This resource contains 3 cross-curricular art lessons + 1 collaborative project to learn about the artwork of Disney artist Mary Blair.  Ideal for back to school, this elementary project provides a collaborative project to build community in your classroom & create a collaborative piece of art to display in the first weeks of school!  Perfect for Women’s History Month, an artist study, or any time of year, this highly engaging project can be used with Kindergarten through 5th grade students.

The individual projects can be used with or without the collaborative project.  So many extras are included with this lesson. 

This resource is in a PDF file and contains 19 pages. It includes:

• Cross-curricular lesson with detailed instructions and photos for 3 individual projects
• Suggestions for project and material variations 
• Detailed instructions & photos for collaborative art project including tips for incorporating social-emotional learning, assessment, & early finisher activities 
• Differentiation tips
• Cross-curricular and literacy connections
• Information about artist Mary Blair
• Women’s History Month facts
• Tips for project success
• National Core Arts Standards and TEKS (Texas) for Kindergarten-5th grades

Get your year off to a fantastic start with a great collaborative project & artwork display! 

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This resource contains 11 different Native American Feather art projects that let students explore a variety of media while learning about Native American culture.  Perfect for Native American Heritage Month (November), this resource is designed for 2nd-5th grades but may be adapted for middle school or even younger students. 

Looking to engage your students? This resource is highly engaging and cross-curricular.   With 11 feather projects, there is something for every student. Facts about feathers and their significance in Native American culture are included.  

Need to assess student knowledge or skills? Many of the projects are short, one-day projects ideal for experimenting with new media or assessing skills.  Ideas for assessment are included. 

What about differentiating for my students?  With a variety of projects using many different media, you have many project choices to allow you to differentiate the project and/or the process of creating the project.  

Can I use it with centers? This resource may be used with or without centers. Using centers allows students to work at different rates while all students are still working and creating but projects may easily be done without centers.   

What about art content? National Arts Standards and TEKS (standards for Texas) are included for 2nd - 5th grades. Each project also includes relevant art vocabulary to use with the lesson. 

WHAT OTHER TEACHERS SAID

 ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ “We did some of these projects during Native American Heritage Month. Students loved creating different feathers with different art materials. They turned out beautifully!”

This resource is in a PDF file and contains 24 pages. It includes:

• Cross-curricular lesson with detailed instructions and photos for 11 projects - 10 feather art projects & 1 student-created feather stencil
• Suggestions for project variations
• Cross-curricular and literacy connections
• Ideas for assessment
• Feather facts and the information on the importance of feathers in Native American culture
• 2 coloring pages with 2 feathers each (total of 4 feathers)
• Student practice sheet with rachis already drawn
• National Core Arts Standards and TEKS (Texas) for 2nd-5th grades
• Group project ideas

Get yours to create an amazing display for Native American Heritage Month. This resource is also part of 2 Native American Art Project bundles listed here and here.

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These mixed media Amate Bark paintings will inspire your students while teaching them about the traditions of Mexican bark painting. They are perfect for Hispanic Heritage Month or any time of year. These projects are designed for elementary students (Kindergarten - 5th grade). 

This lesson is highly engaging, cross-curricular & contains 4 different projects plus 4 different methods to create amate to use for the projects.

This resource is in a PDF file and contains 24 pages. It includes:

• Cross-curricular lesson with detailed instructions and photos for 4 amate projects
• Instructions & photos for creating 4 different amate project backgrounds that can be mixed & matched with all 4 projects
• Suggestions for project and material variations 
• Templates (reproducible) of 4 project designs
• Cross-curricular and literacy connections
• Information on amate artists
• Amate facts
• Tips for project success
• National Core Arts Standards and TEKS (Texas) for Kindergarten-5th grades

Set up stations and let students choose a project or rotate through and complete several while learning about traditional amate. 

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These mixed media Native American Bison projects will inspire your students to explore their creativity and use different materials while doing a cross-curricular lesson that celebrates Native American Heritage Month. This project is designed for upper elementary (3rd-5th grade) students but can be easily adapted for middle school.

This lesson is highly engaging, multi-disciplinary, and contains 4 different projects. Set up stations and let your students choose a project or rotate through and complete them all while learning about contemporary artist John Nieto and the American bison.

This is a fantastic project for Native American Heritage Month (November), but can be used in conjunction with a unit on native animals, artists, or anytime of the year.

This resource is in a PDF file and contains 16 pages. It includes:

• Cross-curricular lesson with detailed instructions and photos for 4 projects
• Suggestions for project variations with instructions
• Bison drawing guide
• Cross-curricular and literacy connections
• Information on artist John Nieto
• Differences in bison and buffalo fact sheet
• Full page hand-drawn bison
• National Core Arts Standards and TEKS (Texas) for 3rd-5th grades

This lesson allows your students to use different materials on a single piece of artwork to create a stunning mixed media project that makes a striking display.

It is designed and has been used with 3-5th grades but is adaptable for middle school. This lesson includes TEKS (if you are in Texas) and National Core Arts Standards for 3rd-5th grades.

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This is the ultimate sub plan for art.  Both a sub plan & a 1 day cross-curricular lesson, everything is included.  

Designed for K-5, it can be used with middle school, has many template variations to support struggling/younger students, comes with sub instructions, notes, a behavior reflection for disruptive students, and activities for early finishers.  

The one day lesson includes project variations, detailed step-by-step instructions with photos, National Arts Standards & TEKS, cross-curricular connections, ideas for assessment, and much, much more. 

This resource is in 2 PDF files for a total of 57 pages and includes:

• 13 sub activities
• 15 reproducible templates - complete plus partial templates to better scaffold students
• Early finisher activities for sub plan & 1 day lesson
• 4 one day art projects with detailed instructions with photos
• Instructions for each project with a template
• 4 project examples 
• Instructions for use - sub lesson
• 4 notes to the teacher for sub use 
• 1 note to sub (1 page)
• Cross-curricular connections for one day lesson
• Ideas for assessment for one day lesson
• National Arts Standards & TEKS (Texas) for K-5

Activities for K-5 can be used with or without included templates. Simply print out the instruction page and add in your specific details for materials and early finisher activities. Print one of the 4 included notes to the teacher to get feedback from your substitute. Make a few copies of behavior reflection for the sub to use for redirection of off-task students. This resource contains everything you need to leave for your substitute - just add your daily schedule.

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This set of water lily projects contains 5 different collage projects based on the artwork of Claude Monet. They produce stunning artwork that can be mixed and matched for display.  These projects develop students’ fine motor skills & can be used for spring or summer, with an artist study, a unit on Impressionism, a unit on plants, or any time of year.   

With varying levels of difficulty, there are highly engaging projects for all levels of elementary students. 

This resource is in a PDF file and contains 30 pages. It includes:

• Cross-curricular lesson with detailed instructions and photos for 5 projects including 1 project using recycled materials
• Suggestions for project and material variations for each project 
• Photos of 8 original Monet water lily paintings for student reference (reproducible)
• Cross-curricular and literacy connections
• Information on artist Claude Monet
• Impressionism facts
• Water lily facts & photos
• National Core Arts Standards and TEKS (Texas) for K-5th grades

These projects produce spectacular artwork for display.  Let students choose a project or select a project based on the materials you have.  Projects can also be used with centers. 

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Ready to recognize outstanding students in your class? These beautiful and vibrant Art and Music Award Certificates can be printed as is and filled in by hand or edited in PowerPoint and printed or used online.

There are 2 styles of borders for both Art & Music certificates to share with your Music teacher. One is available with a paint palette (for Art) or musical note (for Music) or without. There is an editable version and a PDF version.

This resource includes 1 PDF & 1 PowerPoint file with

• 8 Art certificates - printable in a PDF document
• 8 Music certificates - printable in a PDF document
• 8 Art certificates - editable/printable in a PowerPoint file
• 8 Music certificates - editable/printable in a PowerPoint file

Use these certificates to recognize students for outstanding work in your class, for participating in Art shows or contests, or reward your outstanding artists. Share this set with your Music teacher so outstanding Music students can also be recognized.

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If you teach any English language learners in your classroom, these bilingual labels with images are for you! These English-Spanish labels are perfect for labeling your entire classroom. Over 100 different labels with images are included.

This product has been updated and now includes 2 complete sets of labels. Each label is in English and Spanish and has a corresponding image to identify the item. One set has all label names in black, the second set has the English label names in black and the Spanish label names in blue.

This set includes most art supplies used in the elementary art room PLUS it includes other necessities like notebook paper, index cards, dry erase markers, whiteboard, clock, stapler, permanent markers, paper clips, hand sanitizer, etc.so it is also perfect for regular classroom use.

Some of the included labels are:

pencils (+ sharp pencils & dull pencils)

erasers

markers

highlighters

crayons

multicultural crayons

chalk

chalk pastels

oil pastels

colored paper

white paper

notebook paper

cardboard

clock

cotton balls

bubble wrap

watercolor paint set

watercolor paint

tempera paint

brayer

printing ink

folder

paper clips

clothespins

colored pencils

watercolor pencils

hand sanitizer

disinfecting wipes

stapler

yarn

bingo daubers

embroidery floss

paint brushes (+ flat brush & round brush)

craft sticks

clipboard

whiteboard

whiteboard eraser

pen

felt pen

aprons

ruler

globe

glue stick

glue bottle

pipe cleaners

scissors

decorative scissors

and much more!

This set is available by itself or as part of a bundle with the Bilingual Resource for Teaching Art which is a great resource for the Art room or dual language classroom and perfect for your sub folder!

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This resource contains 5 cross-curricular mostly mixed media art projects to inspire your students.  Based on circles and the artwork of Sonia Delaunay, these are perfect for Women’s History Month, an artist or art movement study, or any time of the year.  

Designed for Kindergarten through 5th grade students, these engaging projects use a variety of media and are cross-curricular.  Additional project variations and suggested material variations are also included as are National Arts Standards for K-5.  

One project in particular is designed for upper elementary students and is designed to promote student engagement and self-regulation making it ideal to use during times of campus-wide standardized testing. 

This resource is in a PDF file and contains 16 pages. It includes:

• Cross-curricular lesson with detailed instructions and photos for 5 projects
• Suggestions for project and material variations 
• Cross-curricular and literacy connections
• Information on artist Sonia Delaunay and bonus information specific to this lesson about Orphism and Simultanism
• Women’s History Month facts
• National Arts Standards and TEKS (Texas) for Kindergarten-5th grades

With so many project choices, choose a different project for grade levels, let students choose their own project, or let students be inspired by one of these projects and create their own version.

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This fun pumpkin art lesson is perfect for fall with 5 pumpkin projects for your students to create.  This cross-curricular lesson includes 4 projects for 2nd-5th grade & 1 project specifically designed for younger students.  

This highly engaging lesson includes many bonuses not found in other lessons and can be used for autumn or fall, back to school, with a themed unit, or any time of year. 

This resource is in a PDF file and contains 27 pages.  It includes:  

• Cross-curricular lesson with detailed instructions & photos for 5 projects
• Suggestions for project & material variations
• Pumpkin drawing guide
• Pumpkin templates (reproducible) 
• Pumpkin facts & photos
• National Core Arts Standards and TEKS (Texas) for K-5th grade

These projects produce an array of seasonal artwork for fall.  Instructions are included for a large collaborative project too. 

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Take your Art room to the next level with this cross-curricular collage project for upper elementary students. Perfect for Hispanic Heritage Month, Day of the Dead, or anytime, this project has it all - high student engagement, multi-disciplinary and cross-curricular, differentiation strategies for reaching all learners, project examples, ideas to incorporate this lesson into centers, and much, much more!

I love doing this project in October leading up to Halloween because this artwork produces a great seasonal multicultural display that is tied to Día de los Muertos (and not Halloween). Hispanic Heritage Month ends a few weeks before Day of the Dead and this project integrates them perfectly!

This resource is in a PDF file and contains 20 pages. It includes:

• Cross-curricular lesson with detailed instructions and photos
• Lesson variations with instructions and photos
• Calavera drawing guide with differentiation ideas for students
• Cross-curricular and literacy connections
• Hispanic Heritage month facts and resources
• Day of the Dead facts and resources
• Center suggestions for calavera drawing
• Center suggestions for use with collage project
• Ideas for assessments to use with centers for collage project

Using this lesson is also a great way to assess your students' fine motor skills, creativity, use of materials, and so much more. It is designed and has been used with 3-5th grades but is adaptable for middle school. This lesson includes TEKS (if you are in Texas) and National Core Arts Standards for 3rd-5th grades.

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This resource contains 3 clay calavera projects, 1 plaster calavera project with 3 options for finishing the calavera, plus 1 bonus clay flower project.  This highly engaging multicultural lesson is perfect for Hispanic Heritage Month or Day of the Dead. Designed for 2nd grade - 5th grade students & up, it features tons of extras to make your project successful even if you have never used these materials before!  

This resource is in a PDF file and contains 34 pages. It includes:

• Lesson with detailed instructions and photos for 3 clay calavera project
• Lesson with step-by-step instructions with photos for plaster calavera project
• Detailed instructions and photos for finishing plaster project with 3 different materials
• Bonus lesson with step-by-step instructions with photos for clay flowers project
• Calavera drawing guide
• Cross-curricular and literacy connections
• Tips for project success
• Tips for working with plaster
• Guide to ordering plaster
• Hispanic Heritage Month facts
• Day of the Dead facts
• Calavera facts
• Suggestions for assessment
• Vocabulary assignment for off-task or disruptive students
• National Core Arts Standards and TEKS (Texas) for 2nd-5th grades

Even if you have never worked with plaster before, this lesson contains everything you need for project success!  This lesson produces wonderful 3D artwork for display. This multicultural lesson is a great alternative to traditional Halloween projects.

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These mixed media projects are based on Gustav Klimt’s artwork Tree of Life.  Let the metallic colors and vivid imagery inspire your students’ creativity as they explore different materials in these cross-curricular projects. 

This lesson is highly engaging, multidisciplinary, and uses a variety of materials that can be modified for what you have on hand.  Set up stations and let your students choose a project, rotate through and complete multiple projects, or design their own using these projects as inspiration.  This project is designed for upper elementary (3rd-5th grade) students but can be easily adapted for middle school.

This resource is in a PDF file and contains 13 pages. It includes:

• Cross-curricular lesson with detailed instructions and photos for 3 projects
• Suggestions for project variations for each project
• Cross-curricular and literacy connections
• Information about artist Gustav Klimt
• Image of original artwork Tree of Life including source reference
• Ideas for including assessment
• Scavenger hunt list for artwork Tree of Life
• National Core Arts Standards and TEKS (Texas) for 3rd-5th grades

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Great beginning of year project for upper elementary (4th grade and up) and middle school students! This plaster project has everything to start a successful year in the classroom - high student engagement, multiple project variations to finish plaster colors wheels with different media, worksheets for off-task or disruptive students, plus step-by-step instructions with photos - to guarantee an excellent outcome for your students, even if you have never used plaster before. A bonus for this project is after students make their own color wheel, they can use it for the rest of the school year as they work on other art projects.

If you have not worked with plaster in the elementary classroom, don't worry! This lesson includes specific instructions and tips for successfully using plaster with your students. Also included is a guide for ordering plaster with a formula for determining how much material you need to order.

All of my lessons are cross-curricular and multi-disciplinary. This lesson includes specific ideas on embedding formative assessments and other core subjects in this project.

This project is in a PDF file and contains 18 pages. It includes:

• Cross-curricular lesson with detailed instructions and photos for 4 plaster color wheel projects
• Project vocabulary & definitions
• Vocabulary writing assignment for off-task students
• Guide for ordering plaster
• Project variations
• Tips for working with plaster 
• Cross-curricular connections

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Kirigami is a highly engaging, hands-on Day of the Dead project for upper elementary students and is perfect for dual language classes. This cross-curricular project can be used for Hispanic Heritage Month, Day of the Dead, or anytime and works well for Art on a cart. It includes tips for all learners to be successful and includes a 1 page student instruction sheet in English and Spanish to help your dual language students stay on track.

This is a project I do in October leading up to Halloween and Day of the Dead because this artwork produces a fantastic seasonal multicultural display that is tied to Día de los Muertos. This project is a great way to integrate Hispanic Heritage Month and Day of the Dead!

This resource is in a PDF file that is 17 pages. It includes

• Cross-curricular lesson with detailed instructions and photos
• Calavera drawing guide
• Student instruction sheet in English & Spanish
• Cross-curricular and literacy connections
• Hispanic Heritage month facts and resources
• Day of the Dead facts and resources
• Early finisher activities
• 3 black and white full-page calaveras to use as examples for students and with early finisher activities
• Ideas for assessments to use with centers for collage project
• Instructions for use on Art on a cart
• Suggestions for setting up project using stations
• Suggestions for project variations
• TEKS and National Core Arts Standards for 3rd-5th grades

This lesson was designed and has been used with 3-5th grades but is adaptable for middle school.

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This ultimate unit of art projects for Kindergarten & 1st grade includes activities, projects, centers, early finisher activities, & recommended resources to use to keep your youngest students engaged and learning.

We all struggle with Kindergarten classes at one time or another. This is a cross-curricular unit with ideas and strategies to keep your students engaged with hands-on activities and projects. It includes National Core Art Standards and TEKS (if you are in Texas). Also included are suggestions to successfully implement centers in your classroom.

This resource can be used with or without centers. It includes activities and projects to engage young students that can be broken into small steps to promote student success. However you teach your classes, however long or short your Kindergarten classes are, there are ideas to fit into your schedule.

This resource is designed for Elementary Art teachers but is also perfect for classroom teachers who want to have Art in their Kindergarten and 1st grade classes. Everything you need to successfully navigate teaching your youngest students is included.

This resource is in a PDF file and includes:

• 13 activities (including 2 games)
• 3 clean-up games
• 8 project ideas with photos
• 2 self-directed activities for early finishers with multiple variations
• 13 ideas for centers
• Discussion ideas with more than 10 sample discussion questions
• Printable page of shapes
• Printable page of Mondrian artwork
• Artist fact sheet
• Suggestions for making your own resources and materials

22 pages of resources allow you to choose and structure multiple days of classes using this one unit.

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This bilingual set of class rules is for the Art room or general classroom. It is designed to print on 8.5 by 11-inch paper. Each page features a rule in English and Spanish with a watercolor background.

3 choices of cover page: "Art Class Rules", "Classroom Rules", and "Class Rules" in English and Spanish are included on a choice of 2 different watercolor backgrounds. There are 27 pages of bilingual rules are included on 18 different watercolor backgrounds. All pages have a watercolor background. Choose the rules you want for your classroom to create your own bilingual class rules to display in your room.

Each rule is written in English and Spanish on the same paper.

Rules include:

• Try your best
• Stay on task
• Make smart choices
• Respect materials, room, & each other
• Respect others
• Be respectful
• Pay attention
• Follow directions
• Listen & follow directions
• Keep your hands to yourself
• Keep your body to yourself
• Do not disturb others
• Wait for permission to talk
• Raise your hand
• No talking while the teacher is talking
• Make good decisions
• Use materials safely
• Be safe in the classroom
• Stay in your seat
• Stay in your area
• Ask permission to leave your seat
• Arrive ready to learn
• Use inside voices
• Be on time every day
• Clean up your area
• Keep your area clean
• Clean up after yourself

This resource is in a PDF file and is NOT EDITABLE. If you are interested in editable rules, please look for the editable version (in English only) in my shop (also listed below).

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These holiday projects featuring poinsettias are ideal for the holiday season but can be used any time of the year while studying indigenous plants, Mexico, or traditions. Use these mixed media projects to create a fantastic holiday display without doing a Christmas project.

These hands-on, cross-curricular projects are perfect for this time of year when students are excited and sometimes difficult to manage in the classroom. The projects are highly engaging and develop students' fine motor skills - both things that cut down on unwanted behaviors.

Four different projects for grades 2-5 are included. Set up stations and let your students choose a project or rotate through and complete them all.

This resource is in a PDF file and contains 18 pages. It includes:

• Cross-curricular lesson with detailed instructions and photos for 4 projects
• Suggestions for project variations including a collaborative project
• Poinsettia drawing guide
• Cross-curricular and literacy connections for use with all projects
• Hand-drawn original poinsettia template
• National Core Arts Standards and TEKS (Texas) for 2nd-5th grades
• Instructions for an easy way to create painted paper (with little to no clean up)
• Poinsettia fact sheet with real photos

These projects are mixed media and use different materials and techniques to create artwork. These types of projects help develop your students' fine motor skills, sequencing, and eye-hand coordination.

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Down in the Art Room

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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Down in the Art Room

These mixed media projects inspired by the contemporary artist Curtis Talwst Santiago will inspire your students to explore their creativity, create texture, and celebrate Black History Month.  This lesson is designed for 2nd - 5th grade students but can easily be adapted for middle school students.  

This lesson is highly engaging, cross-curricular, and uses a wide variety of media to create 6 different projects.  Additional ideas for variation are included. Set up stations and let your students choose a project or rotate through and complete several while exploring texture and learning about contemporary artist Curtis Talwst Santiago and Black History Month. 

This resource is in a PDF file and contains 17 pages. It includes:

• Cross-curricular lesson with detailed instructions and photos for 6 projects
• Suggestions for project variations 
• Cross-curricular and literacy connections
• Information on artist Curtis Talwst Santiago
• Black History Month fact sheet
• National Core Arts Standards and TEKS (Texas) for 2nd - 5th grades
• Suggestions for setting up centers
• Tips for using alternative materials

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Deborah

Down in the Art Room