20 Great Lesson Ideas

1. The students can create necklaces and make paper beads with it.
2. The students can create a self portrait out of a mixed medium.
3. Mixed media landscapes are great for kids.
4. When the kids are learning about the color families they can create a picture using their favorite group.
5. The students can create their own painting technique using anything they can come up with.
6. The students can create a Diorama on a specific issue or cause, maybe even a memory.
7. The students can create a weather mobile.
8. When learning about symmetry in math the students can draw have of a butterfly and have a partner match it by drawing the second half.
9. The students can create clay models out of Sculpy which the teacher can bake when they are finished.
10. The class can create there very own ABC book. Each student could have their own page and they can pick the topic as well.
11. By using recycled materials the students can create city structures or castles.
12. Art games are a great way to get the class interacting with all different forms of art.
13. They can create a story board for a specific topic or story to share with the class.
14. Groups of students can write, illustrate and create a narrative story in power point.
15. The students can also get in groups to reenact their story or create a new story with puppets.
16. Students love to work with Paper Mache. They can come up with a theme and create parts of their display with paper mache.
17. Students can create any drawing or art project that displays one thing they have learned on a field trip.
18. Students can do a creative report on one artist they have enjoyed learning about.
19. The students can learn how to use crayon and watercolors to create pictures and secret messages.
20. Give students red, blue, yellow, black and white paint. Teach by showing the children how by mixing certain colors together you get different colors.