I think I want to have a custom shirt created that says I {HEART} Birds. It seems only fitting given the fact that I have such a plethora of bird crafts here on my website.

Paper Plate Snake Craft Using Bubble Wrap #Kids art project | CraftyMorning.com

I'm working on developing several Animal Themed art projects for my Art Camp this Summer. I have always thought a Rousseau inspired project would be fun so I decided to give it a try. Rousseau's Paintings are very dreamlike and primitive. He painted several jungle scenes even though he never traveled outside of France. He wasn't formally trained in art and simply taught himself how to paint. I'll show the students a few examples and then we'll do a directed drawing of the Tiger in pencil on…

This African sunset shadow tracing art is a great actvity for kids. A fun way to use toys in arts and crafts for kids.

This week, 3rd grade started their Henri Rousseau & Cassie Stephens inspired tigers! Here's Mr. Rousseau's painting we're getting inspiration from! Tiger in a Tropical Storm Here's how we created ours! My first two 3rd grade classes painted a couple of sheets of orange painted paper, and then the rest of the classes were able to draw their tigers, and make some green painted paper for the rest of the project! We're going to be making a collage on blue or black paper, by creating these tigers…

Easy Abstract Giraffe Painting Idea for Kids | A fun animal idea for kids, complete with a printable giraffe template to make art easy peasy!

I have a thing for rainforest animals! Ok, well really ALL animals, but I especially love the tropical variety! As a kid, I actually had a whole jungle/rainforest-themed bedroom (complete with faux vines that hung down from my bunk bed). So it probably then comes as no surprise, I’m SUPER excited about our upcoming trip […]

Art&Craft for kids easy: A crocodile (alligator) with moving jaws made of two paper plates, colour paper, glue and a split pin.

First and second grade have been making the cutest neon giraffe’s. Here are a few finished ones. Some of them used sparkly felt and some neon paper for the headphones. The ipod is paper and we used yarn for the cord. The students learned about color mixing and blending. We studied the color wheel to see which colors we could blend next to each other. They did a fabulous job! For some reason neon colors don’t translate in photos. They are much much brighter in person! I had my first class…