Art projects for students

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!

This culture jars art lesson is a great way to showcase each individual students' celebrations, traditional food and meals, and customs.

Paint, draw, sculpt, and learn about famous artists and their art.

This unit focuses explicitly on Dale Chihuly: his life, his art. The artmaking pursued in this unit is inspired by one of Chihuly’s most well-known themes: the bowl.

Here's an absolutely stunning faux stained glass project my junior high students recently finished. These are made from black construction ...

In this Aquarium Perspective Lesson, Middle School students will dive right into learning about the principle of perspective while designing an aquarium.

These cardboard relief sculptures make the perfect project for teaching relief sculpture to middle or high school art students. Students recreate a famous artwork of their choice using cardboard and craft paper. This unit teaches students about relief sculpture, art history, cardboard attachment techniques, and creating texture. #cardboardsculptures #highschoolartprojecct #middleschoolartproject #recycledart #cardboardart #artmadeofcardboard #sustainableartprojects #sustainableart #cardboard

Looking for some more fun winter art activities for kids? This DIY Snowflake Art Project is a terrific craft for kids to enjoy creating and makes a beautiful keepsake or awesome gifts for loved ones.

5 th grade students love looking at Vincent van Gogh’s The Starry Night and creating their own personalized version. Students learn abo...

Road-scapes Grant Haffner Style.... Elementary and Middle School ArtMixed Media Road Trip Landscape Art Lesson, Grant Haffner styleI have been preparing art lessons for the next school year. Recently, I gave this lesson a test run... I taught it online to my art club students in Vancouver, BC. They are elementary students (ages 6-12) They enjoyed the introduction to one point perspective and learning about contemporary artist, Grant Haffner. Here you can see what they created in one hour…