Fun art class ideas

Making a cat squeegee painting is SO MUCH FUN!! This easy art project is simple and quick enough for kids and teens to make, but also fun for adults. No need for a paintbrush or any special art techniques when making these cat scrape paintings! Have you ever painted with a squeegee?! We had a blast making abstract art with our squeegee paintings, so we decided to make more squeegee art. Read on to find out how to transform a simple line of paint into an adorable cat painting! This post…

I created this culture jars art lesson for an 'Art and World Cultures' class, and continue to use it in art classes because it is so well received. This

2nd Grade Art Lessons – Art with Mrs Filmore

Discover how to transform everyday beans into stunning mosaic art with this easy, fun tutorial. Perfect for DIY decor! You can make this with no crafting skills.

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It's SO EASY to make beautiful yarn art! Create a colourful yarn 'painting' by gluing leftover yarn onto a dollar store canvas. It's such a fun craft to experiment with colour and texture! Yarn art is the perfect art project for groups at summer camp or sleepovers. You can make a picture of a landscape, like we did, or create a simpler, abstract design. Either way, it's so much fun to make this unique fiber art! This post contains affiliate links. If you use these links to buy something we…

My daughter loves butterflies so I knew painting butterflies with tissue paper would be a hit. And boy was I right. This craft is fun, engaging, and comes out great every time. It was SO SATISFYING watching the colorful tissue paper bleed onto the butterfly printable. This is a fun paper craft for school, homeschool, and even Sunday school classes because it’s so cheap and easy to make! I've included a free printable of the butterfly, that's all you'll need is the tissue paper!

Middle School Students enjoy doing creative interpretations of their name, and exploring the art of graffiti lettering is always a hit. When I saw a lesson in one of my art teacher Facebook groups …

To begin class, we talked about the basics of portrait drawing: your eyes are in the middle of your head, your head is 5 eyes wide, your neck is as wide as your pupils, etc. I had the students make…

Welcome! This blog post explores a project that depicts one cohesive image divided into 7 sections which illustrate the 7 elements of art: line, shape, color, form, value, texture, and space. The elements of art the artists toolbox they can use in an endless amount of ways to create infinite art solutions. This is a