Grade: Grades 3-5

We’ve listed all of our Junior Grade Elementary art lesson plans here. These activities are best suited for Grades 3 – 5 – or – ages 8-11 years. Grade levels are given as a guideline only. Find other grades HERE. View by medium or discipline HERE.

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Bella Butterflies

Crayon resist butterflies are colorful and bright. Students will review symmetry while creating these works of art.

Ages: 5-8 yrs, 8-11 yrs

Grades: K-2, Grades 3-5

Levels: Primary, Junior

Bird and Flower Paper Quilling

Students will learn about paper quilling as they make a bird and flower ring art picture.

Ages: 8-11 yrs, 11-14 yrs

Grades: Grades 3-5, Grades 6-8

Levels: Junior, Middle School

Bird’s Eye View Dandelions

Students will create a bird’s eye view drawing of dandelions using paper and oil pastels.

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

Blind Contour Drawing

Blind contour drawing is an excellent way to train the eye to draw what it really sees rather than what it thinks it sees.

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

Block Printing with Linoleum

A lino print results when a piece of linoleum has had pieces cut out of it, been inked and been printed. Here kids will make a linoleum block print.

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

Body Tracing Self Portraits

Students will make body tracing self portraits.

Ages: 5-8 yrs, 8-11 yrs, 11-14 yrs

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

Levels: Primary, Junior, Middle School

Building a Klimt

Students will study the art of Gustav Klimt. They will then create a work of art in the style of Klimt, following this step-by-step lesson.

Ages: 5-8 yrs, 8-11 yrs, 11-14 yrs

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

Levels: Primary, Junior, Middle School

Cave Art on Ceramic Stones

Students will create cave art in the style of the Lascaux Caves in France.

Ages: 5-8 yrs, 8-11 yrs

Grades: K-2, Grades 3-5

Levels: Primary, Junior

City Block Painting

Students will use lines of all kinds to create a painting of a city block using tempera paint.

Ages: 2-5 yrs, 5-8 yrs

Grades: K-2, Grades 3-5

Levels: Primary, Junior

Classic Still Life Drawing

Students will learn the classic method of drawing, on toned paper with charcoal or black pencil, heightened with white.

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

Clay Birds

Children will learn how to create clay birds using air-dry clay.

Ages: 5-8 yrs, 8-11 yrs, 11-14 yrs

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

Levels: Primary, Junior, Middle School

Clay Pinch Pot Animals

Children will learn how to create pinch pot animals using air-dry clay.

Ages: 5-8 yrs, 8-11 yrs, 11-14 yrs

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

Levels: Primary, Junior, Middle School

Clothespeg Dragonfly Sculpture

You can create dragonflies using wooden clothes pegs, paint (or markers) and paper.

Ages: 5-8 yrs, 8-11 yrs

Grades: K-2, Grades 3-5

Levels: Primary, Junior

Clover (or Shamrock) Color Mixing

Children will review color mixing as they create drawings and paintings of clover (or shamrocks).

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

Clown Drawings

Children will learn how to draw a clown and color in their pictures completely, using markers (or the media of your choice).

Ages: 5-8 yrs, 8-11 yrs

Grades: K-2, Grades 3-5

Levels: Primary, Junior

Coffee Can Drums

Drums are an important part of life and ceremony in many cultures. Here is a simple method for you and your students to create a fun sounding drum as you celebrate the cultures of the world.

Ages: 5-8 yrs, 8-11 yrs

Grades: K-2, Grades 3-5

Levels: Primary, Junior

Coffee Filter Booklets

Students will use cone coffee filters to create unique and interesting coffee filter books which can hold secret treasures.

Ages: 8-11 yrs, 11-14 yrs

Grades: Grades 3-5, Grades 6-8

Levels: Junior, Middle School

Coffee Tray Gargoyles

Learn how to make fantastic gargoyles using paper take-out coffee trays and paper mache pulp.

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