Art activities for 1st graders

We love Arts and Crafts for Kids and Salt Painting does not disappoint. Salt Art is so pretty and kids will love glue painting. It's inexpensive and so fun!

Because of winter break and other holiday-time activities, my week with my 1st graders was cut down into only 2 days, so instead of trying to do the alligator weaving project, I opted to change it up and we made snowglobes instead! I had students use tracers to create the shape for their snowglobes on blue paper, brown paper, and a sheet of transparency paper for the "glass" on the snowglobe. The first day students cut out all the parts and used white tempera paint to create their snowy…

Create your own masterpiece with tape resist art! It's such a fun and easy process to make a tape resist painting. Simply create a design with painter's tape, add paint into the open spaces, and then remove the tape after the painting is dry. Tape resist art is all about colour, creativity, and celebrating negative space. It's SO EASY to make a beautiful piece of resist art, with no special painting skills required. It's a great project to make in the classroom, or at home on a rainy day…

Monster blow painting is such a fun art project for kids! First use a straw to blow liquid paint around a piece of paper. Then add googly eyes and other details to transform the colourful paint splatters into monsters! This simple process art activity gives such cool results, and you'll end up with a unique design every time! Use your imagination to create your monsters and make them as friendly, cute, silly, or even as scary as you'd like. It's such a fun craft for Halloween or anytime of…

Learn how to turn scribbles into colorful art. Easy craft for kids or adults. #kidscraft #craftforkids

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4th and 5th graders have been working for weeks and weeks on their minecraft portraits and they FINALLY finished. Before we started we looked at minecraft characters and talked about them- what do …

Reading self-portraits, clay snails, and much more!

Try thois fun magic paper towel science art! The children will love seeing magic pictures coming to life!

Check out this easy butterfly craft for kids! Using just a few cheap craft supplies (hello Amazon), kids can paint butterflies with tissue paper! What a fun idea! These beautiful painted paper butterflies are made even easier with our free butterfly printable. This may be the perfect craft idea for spring and summer!