Weaving elementary art

When it comes to art lessons, I'm not much of a repeat offender. Since I like to change up the cultural theme of my art room every year, my lessons usually follow suit. However, I always have my 2nd grade create a circle loom weaving for a coupla reasons: * It's excellent for building fine motor skillz and pumpin' up those wee hand muscles. And what kid doesn't want super strong man-hands? * It's chock full o math connections: measuring, pattern making, long division (okay, maybe not that…

An elementary art teacher blog with art projects and lessons, DIY projects and outfit photos as well as clothing I have made myself.

I love doing this lesson with lower elementary classes, upper elementary, and have even worked this lesson into some middle school curriculum. It’s a great way to introduce weaving and to continue to grow those fine motor skills. It always turns out BEAUTIFUL! The students are always really proud of

4th graders loved creating these illusions. I demonstrated how to use the 3 primary colors to create secondary colors. We started with a 9 x 12 piece of white paper. They chose a primary color for …

Unfortunately I did not get any pictures of these in-process. The good thing is that the reason I didn't get any pictures is because it was such an engaging, complicated project. Students were...

A stunning geometric geode inspired circle weaving art project for elementary students! Come take a look at how we made them in our children's art studio!

This project is one of my favorites that I have ever done! The students all felt super successful and it is a really fun process. I wish I had done a better job of documenting the first few steps...