A collection of art lesson plans from my classroom...you're welcome to use them, but if you do please link back to my blog!

Create shiny, iridescent name art with Sharpies and tin foil! Kids can create a gorgeous piece of custom art for their room with this cool process.

Having students color in posters with their names is a great first day activity that provides yearlong decoration for the classroom!

I have done the SAME project with my Kindergartners and first graders for 10 years (before and after self portraits)...I was ready to do something new! Also, it is becoming harder for me to remember all my Kindergartner's names, so alas the idea for this project was born! We started off reading the book "Lines That Wiggle" by Candace Whitman. LOVE this book. I also love using our bodies to make lines (it's almost like dancing in Art!) after we read. It's a GREAT first day lesson for those…

This project really has me cracking up - the results are SO darn CUTE! I had my first graders lightly print their names, and then trace around them with a Sharpie. Then we added some Sharpie lines radiating out from the letters to the edge of the paper. Some kids caught on, others... well, they interpreted it in their own unique first grader way! In case you can't find the names, it's Makayla and Viviana (above); and below is Amelia, Braiden; Andrew, John; then Wesley, Aleya; and finally…

Angie Brezina - Preschool/Pre-K on Instagram: "🌈FUN Name Prints - color foil/tray, spray with water, press, and reveal! Perfect for back to school or anytime!"

Fun ideas for Name Art projects kids will love

This is a great project to try at the beginning of the year or as your students are reviewing the alphabet and beginning to learn to write words and phrases. I got this idea from the book Dynamic Art Projects for Children. Ours are not exactly as the ones in this book, but very similar. We started by looking at the art of Stuart Davis and reading the phrases, words and numbers that we saw in his artwork. The … Read more... →

Do you know how easy it is to make a class set of these bubbly name posters? What a fun and easy art activity for the first week of school! #art #kids #teachers #howto #backtoschool #firstgrade #firstdayofschool #classroom #classroomdecor