American Flags, 4th/5th Grade

What an awesome project to do around memorial day, veterans day, presidents day....something to that affect ;-) My students saw my example and said, "I CAN'T DO THAT!" Of course they could, and they did. It is a step by step, right brain activity, this example shows they did pretty awesome with it.

Bad Hair Day, 4th Grade

Coming up are a back-log of projects, but I want to share.

This is Bad Hair Day, a classic online art project. I saw some great results online and wanted to try it myself last year, and wow-wow-wow. They are amazing. All sharpie, thats it. The designs are fantastic, here are two of my favorite.

Tear Poinsettias, 2nd Grade

I actually started out with my other poinsettia project you've seen posted on here. But, by my 7th or 8th class of 2nd grade, I was totally sick of that project. Instead, we started making tear poinsettias. They actually loved it! The freedom to rip paper is sort of exhilarating to the students. So, here is the result, I almost like it better then the other ones.


Simple and beautiful. If I were a parent I'd hang it every year at this time of year.

Christmas Trees, Kindergarten

We started with yellow paper and drew a very simple tree, no pencils, no markers, just crayons. I had the kiddo's cut out the tree, which is a task, because they often want to cut the stump off too. Then we glued onto red paper, and added sequins for ornaments. They freak out over this, they love anything that shines! Then, they were to add the 'tree skirt'. We added some packages under the tree, and the results are pretty good for this age group.

Build-your-own Snowman Ornament, 2nd Grade

The reason I like doing this is not for the big huge mess that my room ends up in, with itty bitty pieces of scraps everywhere, believe it or not; but because the students really learn how to build and piece things together. They also get to put their creative hand on them and make any type of snowman character they want.
I think I may be done posting Christmas projects now...we'll see, we'll see.

Mitten Ornaments, 1st Grade

In 1st grade we made mitten ornaments. It was a make and take type deal....the kids love that because I normally hang onto their art projects forever, because I just never know what may come up :-)

3-d Candy Canes, 3rd/4th Grade

My sister actually found this project for me on a blog, and I fell in love when I saw it. I tried it out real quick, and scrapped my other plan. We did these instead. Go to her blog for the tutorial. They are made from simple computer paper, using marker, a ruler and clear tape. You need a pencil for curling. SO SIMPLE. An art teachers dream for a quick, fun, one day holiday themed project.

Thanks to my sister for throwing this idea my way.