A Year's Worth of Art Projects

      I am making this available to my "I Teach Art and I Love It!" students at Faithbuilders Teachers Week, and I thought I'd share it here as well.  It's just a list of suggested projects by quarter.  I tried to sprinkle in a few three-dimensional projects here and there  For more pictures, how-to instructions, and details, just click on the title of most of the projects and a link will take you directly to the post explaining it.  I hope you and your students enjoy being creative this school year!  

First Quarter 

Soap Carving:  Sweet-smelling Anti-bacterial Soap Sculptures  

 artprojectsforkids.org drawing 

Fall Leaf Art Project -  Watercolor

Russian Folk Art Project:  Mezen

Painting with Q-tips 

I Scream, You Scream, We All Scream for Ice Cream   Paint Party (2 weeks) 

Have You Bean Doing Your Art?    (2 weeks) 

Second Quarter 

Scherenschnitte - German for "Scissor Cuts". 

artprojectsforkids.org drawing 

Still Life with Washable Markers and Water  

Paint Party 2 - Paint a Llama  - 2 weeks 

Sweet Potato Print Art 

Funny Bunny - this is done using the same technique as the still life above 

Chinet Plate Weaving - 2 weeks 

3rd Quarter 

Oven-baked Clay Sculptures :  Great American History Art Projects 

Mixed Media Collages - use newsprint, magazines, and music to fill in different pieces of a large object from a coloring page.  Watercolor over a few areas.  

Dead Sea Scrolls   (Coffee-stained scrolls)

artprojectsforkids.org  drawing 

Popsicle Stick Buildings

Mini Art for Mini People (and Their Teacher) 

 

Paint Party 3 -  (two weeks). 

Fourth Quarter 

Foil Embossing    (2 weeks). 

artprojectsforkids.org drawing 

Giant Origami Swan Attacks School - Sorta 

Cathedral Windows at School 

Little Wooden Houses

or . . . My Wooden Trees 

Paint Party #4   Sunflowers!    (2 weeks)

I Heart String Art   (2 weeks)  

 

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