This lesson is a success with ALL grade ranges! I first did this lesson years in the past with second grade. Final yr, I did it with everybody and the outcomes are all the time stunning. Full lesson and easy video right here!

So some ways to complete these beauties. We opted for chalk however we have additionally used bleeding tissue, watercolor and tempera paint too!

Springtime is the very best time to introduce landscapes to your college students! This one is so enjoyable…it is chalk such as you might need by no means used it earlier than! Chalk…that does not should be set with a fixative. Extra right here!

I’ll advise this: when including paint after the chalking, use tempera truffles, they had been so a lot better than the tempera paint I used within the video.

Nothing says spring like cherry blossoms! This one was impressed by Vincent van Gogh’s love of Japanese prints. I created a video and you will discover it right here. 

I believe my favourite half is the textured paper we created for the background!

What is healthier than neon oil pastels and watercolor?! Not a lot, I say. We liked creating these coloful landscapes and so they so brightened the halls. For the entire lesson and the video (I advised you, I received you coated!) right here.

Cereal bins for the win, associates! Begin amassing now!

Actually, I do not know who loves puffy paint extra, me or the children! Simply preserve a pin available to unclog the nozzle. The paint does are likely to dry out and clog the within!

Here is a little bit lesson I created to make use of up popsicle sticks (ha!) and for a sub! These turned out so cute and the children liked them! Video lesson right here. 

Please inform me I am not the one one with three million trillion popsicle sticks!

These clay flowers my third graders created had been so stunning! 

Each was so inventive. I present the step-by-step images on this weblog publish. 

The main points! Beloved the birds and bugs added!