Chalk light bulb art

These stenciled sidewalk chalk Christmas lights are so easy to make, and the effect is SO COOL! It looks just like the light bulbs are glowing in the dark!

Caitlyn Thompson on Instagram: "✨ Better late than never! Comment “GLOW” for the free video tutorial! 🎄While these lights have a holiday feel, it’s still an excellent lesson for New Years and January, especially if you live in a colder darker region this time of year! 👩🏼‍🎨 I’ve modified this lesson A LOT since I first started doing it 8 years ago. It’s another student favorite and the results are always SO magical! 💡I give my young artists three different sized light bulb templates to…

This fun lesson only took 2 (40 minute) art classes! Just enough time for a couple of my 5th grade classes to create them before winter break!! Steps to the lesson with pics below! A big THANKS to…

This lesson is definitely one of my biggest hits (I'll have to come out with a 'Best of Mrs. Nguyen' blog post one day)! :) Fourth graders began by reviewing what they already knew about value (the element of art). Afterwards they began working on their art projects. To begin students glued down a piece of olive green yarn to a 12"x18" piece of black paper. The only stipulations I gave them was that it should start from the left end of the paper, reach all the way to the right end, and…

Time required: 1 hour (could be split up) Materials: One sheet black construction paper (per student) One 1/2 sheet black construction paper cut on long edge (per student) Light tracer White pencil crayon Oil pastels - various colours (plus white & black) Chalk past