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Grades K-2

This is a legacy page where you can view all of our Kindergarten to Grade 2 art lessons alphabetically.

Alternatively, you can visit our K-2 category page (highly recommended!) or you can view all of our lessons and activities  by theme or medium.

Enjoy and keep creating!

~Andrea

 A Box of Crayons
Drawing adventure lesson plan. A Drawing Adventure
 A Unique Drawing Experience
Acorn Cap Gems Acorn Cap Gems
Scribble Art. This lesson requires planning and problem solving, much like a math problem or science experiment. KinderArt.com Advanced Scribble Pictures
Aloha Chicka Chicka Boom Boom Bulletin Board Aloha Chicka Chicka Boom Boom Bulletin Board
 Architecture Shape Collage
The Art Book Art Book Assessment Tool
Art Book Cover Art Book Cover
Primary Hands Art Book Page 1: Primary Hands
Blotter Bugs Art Book Page 2: Blotter Bugs
I Can Make a Pattern Art Book Page 3: Caterpillar Patterns
Warm/Cool Colors Art Book Page 4: Warm/Cool Colors
Neutral Colors Art Book Page 5: Neutral Colors
Texture Bugs Art Book Page 6: Texture Bugs
Imagination Painting Art Book Page 7: Imagination Painting
About the artist - The Art Book Art Book Page 8: About the Artist
Art Book conclusion Art Book: Page 9 Conclusion Putting It Together
 Art Savers
Make a bilma craft for kids. Australian-Style Rhythm Sticks
Make a bean mosaic. Bean Mosaics
Bella Butterflies Collage Bella Butterflies
Bird's Eye View Dandelions Bird’s Eye View Dandelions
Blessing boxes Blessing Boxes Craft
Blind Contour Drawing lesson plan for kids Blind Contour Drawing
When is a block, not a block? Block or Not? (Monoprinting and Stamping)
Body Collages Art Lesson Plan from KinderArt.com Body Tracing Self Portraits
Building a Klimt Building a Klimt
Kids can make a bunny basket for Easter. Bunny Baskets
Make an Easter Bunny puppet. Bunny Puppet
Calico corn footprints Calico Corn Footprints
Make a banner for your summer camp cabin. Camp Banner
Cardboard tube mummies craft for kids. Cardboard Tube Mummies
Cave Art lesson plan Cave Art on Ceramic Stones
Make Christmas trees out of egg cartons. KinderArt.com Christmas Trees (Egg Carton)
City Block Painting City Block Painting
Colorful Clay Birds Art Lesson Plan Clay Birds
Make clay pinch pot animals Clay Pinch Pot Animals
Clay sand castles. Clay Sandcastles
Clothespeg Dragonflies Clothespeg Dragonfly Sculpture
Clothespeg Reindeer Craft. KinderArt.com Clothespeg Reindeer
How to make cloud dough for kids. KinderArt.com. Cloud Dough Recipe
Clover Colors Art Lesson Clover (or Shamrock) Color Mixing
Make coffee can drums Coffee Can Drums
 Coffee Filter Booklets
Coffee filter butterflies craft. Coffee Filter Butterflies (with markers or paint)
Coffee Filter Butterflies with Tissue Paper Coffee Filter Butterflies (with tissue paper or food coloring)
Make Gargoyles! Coffee Tray Gargoyles
Coil Pots Coil Pots
color the snow Color the Snow
Colorful Coasters Colorful Coasters Craft
Paper Mask Lesson Colorful Paper Masks
Painting row houses. Colorful Row Houses (How to Draw and Paint)
Complementary Color Turtles Lesson Plan for K-2. KinderArt.com Complementary Color Turtles
Cornmeal and Powdered Paint activity or preschoolers Cornmeal and Powdered Paint
Cosmic Mobiles Cosmic Mobiles
Cotton Ball Snowman Craft for Kids Cotton Ball Snowman
Craft Stick Trees Craft. Craft Stick Fall Trees
Craft stick picture frame. Craft Stick Picture Frames
Craft stick reindeer craft for kids. Craft Stick Reindeer
Make a Craft Stick Spiderweb Craft Stick Spider Web
Crayon Crackle Cards lesson plan for kids. Crayon Crackle Cards
 Crayon Crackle Painting
Crayon etching - maker your own scratch art boards Crayon Etching (Scratch Art)
Crayon Resist Fall Leaves. KinderArt.com Crayon Resist Fall Leaves
Crayon resist fish lesson plan for kids. Crayon Resist Fish
Crayon resist fish lesson plan for elementary students. Crayon Resist Fish Inspired by Swimmy
 Crayon Resist Jack-O-Lanterns
Creature Painting art lesson Creature Painting
Cut and paste poppies. Cut and Paste Vase with Poppies
Toilet paper roll bat craft from KinderArt.com Cute and Creepy Bats Craft
Recycled cutlery wind chimes Cutlery Wind Chimes
Day of the Dead masks Day of the Dead Calavera Skull Masks
Student work inspired by Marc Chagall's I and the Village painting. Daydreaming with Marc Chagall
Kiwi bird made from a gourd. Decorative Gourd Kiwi Bird
 Do Reindeer Wear Hats?
 Doodle Drawings
Make a Dot Dot Mosaics (making a dot without making a dot)
Learn how to draw a nutcracker, step-by-step. Draw a Nutcracker Step-By-Step
Learn how to draw an elephant. Draw Elephants – Step by Step
 Drawing Bugs in Jars
Kids can make glue fish pictures Drawing Fish with Glue
Pysanky drawing lesson for children. Drawing Pysanky – Ukrainian Easter Eggs
Drawing Trees in Perspective Drawing Trees in Perspective
Dripping paint in the style of Jackson Pollock Dripping Paint Action Painting
Boy holding up tie dye shirt. Easy Tie Dye for Kids
25 Easy Musical Instruments to Make. KinderArt.com Easy to Make Musical Instruments
Egg carton caterpillar Egg Carton Caterpillar
Egg cup flowers Egg Cup Flowers
Emotion Painting art lesson plan Emotion Painting
Eric Carle Collage with Animals Eric Carle Animals
Expression and Joy Expression and Joy with Line, Shape and Color
Fabric Collage Fabric Assemblage/Collage
Fall Leaf Watercolors Fall Leaf Magic Marker Watercolors
Fall Reflections art lesson Fall Reflections Monoprints
Faux stained glass craft Faux Stained Glass
Paper Hearts Art Lesson Plan. KinderArt.com Faux Stained Glass Paper Hearts
Draw a jar with unexpected items inside. Fill a Jar
 First Grade, First Grade What Do You See?
Fish Banners art lesson Fish Banners
 Foil Etching
Fruit and Vegetable Portraits Fruit and Vegetable Portraits (Giuseppe Arcimboldo)
Fruit and vegetable prints Fruit and Vegetable Prints
Garden Journals Garden Journals
Make a drum from a carpet tube and flower pot. Garden Shed Drum
Kindergarten Portraits Lesson Plan Getting to Know You Portraits
Giant Stuffed Birds Sculptures Giant Stuffed Bird Sculptures
Grass Head Guy Grass Head Guy
greek pottery designs Greek Pottery Designs
 Gustav Klimt’s Tree of Life
Construction paper hamburger collage Hamburger Collage
Handprint and Footprint Reinder Hand and Foot Print Reindeer
Children will use hand and foot tracings to make these one of a kind flowers. KinderArt.com Hand Lilies and Foot Tulips
Handprint angel craft for kids. Handprint Angel Craft for Kids
 Handprint Canadian Flags
Handprint Crab Handprint Crab Painting
Handprint rainbows Handprint Rainbows
Handprint Turkey with Texture Craft from KinderArt.com Handprint Turkey with Texture
 Happy Accident Painting
Make happy sticks! Happy Sticks
Harold and the Purple Crayon art lesson plan Harold and the Purple Crayon Paper Pictures
Making a decorative harp box. Image: Mariella Pace Harp Box
Heart Poppies crafts for kids. KinderArt.com Heart Poppies
Heart-shaped photo card. Heart-Shaped Photo Card
Henri Rousseau's Fantasty Jungles. Art lesson plan from KinderArt.com Henri Rousseau’s Fantasy Jungle
Hermit crab collage Hermit Crab Paper Collage
Holiday cone friends printable craft for kids. Holiday Cone Friends Printable Craft
 How to Draw the Characters from Hilda
I Give You My Heart craft for kids. KinderArt.com I Give You My Heart
Wooden craft stick dolls. Ice Cream Stick Dolls
Impasto Paintings. Impasto Painting
Inside Outside Drawings of Fruit Inside Outside Drawings of Fruit
Invention Convention Invention Convention
Students will create an original crayon resist drawing or painting of a bug’s life. KinderArt.com It’s a Bug’s Life
Wind Socks Lesson Japanese Windsock Craft
Juice bottle penguin art lesson plan. KinderArt.com. Juice Bottle Penguin Sculptures
Kandinsky Circles Lesson Plan Kandinsky Circle Studies
Handprint craft and poem for kids. Keepsake Handprint Craft and Poem
Kente Cloth Lesson Plan Kente Cloth Strips
Khamsa Hand Prints lesson plan Khamsa Hand Prints
 Kindergarten Self Portraits
Leaf by leaf cooperative art project Leaf by Leaf
Leaf people craft Leaf People
Paint like Geoff Slater single line painting. Line Painting Flowers
Lines Variety Art Lesson Plan for Kindergarten. KinderArt.com Lines of All Kinds
 Little Green
Little Coud Little Paper Clouds
Love notes kids can make Love Notes Kids Can Make
magazine mosaics Magazine Mosaics
Magic Wand lesson Magic Wands
Make a Monet painting lesson plan Make a Monet
Make a poncho Make a Poncho
make a snake Make a Snake
Milk jug shakere Make a Sticker Shekere
Learn how to make art like Matisse. Make Art Like Henri Matisse
make jingle bells Make Jingle Bells
 Make Your Own Prehistoric Cave Paint
Learn how to make your own puzzles. Make Your Own Puzzles
Make maracas with balloons and paper mache. Maracas (Balloons)
Make maracas using oranges as the form. Maracas (Oranges)
Make maracas using paper cups. Maracas (Paper Cups)
Make maracas using recycled materials. Maracas (Recycled Objects)
Media Collage Media Collages
Making milk bubbles. Milk Bubbles
Milk carton birdhouse craft Milk Carton Birdhouse
Milk Carton Houses Milk Carton Houses
Making a milk carton pencil holder. Milk Carton Pencil Holder
Mini Meals made of Clay art lesson Mini Meals Made of Clay
 Mini Paper Roll Totems
Mini Vases Mini Vases
 Mondrian for Little Ones
 Mondrian Hearts
Mondrian Inspired Abstract Art - student work Mondrian-Inspired Abstract Art
Monet Art Lesson Plan Monet’s Garden by the Sea
Monoprinting with foil Monoprinting with Foil
Monoprinting with Gelli Arts Monoprinting with Gelli Arts
Monoprints Monoprinting: Three Ways
Monster in my closet drawing lesson Monster in My Closet Drawing
Mixing colors with KinderArt.com Mouse Painting (Color Mixing)
Muffin liner flowers craft for kids. Muffin Liner Flowers Craft
Musical art lesson Musical Art
My pet house. My Pet House
Natural Plant Dyes Natural Plant Dyes
 New Zealand Maori Koru Art
31 No-Carve Ways to Decorate a Pumpkin for Halloween. KinderArt.com No Carve Pumpkin Ideas
Norval Morrisseau: Observation of the Astral World Norval Morrisseau X-Ray Painting
Make an ocean drum Ocean Drum
Bosch Student Work Oh My Gosh It’s a Bosch!
Organic and geometric shapes drawing lesson for kids Organic and Geometric Shape Drawings
Overlapping Shapes Art Lesson Plan KinderArt.com Overlapping Shapes
Owl Reflections Drawing Lesson for Kids Owl Reflections
Paint and Marker Flowers Paint and Marker Flowers
 Paint Blots
Van gogh's Starry night as created by a child Paint Like Van Gogh
Painted heart blottos craft. KinderArt.com Painted Heart Blottos
Painted rocks craft Painted Rocks
 Painted Shoes
Painted tiles mural Painted Tiles Mural
Paint pictures on seashells. KinderArt.com. Painting on Seashells
Painting Sweets Like Wayne Thiebaud Painting Sweets
Painting with flowers. Painting with Flowers
amusement park art Paper Amusement Parks
Woven paper animals art lesson. KinderArt.com. Paper Animal Weaving
Paper Bag Butterfly Puppet Paper Bag Butterfly Puppets
Make a paper bag kite. Paper Bag Kites
Paper bag tree craft for kids. Paper Bag Trees
Paper Batik Flowers art lesson Paper Batik Flower Paintings
Frankenstein's Monster craft for kids from KinderArt.com. Paper Box Frankenstein’s Monsters
Paper Christmas Trees. KinderArt.com Paper Christmas Trees
Make paper crazy quilts Paper Crazy Quilts
If you've got paper, you can make these beautiful paper daisies. KinderArt.com kids arts and crafts. Paper Daisies
Paper Log Cabins Paper Log Cabins
Razzle Dazzle Masks Paper Mache Masks
Marigold sculpture. Paper Marigolds
Mosaic Hearts craft using paper. KinderArt.com Paper Mosaic Hearts
Paper Ornament Collage. KinderArt.com Paper Ornament Collage
Paper Plate Sunflowers Paper Plate Sunflowers
Paper roll binoculars for kids Paper Roll Binoculars
Paperclay Fish lesson plan Paperclay Fish Ornaments
Party Blowers for Kids. KinderArt.com Party Blowers
Pass the Painting Pass the Painting Game
Students can create picture of a pumpkin using glue and pastels. Pastel and Glue Pumpkin
Pebble Pictures Pebble Pictures
 Penguins on Ice
 Pet Rock Necklace
 Pete and Callie Valentine’s Day
Photo Scavenger Hunt to Do at home or on the go Photo Scavenger Hunts to Keep Kids Busy
Pie Plate Fish Pie Plate Fish
Make pine cone owls. Pine Cone Owls
Plein Air Drawing and Painting Plein Air Drawing and Painting
Pointillism Corn Pictures. KinderArt.com Pointillism Corn
Polar Bear Portraits Polar Bear Portraits
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
Andy Warhol style Pop Art Self Portraits Art Lesson Plan. KinderArt.com Pop Art Portraits
Egg Carton Poppy Art Lesson. Poppies (Egg Cartons)
Muffin liner poppy craft. Poppies (Muffin Liners)
 Portrait Painting in the style of Georges Rouault
Positive Negative Hearts Positive Negative Hearts
Primary Color Snails lesson plan Primary Colors Snails
Printing with a brayer Printing With a Brayer
Printmaking Printmaking Supply List
Torn paper pictures showing the human form. Proportion of the Human Form
Pulled String Art Pulled String Paintings
Pumpkin Seed Mosaics Lesson from KinderArt.com Pumpkin Seed Mosaics
Puzzle piece picture frame. Puzzle Piece Picture Frame
Puzzle Tree Puzzle Piece Trees
Puzzle prints. Puzzle Prints
Dot to Dot Seurat Q-Tip Pointillism
Make a rainbow dreamcatcher. Rainbow Dream Catchers
How to draw a cartoon owl. Rainbow Owls
Shamrock Garland Craft from KinderArt.com Rainbow Shamrock Garland
Raindrop Painting art lesson Raindrop Painting
Rainsticks craft Rainsticks
Recycled lid ornaments. Recycled Lid Ornaments
Napkin rings Recycled Napkin Rings
Reindeer Portraits Reindeer Portraits
Relief Foil Sculpture Relief Foil Sculpture
Make bees out of rocks. Rock Bees
 Roll a Harvest Basket
Salt and Watercolor Trees art lesson Salt and Watercolor Trees
Salt dough football craft. Salt Dough Football
Salt Dough Ladybug Salt Dough Ladybug
Salt Dough Sports Magnets Salt Dough Sports Magnets
Painted with sand. Sand Painting
Sandwich collage Sandwich Collage
Scrap Paper Turkey craft. KinderArt.com Scrap Paper Turkey
Scrap wood sculpture Scrap Wood Sculpture
See if you can draw - a drawing game for kids See If You Can Draw Game
Shape Collage Pizzas Shape Collage Pizzas
 Shoe Fish
Shoe prints and shoe rubbings Shoe Prints (or Shoe Rubbings)
Little noisemaker shakers. KinderArt.com Simple Noisemakers/Shakers
 Simple Paper Masks
Sketchbook starter - I am an artist Sketchbook Starters – Filling a Sketchbook with Ideas
Berry basket snowflake pictures.. Snowflake Pictures
 Spider Web Pattern Drawing
Spin Art Spin Art
Sponge painting. Sponge Painting
Sponge painting flowers. Sponge Painting Flowers
Spray bottle mural. KinderArt.com Spray Bottle Mural
Spreading Paint with a Popsicle Stick. Spreading Paint with a Popsicle Stick
St. Patrick's Day Snakes. KinderArt.com St. Patrick’s Day Snakes
Stamp jar or box. Stamp Jars and Boxes
State Heads State Heads
Step by step Mondrian lesson plan Step-By-Step Mondrian Painting
Styrofoam relief printing Styrofoam Prints
Sunset silhouettes Sunset Silhouettes
Swirly Bird Nests Swirly Bird Nests
Tasty Color Mixing Tasty Color Mixing
Teaching Art at Home Teaching Art at Home
Tennis ball prints Tennis Ball Prints
 Texture and the World Around You
Cooperative Art The Die Says the Color, the Picture Says We Can
 The Shape of Me Dr. Seuss Mural
Make a tie dye pillowcase. Tie Dye Pillowcase
Make a tin can telephone. Tin Can Telephone
Play dough recipe and tips from KinderArt.com Tips for Working with Play Dough
Kids can make this big carnation flowers using tissue paper. KinderArt.com Tissue Paper Carnations
Make carnations out of tissue paper. KinderArt.com Tissue Paper Carnations
Students will create collage images using tissue paper as paint. Tissue Paper Collage Flowers
Tissue Paper Eggs Craft for Kids. KinderArt.com Tissue Paper Eggs
Tissue Paper Landscape Tissue Paper Landscapes
 Tissue Paper Sunflowers
 Toothpaste Batik
Toothpick and marshmallow sculpture. Toothpick and Marshmallow Sculpture
Torn paper rainbows. Torn Paper Rainbows
Treasure bottle (calm down jar) Treasure Bottle (Calm Down Jar)
Triangles and Buttons Tree Craft. KinderArt.com Triangles and Buttons Tree
Twig Construction Twig Construction
Two layer painting with warm and cool colors. Two Layer Painting
Under the Sea crayon resist drawings and paintings. Under the Sea Crayon Resist
 Van Gogh’s Sunflowers
Viewfinder Painting Viewfinder Painting
Make Waldorf Math Gnomes - Plus, Minus, Times, Divide and King Equal. Waldorf Math Gnomes
Warm and cool color flowers Warm and Cool Flowers
Picture frame using recycled objects. Waste Not Picture Frame
Water Bottle Flowers Water Bottle Flowers
Water Mist Globes. KinderArt.com Water Mist Globes
Watercolor bunnies inspired by Catherine Rayner. By Misty Buck. KinderArt.com. Watercolor Bunnies
Watercolor Rainbow painting lesson Watercolor Rainbows
Watermelon Paintings art lesson Watermelon Painting
We All Swim Together Bulletin Board We All Swim Together Bulletin Board Idea
Weaving a Watercolor Weaving a Watercolor
 Wet Chalk Drawings
What's Outside the Window What’s Outside the Window Drawing Exercise
Make window clings. Window Clings
Winter Crayon Resists Winter Crayon Resists
Winter Wonderland Trees. KinderArt.com Winter Wonderland Snow Covered Trees
Wooden starflake craft. KinderArt.com Wooden Starflakes
Yarn painting Yarn Painting
Zip Bag Butterfly Craft for Kids Zip Bag Butterfly Craft