March 2009 - Art Projects for Kids

Sailboat Collage Journal Page
I like to encourage kids to make layered pages in their art journals. Rather than writing NEXT to their pictures, it's…

Kid’s Art from Michigan
This beautiful butterfly was made by the first grade students of Stephanie Hanel, K-12 Art Teacher, Wolverine, MI.…

Chuck Close Self Portrait
Chuck Close is an American painter and photographer who first achieved fame as a photorealist. This project, which…

Outerspace Watercolor Painting
I found this painting idea over at Artsonia.com, and like how it asks students to think about how close shapes look…

Magazine Color Study
I started this page with the idea of repeating circles, and just played around from there. I think it could be a good…

Recent Post

TED Video about School and Creativity
I’ve been researching the whole subject of creativity and came across this amazing video recently. If you have a few…

Winter Cardinal
I’ve been looking for a nice colorful winter image for a holiday fundraiser, and was inspired by an image I found in a…

My Guest Post at Art of Education
I am happy to announce I have my first guest post over at Art of Education, a site dedicated to the development of art…

Masking Tape Portrait
This is another way of getting lots of irregular torn edges, without the fuss of gluing them down. I used blue …

Plaster Snowflake Paper Weight
This is a variation of my Dinosaur Fossils post, but uses a snowflake ornament instead. I found thin wood-like…