastic first lesson for my students. I tried it out with my oldest daughter last weekend (she's in grade 3), and when she achieved great results, I knew it would be perfect. This is a perfect art lesson for the beginning of the year because it uses only a few materials, has simple directions, and turns out to be an impressive work…

Try this easy op art for kids activity to introduce your kids to optical illusions!

Making a 3D optical illusion handprint is a lot simpler than you think! You can help your kid draw the outline and they can color the rest.

I saw a similar project to this online and decided it would be a successful project for my fifth graders. They had to use a cool color on th...