October 5, 2022 // by Nicole Muir
Many children enjoy being creative and using different types of art supplies as well as materials. Many teachers find mixing art with other subjects is an additional way to have the students learn from more than one avenue and resource. Even though some teachers don't feel comfortable or proficient in teaching art, or are not artists themselves, there is a vast amount of projects that you can use no matter the skill level of your students.
These kittens are made that much cuter and more adorable when you add different textures to them. The possibilities are endless with a piece of paper and a creative mind when it comes to this type of artwork.
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This is a fun art project that can be used in a few different ways. You can integrate a nature walk or hike prior to it. It is made even more adorable when you cut a photo of your students and paste it in the middle! What a nice keepsake!
Cartoon drawings are simple projects for kids that they can take part in and not feel too intimidated. They can also pick and choose their favorite character to draw in order to become even more invested in this art class task. They can take their pick!
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This is an easy method to create a piece of art that looks complicated and intricate. Many famous artists are known for their pointillism work. This type of design can be achieved by using an easer that is on the back of the pencil.
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The possibilities are endless for how to include famous artists from around the world in your next art class. Having the students create art in a similar style to their work is an easier way than only lecturing about art history to your young learners.
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This task is lots of fun! It's a fun idea to work with foil and paint on foil instead of traditional paper. Your children or students will most likely enjoy this switch. They can use their creativity and different types of art supplies to create unique pieces.
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This collage has a really cool effect at the end. It's a fun challenge for the students to incorporate trash into their artwork. They will be surprised that this is their task as chances are they have never been asked to do this before.
This is an activity for kids that utilizes oil pastels. It is the perfect art activity for a lot of different lessons, such as lessons about warm and cool colors, patterning, and more! Each balloon will be custom, personalized, and look completely different from the next.
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Craft activities like this are excellent because they require such few materials and they can be used many times. A spring art activity like this is perfect and you can pick pastel spring colors of pipe cleaners too.
This task can be completed whether you are one of the art educators or you are a mainstream classroom teacher. Daily art activities like this are simple enough that even students who are not comfortable making art will still complete them.
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These sun catchers are absolutely beautiful! All they take to make are some coffee filters, black construction paper, and a few other inexpensive items. Art activity ideas like this are fun to make and cheap to justify. Take a look down below!
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These adorable and cute pop-up flowers are the perfect craft for springtime. Creative art activities like this one will allow your students to be creative and design their favorite types of flowers. Brown construction paper can even be useful here.
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Sometimes the happiest art activities are the ones that the students enjoy the most. If you have a student who loves robots, then they will definitely like building and designing their very own robot puppet. Brown paper bags are the basis of this assignment.
A lot of schools are incorporating meditation and mindfulness into the classroom more and more. You can do this activity on white paper or even yellow construction paper. It's an amazing art lesson for students as they focus on their breathing.
What a fun way to ring on a summer day with students. Using old or inexpensive pool noodles is the first step in this activity. The kids will have an absolute blast designing and decorating the flag of their boats.
This is a neat take on a stamping activity. Using simply a dish brush, black construction paper, and some paint, you can create dandelions, fireworks, or anything their hearts desire! It is an interesting technique that they probably have not done before.
This task might present some challenges for students as they learn to whittle soap. Using child-safe materials like toothpicks or very dull skewers might be the best way to tackle this craft. You can use any brand of soap bar you'd like.
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Rock painting is usually a hit with students. This task is a complement to lessons that involve nature because students can take some time to go out and collect rocks that they will want to paint when they go back inside. You can decorate the entire classroom!
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The effect that this creates is quite amazing! Nail polish and marbles are all that is needed to reach this stunning effect. The swirls that the students create will each be unique and custom depending on how they move the marbles around and the colors they choose.
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Making DIY dreamcatchers can spark creativity in kids. Using yarn, beads, and a few other items, your students can get this look as well. Hanging them up can make their rooms look so much brighter after they've finished their craft.
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Take the marbling effect one step further by cutting out the craft to be certain shapes after its dried. In this case, these fall leaves have a burnt auburn or orange look to them after the marbling has dried. Your students will love to make these!
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This idea is another leaf-inspired craft. It uses oil pastels to create this smudged look. This activity might be best to incorporate around fall or Halloween season when the leaves start to change different colors and fall off of the trees. Check it out here!
You might learn something new about your students from the words and quotes they choose to include in their assignments here. They can use magazines to cut out images and words they want to save and paste onto their assignment.
Another strategy to engage students in art is to bring in their favorite literary texts. Having the students create and make their favorite storybook characters out of different art materials and supplies will make them excited to come to art class!
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This activity is sure to lead to some hilarious results that will definitely get some laughs. If you have limited supplies, changing up assignments you already give will freshen up the work and tasks you assign the students to do. This task uses basic supplies plus you'll need a blindfold.
You definitely need to make sure that the kids know that only this finger paint is edible! This finger paint can be used by the students to make beautiful creations. There are so many artistic elements to a task or assignment like this!
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This is a fantastic end-of-the-year keepsake. This assignment can involve different art elements and principles of design as well. You can print out and copy enough footprint outlines for your students or you can have them draw them themselves.
Step-by-step drawing videos like this one are important for students to participate in because they take the stigma out of art. Some students assume they are not good at art and don't want to try. Step-by-step videos make art seem less intimidating.
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Once your students get the hang of how to make these, they will be obsessed. They can write in the open spaces or draw pictures that will tell whoever dares to use it their fortune. All you need is some paper and a couple of spare minutes.
This is an awesome idea! Doing this activity outside is the best idea. You can purchase dollar store spray bottles and fill them with paint colors. The canvases will have drips and drops of lots of fun colors. It creates a very effective when it is finished.
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If you have some spare salt around your house or classroom, this is an excellent way to use it. Adding an additional element to painting will surprise the students because chances are they have never used salt in art class before! It creates a raised effect.
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Create an entrancing sensory experience. They will be transfixed every time they look at their cool DIY lava lamp creation. A lot of kids like lava lamps but very few of them realize that they can make their own at home or at school!
The trick to this craft is to use an old salad spinner. Using decent amounts of paint in the middle and then spinning the spinner is all that is needed to create this interesting-looking design. You can use beautiful watercolors or use up an old box of paint.
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This craft is another one of those types that looks complicated and intricate when it is completed but is simple to put together. Tissue paper and a little bit of water transform this craft by giving it a bleeding effect. It is important that you use very little water.
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Many kids are fascinated with rainbows and love learning about the correct order of colors in a rainbow. This particular rainbow craft uses black glue and salt to achieve a raised effect. Students will then paint inside the lines with rainbow colors!
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This 3D project will brighten up anyone's day. It is a Van Gough-inspired piece that is a bright project for your students to make. Spring might be a great time to have them make these flower pieces. It is also an introduction to who Van Gough was.
There is every kind of bead you can imagine available for purchase at craft stores and online. Their fine motor skills will be strengthened as well as carefully threading the string through the beads. They will be mini jewelry designers.
An Asian-inspired art project that your students can participate in. Creating different animals, and even people, using this origami technique will increase your students' confidence when it comes to creating their own artwork.
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If your students are still learning to identify and name basic shapes, this under-the-sea shapes craft would be an excellent start. You can ask them to find you specific shapes or ask them to show you an example of one you are looking for.
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A craft like this is a mix of a mosaic and a collage. Finding pieces of other works that match these colors and then pasting them directly on top of that color in the rainbow creates a mixed media masterpiece.
If your students are absolutely fascinated with dinosaurs, then this craft is perfect for them. You can create these molds by pressing the figurines down into the clay and then letting the clay harden. You can create your own fossils!
These paper bag mermaids are so simple to put together. If you are having an underwater or under-the-sea-themed day, then putting out materials to make this craft would be fitting. What color will your mermaid's tail have?
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Have students work in teams or pairs to trace their bodies on large pieces of paper. They can then fill in the body by decorating it with what they are wearing that day or recreate their favorite outfit.
Natural and organic tasks like this one are always a hit. Your students can learn about symmetry as they work on constructing their mandalas. They can use found sticks, leaves, flowers, and more!
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This peacock is definitely bright and colorful. You can trace the students' hands or they can trace their own and then cut them out to create the effect of the peacock feathers.
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