Time for Art!

For a fun and fairly easy project that requires few supplies, try weaving paper plates. My students loved it. Third grade was the youngest t...

I started this project by showing my students Salvador Dali's famous painting, "The Persistence of Memory".  Most of my studen...

A mosaic project that was originally planned to be 10' X 10' has grown to almost 12' X 40'.  Tiles are the most expensive m...

Finally! Here are the completed alebrijes which were designed and constructed by our 7th and 8th graders over the course of many weeks. If y...

Clay animal rattles really do rattle after they've been fired! Don't forget to poke holes somewhere in your animal so the smoke can ...

Wassily Kandinsky was a Russian artist who lived from 1866 until 1944. He is given credit for developing a purely abstract style in art. Af...

Today we learned all about texture. I started the lesson by playing hangman with my students. They LOVE to play hangman, and the word textur...

Last year for Dia de los Muertos my 6th, 7th, and 8th graders made colorful skulls. We talked about the significance of the Mexican holiday,...