March 2009 - Art Projects for Kids

Mother's Day Card Template

Kid’s Art from Costa Rica
Thanks to Molly in San Jose, Costa Rica for sending in her son’s Rousseau Tigers. Seth, age 8, made the painting on…

Halloween Monster Gloves
OK, so maybe this is more craft than art, but Halloween can be a great time to challenge your creative muscles. And if…

Art Trading Cards, or ATCs
Art Trading Cards are miniature works of art (2.5" x 3.5") that fit inside standard plastic card sleeves. This type of…

Tissue Paper Bowls
As the school year starts winding down, my goal is to have students create a few dimensional projects, in this case…

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Close Crop Snowman
Drawing closeup and cropping out what is unnecessary can make just about any artwork more interesting. The tendency is…

Me & My Goals Self Portrait
This was inspired by a New Jersey middle school posting you can see HERE. Drawing just the top face allows a focus on…

Kid’s Video from Sydney, Australia
<p>I</p>Shoebox City from ShopfrontArts on Vimeo.This video was sent to me from…

Art Journaling 131
I’ve been wanting to start a rubber stamp collection for the longest time, and finally broke down and bought a few at…

An APFK Butterfly in Haiti
I recently received this amazing email:Hi Kathy,As a fellow art teacher and a fan of your fabulous blog, I wanted to…