City Collages 

Third grade students cut out textures and patterns from magazines to create a City Collage. Art Lesson Video: City Collages PowerPoint: City Collages Supplies: 9″ x 12″ paper Magazines Scissors Glue sticks Scrap paper to use as glue mats   One of the things I have learned this year with our six day rotation schedule is…

Warm and Cool Shapes

After cutting and gluing organic and geometric shapes, elementary art students use warm or cool colored markers to fill the background of their artwork with lines. Art Lesson Videos: Warm and Cool Shapes, Part 1 & Warm and Cool Shapes, Part 2 PowerPoint: Warm and Cool Shapes Supplies: 9″ x 12″ white paper Sets of warm and cool…

Shape Robots

  To create a collage robot, third grade students cut out and glued down overlapping organic and geometric shapes. Supplies: Glue Sticks Scissors (mix of small and larger sizes) Construction Paper Pencils, erasers Downloadable PowerPoint: Shape Robots One of the challenges of teaching elementary art is learning to think like a kid again. What is fun?…