3rd Grade Visual Arts Activities

No prep! This directed drawing pack guides students through an easy six-step process of creating ten summer items, and even a "create your own" page for students to design their own directed drawing activity to share with a friend or partner.

Directed drawing activities feature simple shapes and lines, and include clear, step-by-step numerical instructions for students to follow. You can also encourage students to add their own creative touches!

Directed Drawing Activities:

1. Beach balls
2. Beach buckets
3. Fish
4. Flip flops
5. Ice cream
6. Palm Trees
7. Sandcastles
8. Shells
9. Sunglasses
10. Sun
11. Create your own

Benefits of Directed Drawing

Fine Motor Skills: Directed drawing nurtures fine motor skills, essential for writing and other dexterous tasks. As students grasp and manipulate drawing tools, their hand-eye coordination and muscle control refine.
Creativity: Directed drawing sparks imagination and creativity. Students are encouraged to explore colors, shapes, and patterns - and to add their own unique touches to each creation!

Writing Foundations: Directed drawing lays the groundwork for writing and also improves handwriting skills. Students learn to follow visual instructions, recognize and manipulate shapes, and maintain consistent pencil strokes – all essential elements of handwriting!

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Add a touch of mindful music to any season, holiday, or composer unit study. With over 150 categorized classical pieces, the Classical Journey Bundle offers an engaging printable for every occasion. Each month unlocks a curated selection of themed classical music pieces, perfectly paired with a holiday or season!

Introducing a dynamic blend of creativity and strategy with our Color theory | Elementary art sub plans

Elevate Color Theory:

Step into a world where art meets gaming excitement! Our Colorful Tetris Color theory | Elementary art sub plans is a lifesaver for art teachers facing unexpected absences. With its easy-to-follow NO PREP instructions and minimal materials required, substitute teachers can effortlessly guide students through this engaging activity, ensuring that learning never skips a beat. You will also teach primary and secondary colors, it can also be used to review color theory or to check students' knowledge.

Foster Collaboration and Critical Thinking:

As students collaborate to solve Tetris-inspired challenges, they develop essential teamwork and critical thinking skills. Through lively discussions and creative problem-solving, they learn to communicate effectively and support each other's artistic endeavors.

It is a good art game to use during the first and last week of school as an art sub-plan and an early finisher activity.

There are two ways to play it: cooperatively or competitively. I confess that I prefer cooperatively.

My students were so excited that some did it a few times until they got the gold medal (rulers on how to play are on the teachers' guide)

Teach or review primary and secondary colors with this student-tested game.

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- Teacher’s guide or art sub plans

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- 2 options on how to play the game

- gold, silver, and bronze medals

- How to play video

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This hands-on set of 3 lessons has multiple variations to provide your elementary students with engaging multidisciplinary lessons. These lessons will engage even the most reluctant learners in the Art room while bringing geography, social studies, and science into the Art room while meeting your Art standards for all your students from Kindergarten through 5th grade.

What is included:

Step-by-step instructions with pictures for 3 cactus lessons plus instructions for variations

Visual arts standards for Kindergarten through 5th grade

Cactus fact sheet

Cactus research worksheet

Cross-curricular and literacy connections that can be used with all lessons

This lesson is in a PDF file.

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Saddle up for a Valentine's Day celebration with our Howdy Valentine's Day Coloring Pack! This delightful pack features 8 pages of charming designs centered around classic cowboy elements such as boots, hats, and hearts, perfect for spreading love and cheer in the Wild West style.

Inside, you'll find intricately detailed illustrations of cowboy boots adorned with hearts, hats with romantic embellishments, and heart-shaped lassos to capture your creativity. Each page is designed with care to provide hours of relaxing and enjoyable coloring experience for both kids and adults alike.

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Howdy Valentine's Day Coloring Pack offers something for everyone. Let your imagination roam free as you bring these Western-themed designs to life with your favorite colors and shades.

So round up your crayons, grab your spurs, and get ready to create some heartwarming masterpieces with our Howdy Valentine's Day Coloring Pack. It's sure to be a rootin' tootin' good time for all!

Includes a PDF pack of 8 pages. Some include sayings such as Happy Valentine's Day and Howdy Valentine. There are also options without words.

Unleash Kid's Inner Artist: Draw 15 Amazing Animals!

Join us on a fun adventure to create 15 incredible animals! This easy-to-follow guide uses simple shapes to break down each drawing into 7 manageable steps.

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• 15 unique animals: Unleash kid's creativity with a variety of creatures, from cuddly cats to funny a happy rooster.
• Confidence boost: By the final step, kid'll be drawing and coloring the favorite animals independently, feeling proud of themself artistic skills!

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Unlock your child's artistic potential with "How To Draw Robots For Kids!" This engaging and interactive guide is designed to teach children aged 8-12 how to draw amazing robots using simple grids and easy-to-follow steps. Perfect for young artists and robot enthusiasts, this book offers over 60 exciting robot designs that provide hours of creative fun.

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Are you looking for engaging March Spring Bulletin Board Craft Activities for your students? This Flower Craft is the perfect one for your students! This craft is great for spring or March bulletin boards.

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Enhance your math instruction with these engaging place value activities! Our comprehensive resource includes worksheets, Google Slides, and hands-on activities that help students master place value concepts. Create their own pictures using place value squares and explore different methods to understand place value. Break down numbers into hundreds, tenths, and ones using the place value house, and practice adding and subtracting with place values in a fun and interactive way.

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Students are given 10 elements to add to their work of art in order. Even though the requirements are the same each piece is unique! Since there is no "right way" to add some of the elements it is a confidence booster! Perfect for older kids to independently work on, or for younger students to follow along with the teacher. Also could be used for sub plan! Includes 3 different task card sets.

Printable SPRING BUTTERFLIES ACTIVITIES are perfect for keeping kids engaged and entertained during SPRING . These activities include a variety of fun and educational options that can be easily printed and completed at home or on the go. this bundle contains, Word search , mazes, Sudoku , mandala coloring sheets ...

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Let's appreciate our teachers! These thank you activities and crafts are a great addition to your Teacher Appreciation Week at school! This printable resource is designed to engage students and give them the opportunity to give back to their teachers and school staff in simple, yet fun and creative way! You can use this resource in one art center in your classroom or as a whole class crafting time. There are 5 pop up card templates for students choose from with different animated drawing. Students get to recreate their favorite memories with their teachers using the diorama template. They can also write a letter to their teacher or even make a creative acrostic poem. All appreciation is possible with this resource!

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Need an awesome Art Unit? I have just the thing for you! This creative Observational Pumpkin Drawing was designed to be printed and displayed as examples while you teach. Use this Google Slide file to display these beautiful images one-by-one on a large screen. For this assignment, I placed several plastic pumpkins and gourds at each set of tables for students to look at and draw. Students practiced drawing/coloring pumpkins and gourds in their sketchbooks or on small paper first. Next, students started a Final Copy drawing of one observational pumpkin and one gourd on 11 x 17-inch paper (horizontal). Students used oil pastels and watercolor paint. Plan to do this unit during the fall, between Halloween and Thanksgiving. I hope you and your kiddos love this! Enjoy.

Need some fun activities for your library or classroom? Try these! Based on Leo Timmer's adorable new picture book "Bear's Lost Glasses" it includes activities and printables for story retelling, compare and contrast, fiction vs. nonfiction, and STEAM projects. This title is part of the Texas 2x2 list for 2025-2026.

Are you on the lookout for an exciting and interactive way to introduce young minds to the wonders of winter animals? Your search is over! Introducing our "Winter Animals Cut and Paste Crafts" resource – a fantastic tool designed to spark curiosity and delight in children as they embark on a creative journey to discover and learn about various winter animals.

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• Diverse Animal Exploration: Our resource includes 8 captivating winter animal crafts, featuring beloved creatures like bears, foxes, penguins, and more. These crafts provide a delightful opportunity for children to not only learn about these animals but also engage with them creatively.
• Interactive Learning: These cut and paste crafts are more than just activities; they are hands-on adventures that allow children to build their own winter animal models. This interactive approach fosters a deeper understanding and connection with the animals.
• Enhancing Fine Motor Skills: As children carefully cut, paste, and assemble these crafts, they develop their fine motor skills, improving their hand-eye coordination and dexterity in a playful and enjoyable way.
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Our "Winter Animals Cut and Paste Crafts" resource is a valuable addition to your educational toolkit. Whether you're a teacher looking to bring the wonders of winter animals to your classroom or a parent seeking an entertaining and educational activity for your child, this resource has you covered. Witness the joy in children's faces as they explore and create their own winter animal friends. Don't miss out on this wonderful opportunity to make learning about animals both fun and educational. Grab your resource today and let the winter animal adventure begin!

IN ADDITION, this resource includes a helpful tip sheet about "Child Development and Play Activities." Through this resource, parents will gain practical insights into how different types of play contribute to their child's overall development. The information sheet provides simple and engaging ideas for fostering cognitive, physical, social, and emotional growth through play. By incorporating these activities, young learners can develop essential skills while enjoying the fun and creativity that play brings to their everyday lives.

Teach your students or kids to draw animals with this step by step Worksheet for kids by “The Fun Sheep”, It is Perfect for school classroom activities, drawing classes, or as a school holiday activity for kids of all ages

What comes in the product:

- 27 Animals To Draw + plus a blank page to practice

- 28 pages

- 8.5" x 11" inch paper Size

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These are fun drawing prompts that will ignite creative thinking and there are a variety of creative challenges. Each prompt has a written and visual challenge (view preview for examples).

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• Encourages Creativity
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• Enhances Focus and Patience
• Promotes Personal Expression
• Builds Confidence

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