Elementary color wheel

I find myself doing different color wheel projects each year, and I think I like this one the best because it is simple and only took 3 classes. Day 1- Each student took a 9 x 12 paper and drew and "X" and a horizontal line across the middle. This allowed our paper to be divided into 6 parts. Then, students drew an image of their choice in the middle of their paper. The image had to enter all 6 parts and have detail. They went over their lines with sharpie. Day 2- After reviewing primary and…

First students identified and labeled a 12 part color wheel using crayons. Then they painted the primary, secondary and intermediate colors onto a larger color wheel paper which they divided into 12 equal parts using a ruler. After their papers dried, students cut out a large white circle for the sclera, their color wheel for the iris, and a small black circle for the pupil. Then “skin” was glued on top with the addition of black eyelashes.

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This week we are introducing the color wheel to the primary grades. I found this uncomplicated color wheel on Art Projects for Kids --if yo...

Let's play with color today! A great place to start talking about color with kids is with the color wheel. You can talk about how colors blend, color mixing and which colors combine to make which

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Have you ever heard of a three marker challenge? I'm not sure where the concept originated, but my daughter is ALL about the three marker color challenges lately. Essentially, we dump our markers into a big bowl, close our eyes, and randomly pull out three markers. Whatever colors you get are the ones you have