Complementary Color Portraits
Students will create a portrait using one pair of complementary colors.
Grades: Grades 3-5, Grades 6-8
Levels: Junior, Middle School
Level: Middle School
Contour Drawing
This is a wonderful mini lesson in which children will learn how to create contour drawings.
Grades: Grades 3-5, Grades 6-8
Levels: Junior, Middle School
Crayon Crackle Cards
Create one-of-a-kind homemade holiday greeting cards using crayons, paint and paper.
Ages: 5-8 yrs, 8-11 yrs, 11-14 yrs
Grades: K-2, Grades 3-5, Grades 6-8
Levels: Primary, Junior, Middle School
Crayon Crackle Painting
Students will learn about texture as they experiment with crackle patterns using paper, crayons and paint.
Ages: 5-8 yrs, 8-11 yrs, 11-14 yrs
Grades: Preschool, K-2, Grades 3-5, Grades 6-8
Levels: Primary, Junior, Middle School
Crayon Resist Fish
Students can use crayons and paint to make delightful crayon resist pictures. We used fish as our theme but you can use any image you wish.
Ages: 2-5 yrs, 5-8 yrs, 8-11 yrs, 11-14 yrs
Grades: Preschool, K-2, Grades 3-5, Grades 6-8
Levels: ECE, Primary, Junior, Middle School
Crayon Resist Jack-O-Lanterns
Students can create spooky wax-resist pumpkin pictures using crayons and paint.
Ages: 5-8 yrs, 8-11 yrs, 11-14 yrs
Grades: K-2, Grades 3-5, Grades 6-8
Levels: Primary, Junior, Middle School
Crayon Resist Landscapes
Kids will create a landscape on drawing paper, using crayons and tempera paint.
Grades: Grades 3-5, Grades 6-8
Levels: Junior, Middle School
Creative Principles and Elements of Art
A series of simple design exercises to further understanding of the Principles of Design and how each can be developed within a structured composition.
Grades: Grades 6-8, Grades 9-12
Levels: Middle School, High School
Cursive Name Aliens
Students can turn their names – written in cursive – into aliens and monsters.
Grades: Grades 3-5, Grades 6-8
Levels: Junior, Middle School
Day of the Dead Calavera Skull Masks
Students can create a day of the dead skull mask using paint, glue, glitter, puffy paint and more!
Ages: 11-14 yrs
Grades: Grades 3-5, Grades 6-8
Levels: Junior, Middle School
DIY Family History Collage
Kids and their parents can craft a collaborative family tree using paper and glue.
Ages: 5-8 yrs, 8-11 yrs, 11-14 yrs, 14 yrs+
Grades: K-2, Grades 3-5, Grades 6-8, Grades 9-12
Levels: Primary, Junior, Middle School, High School
Doodle Drawings
This is a free-form drawing project that deals with the elements of design – colour, line, shape, form and texture. Very wonderful detailed works of art can be achieved by simply doodling. Have a look at the works of many great artists like Joan Miro, Wassily Kandinsky and Paul Klee for inspiration.
Ages: 8-11 yrs, 11-14 yrs, 14 yrs+
Grades: Grades 3-5, Grades 6-8, Grades 9-12
Levels: Junior, Middle School, High School
Draw a Nutcracker Step-By-Step
Students will learn about using grids to plan out proportions and symmetry as they create a step-by-step drawing of a nutcracker.
Ages: 5-8 yrs, 8-11 yrs, 11-14 yrs
Grades: K-2, Grades 3-5, Grades 6-8
Levels: Primary, Junior, Middle School
Drawing and Painting Numbers
This art activity focuses on the shape of numbers. A good tie-in to math for younger students.
Ages: 5-8 yrs, 8-11 yrs, 11-14 yrs
Grades: K-2, Grades 3-5, Grades 6-8
Levels: Primary, Junior, Middle School
Drawing Bugs in Jars
Students will draw pictures of jars containing bugs.
Grades: Grades 3-5, Grades 6-8
Levels: Junior, Middle School
Drawing Fish with Glue
Students will draw the outline of a fish using glue and complete the picture with oil pastels. The glue dries clear, leaving the black paper to show through in between the pastel.
Grades: Grades 3-5, Grades 6-8
Levels: Junior, Middle School
Drawing Hands
This is a wonderful mini lesson in which children will learn how to draw hands.
Ages: 8-11 yrs, 11-14 yrs, 14 yrs+
Grades: Grades 3-5, Grades 6-8, Grades 9-12
Levels: Junior, Middle School, High School
Drawing on Wet Glue with Chalk Pastels
By drawing into wet paste with chalk pastels, students can create unique works of art.
Ages: 2-5 yrs, 5-8 yrs, 8-11 yrs, 11-14 yrs
Grades: Preschool, K-2, Grades 3-5, Grades 6-8
Levels: ECE, Primary, Junior, Middle School
Drawing Trees in Perspective
Students will be able to understand what is near and far in respect to the horizon line on a 2-d surface, as they draw trees.
Grades: Grades 3-5, Grades 6-8
Levels: Junior, Middle School
Easy Tie Dye for Kids
Find tie dying recipes, techniques and ideas for you and your kids.
Ages: 5-8 yrs, 8-11 yrs, 11-14 yrs
Grades: K-2, Grades 3-5, Grades 6-8
Levels: Primary, Junior, Middle School
Easy to Make Musical Instruments
Children love music as much as they enjoy making things. Why not join these two creative forces and make one or all of these fun and easy musical instruments to encourage play and creativity.
Ages: 2-5 yrs, 5-8 yrs, 8-11 yrs, 11-14 yrs, 14 yrs+
Grades: Preschool, K-2, Grades 3-5, Grades 6-8, Grades 9-12
Levels: ECE, Primary, Junior, Middle School, High School
Edvard Munch: Things That Make Us Want to Scream
After looking at Edvard Munch’s famous painting, The Scream, students will create their own artwork featuring images of things that make them want to scream.
Ages: 8-11 yrs, 11-14 yrs, 14 yrs+
Grades: Grades 3-5, Grades 6-8, Grades 9-12
Levels: Junior, Middle School, High School
Egyptian Book of the Dead
Students will use scroll shaped pieces of paper and colored pencils to create their own Egyptian Book of the Dead.
Grades: Grades 3-5, Grades 6-8
Levels: Junior, Middle School
Emotion Painting
Students will gain an understanding of how much of a role emotion plays in artmaking as they create paintings based on feelings.
Ages: 5-8 yrs, 8-11 yrs, 11-14 yrs, 14 yrs+
Grades: K-2, Grades 3-5, Grades 6-8, Grades 9-12
Levels: Primary, Junior, Middle School, High School
Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Clay
Here you can read about what clay is, where to find it and how to work with it.
Ages: 2-5 yrs, 5-8 yrs, 8-11 yrs, 11-14 yrs, 14 yrs+
Grades: Preschool, K-2, Grades 3-5, Grades 6-8, Grades 9-12
Levels: ECE, Primary, Junior, Middle School, High School
Expression and Joy with Line, Shape and Color
Using the technique of cutting paper, participants will be making positive and negative shapes that will be used to create a composition.
Grades: Grades 3-5, Grades 6-8
Levels: Junior, Middle School
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