Painting Lesson Plans and Crafts for Kids and Children K-12: KinderArt: Learn How to Paint

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Van gogh's Starry night as created by a child

Paint Like Van Gogh

K-2, Grades 3-5, Grades 6-8

Painting Sweets Like Wayne Thiebaud

Painting Sweets

K-2, Grades 3-5, Grades 6-8

Dot to Dot Seurat

Q-Tip Pointillism

K-2, Grades 3-5, Grades 6-8

Portrait Painting in the style of Georges Rouault

K-2, Grades 3-5, Grades 6-8

Students will learn about Andy Warhol and the pop art movement. They will then create pictures of ice cream cones.

Pop Art Ice Cream Pictures

K-2, Grades 3-5, Grades 6-8

Dripping paint in the style of Jackson Pollock

Dripping Paint Action Painting

K-2, Grades 3-5, Grades 6-8, Grades 9-12

Norval Morrisseau: Observation of the Astral World

Norval Morrisseau X-Ray Painting

K-2, Grades 3-5, Grades 6-8, Grades 9-12

Make a Monet painting lesson plan

Make a Monet

K-2, Grades 3-5, Grades 6-8

Step by step Mondrian lesson plan

Step-By-Step Mondrian Painting

K-2, Grades 3-5, Grades 6-8, Grades 9-12

Learn how to make art like Matisse.

Make Art Like Henri Matisse

Grades 3-5, Grades 6-8, Grades 9-12

Student work inspired by Marc Chagall's I and the Village painting.

Daydreaming with Marc Chagall

K-2, Grades 3-5, Grades 6-8

Make Your Own Prehistoric Cave Paint

K-2, Grades 3-5, Grades 6-8

Make your own checkerboard

Checkerboard

Grades 3-5, Grades 6-8, Grades 9-12

Pie Plate Fish

Pie Plate Fish

K-2, Grades 3-5, Grades 6-8

Make a Japanese Fan

Japanese Hand Fan Craft

Grades 3-5, Grades 6-8

Handprint rainbows

Handprint Rainbows

PreK, K-2

Water Mist Globes. KinderArt.com

Water Mist Globes

PreK, K-2, Grades 3-5, Grades 6-8

Crayon resist fish lesson plan for elementary students.

Crayon Resist Fish Inspired by Swimmy

K-2, Grades 3-5

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