Gustav Klimt’s Tree of Life
Using tissue paper, glue, and black and white tempera paint, students will make mixed media art inspired by Gustav Klimt’s “Tree of Life”
Grades: K-2, Grades 3-5
Painting Lessons for Kids
A growing collection of painting lesson plans for preschool, elementary, middle school and high school students including lessons on how to paint with watercolour, tempera, acrylic and ink.
Haiku Straw and Ink Paintings
Students will learn how to write a Haiku poem. They will then discover how to make an ink painting to illustrate their poem.
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
Handprint Apple Paintings
Young students can make handprint apples using their hands, and paint.
Ages: 2-5 yrs
Grades: Preschool
Levels: ECE
Handprint Spiders
Kids can make wiggly spiders using their own handprints.
Happy Accident Painting
By working with ink, watercolor and wet paper, students will be forced to go with the flow as they create happy accident paintings.
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
Hermit Crab Paper Collage
Students will gain appreciation for the work of Eric Carle not only as a story writer, but as an illustrator during this fun “Hermit Crab” inspired lesson.
Grades: K-2, Grades 3-5
How to Bring Eric Carle Into Your Classroom
The following lesson plans will introduce you and your students to Eric Carle, American designer, illustrator, and writer of children’s books.
How to Draw Shaded Bottles
Students will learn how to draw shaded bottles which appear to be three dimensional.
Grades: Grades 3-5, Grades 6-8
Levels: Junior, Middle School
How to Make Art When You Don’t Know How to Make Art
If you aren’t comfortable making art with your kids, try this project and gain some confidence!
Impasto Painting
In this lesson, students learn about texture as they make impasto paintings.
Ages: 5-8 yrs, 8-11 yrs, 11-14 yrs
Grades: Grades 3-5, Grades 6-8, Grades 9-12
Levels: Primary, Junior, Middle School
It’s a Bug’s Life
Students will create an original crayon resist drawing or painting of a bug’s life.
Grades: Grades 3-5, Grades 6-8
Levels: Junior, Middle School
Japanese Hand Fan Craft
Students will learn about Japanese culture as they create hand fans using paper 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
Kids Art Note Cards
You can recycle children’s artwork to create one of a kind note cards.
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
Kindergarten Self Portraits
Kindergarten students will learn how to draw self portraits and experiment with watercolour paints for their backgrounds.
Ages: 5-8 yrs
Grades: K-2
Levels: Primary
Landscape Resist Painting
Students will use crayons and tempera paint to create beautiful landscape paintings in the crayon resist style.
Grades: Grades 3-5, Grades 6-8
Levels: Junior, Middle School
Imagine the freedom of done-for-you art lessons.
The KinderArt Club features standards-based art lessons which are designed to work in small or large group settings, with a range of ages (from 5 to 11 years). So, you don’t need to plan multiple activities, regardless of the grades you teach.
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