Collaborative winter art for kids

Looking for some more fun winter art activities for kids? This DIY Snowflake Art Project is a terrific craft for kids to enjoy creating and makes a beautiful keepsake or awesome gifts for loved ones.

Art Education Connections for Teachers: Some of the key terminology that can connect with this lesson includes form, texture, variety, proportion, space, perspective, culinary art. What is the origin of gingerbread houses? The tradition of decorating gingerbread began in Germany in the 1800's, and became highly popularized by that eerie witches house made of sweets

Collaborative art projects are the perfect way to connect with your kids. We’ve got everything from murals to drawing games. Activities are easy to prepare and don’t need special supplies. Click through to get your creative juices flowing!

Let's just forget that it's spring in less than a month, shall we? 'Cuz this winter mural is finally finished! Note to self: start winter mural on first day of school. Well, Happy Wintery Day to you! And, if you are here in Tennessee, this year's wintery has meant rainy, tornado-y, and weirdly warm. Nothing like our winters of the past two years which managed to produce enough snow to provide us with some delightful snow days. Not that us teachers like snow days. Oh no! We just spend the…

Create a tape resist penguin painting with the kids this Winter! A fun twist on regular tape paintings that's super easy for kids of all ages!

Create beautiful mixed media winter art with easy techniques and simple supplies. A fun winter art project that kids will love to create!

So this story of Winter Mural Collaborativity begins with a simple request from my amazing music teacherin' friend: to create a piece for the winter program. The making of this beast involved multiple grade levels with one incident of two classes working simultaneously and another where third grade created alongside kindergarten "buddies". Confused yet? Not as much as my art teacherin' friend Jennifer's daughter was when she popped by for a visit. "I just don't understand why this is on the…

Easy snowflake suncatcher craft complete with free printable template! Perfect for preschoolers or older kids. Make it at home or in the classroom for a winter themed art center.

Yes, I do realize it's only Thursday (even though it FEELS like Friday), but we have a PD day tomorrow, so we did a fun art activity today. Most of my students ended up with a snow day yesterday - buses were cancelled because of the weather, and when you're in a rural area like I am, very few students actually make it to school (I only had 8 students). So, our art today made everyone feel like it was a snow day! I saw this fabulous idea on Artisan Des Arts last night (actually, I saw LOTS of…

Happy New Year! If you are anything like me, you've spent ZERO time thinking about returning to school next week. Like, I mean, my brain has been switched to ANYTHING-BUT-SCHOOL mode. As it should be, I say. Until, that is, the end of break sneaks up on me! So to put your cute little head at a tiny bit of ease, I thought I'd share my favorite winter lessons here in this blog post. Be sure and tap the highlighted link to each as many feature the full lesson WITH VIDEO. For free, of course…