Artists of all ages will be able to find a winter art project in this collection. Winter art projects are fun to do on stormy winter days. It is a great way to connect with nature during the colder winter months.

Well, in my 14 years at Zamo we never had rain to contend with during our Celebration of Art festivities... until last night, that is. I m...

Lesson Background: There are many winter fox art projects online such as this one http://littledogartblog.blogspot.com/2014/05/5th-grade-winter-fox-paintings.html I combined lots of ideas to create these foxes. This was a directed drawing lesson. Directed drawing (i.e. modelling step-by-step) elicits great discussions, exposing students to vocabulary they encounter in art and maths. Students are hearing and putting into action phrases such as “half way down the page”, “curved line”…

Welcome back! So glad to see all of you! This week, 2nd grade is going to be starting this cute lil polar bear, inspired by the fabulous Lauralee Chambers! Here's a link to her Insta account, if you want to check her out (which ya should!) @2art.chambers Here's how we created ours! Materials: Crayola Watercolors Sax liquid watercolors Crayola oil pastels black & white pencils scissors Big Kid's choice paintbrushes Day 1: Look at images of Polar Bears, and sketch out our own! Here's a video…

Colorful penguin art project that use simple supplies and teaches a bunch of art techniques. Makes a cute Xmas craft, too!

Need a fun lesson for your first graders tomorrow? I think I might have something for you: these adorable penguins! This lesson teaches so stinkin' much: warm colors, brush control, using watercolors

Create stunning tin foil art with your kids using a simple technique with aluminum tinfoil to make beautiful designs from flowers to animals.

These got the ultimate kid approval – students from other grades complaining that they didn’t get to make them in 2nd grade. I’ve been interested in carp kites for a while but didn’t know muc…

Last week, 2nd grade started this beautiful and colorful, wintry picture inspired by the blog, Deep Space Sparkle! . This project was originally inspired by the book, Snowballs, by Lois Ehlert. She's an artist, auther, and illustrator, who has written many books! Look her up, when you get a chance! Here's how we created our own! Materials: Oil Pastels Watercolor paint cardboard black tempera paint Construction paper 90lb paper Day 1: I showed them Lois Ehlert's books, and we read her book…

A perfect holiday lesson for first, second or third graders, teaching children how to focus on drawing a snowman painting close-up and on angle.