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General Art Lessons and Creative Fun
This board features fantastic any time of the year art lessons, activities and projects (or sudden bursts of creativity). We've collected these engaging…
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Middle School Art
Winter Themed Math
Winter Math
Winter Games
Winter Activities
Classroom Activities
Outdoor Activities
Engaging Lesson Plans
Engaging Lessons
2d Shapes Names
Come see some of the winter classroom activities we do all winter long (and it's always long up here in Canada). We've created winter themed math and language arts. Of course we haven't forgotten about going outside for winter activities and winter lessons. We've even included some winter art projects and a digital escape. You can have so much fun during the winter in your upper elementary classroom with these great indoor and outdoor activities.
Teaching Tips
Teaching Art
Inexpensive Mother's Day Gifts
Female Role Models
Sneaks Up
Black Sharpie
Remembrance Day
Foster Parenting
Do you need quick, easy and inexpensive Mother's Day gifts for your upper elementary classroom? Did it sneak up on you and now you need something you can send home TODAY? Are you well prepared and planning out gifts in advance? We've got you covered with these easy ideas (and yes, they are designed to be sent home to any loving caregiver-not just moms). Come take a look through these Mother's Day gift ideas right away!
Recycled Material Art
Recycled Art Projects
Recycled Materials
Halloween Art Projects
Winter Art Projects
Canada Landscape
Silver Spray Paint
This set of eight art projects uses recycled materials to create new pieces of art. Basic supplies like paint, glue and paper (recycled newspaper, books or magazines) are given new life. Our favourite is the Love Robots made out of plastic and little silver spray paint. The lesson plans are complete with suggestions to modify. Also included are student examples and reflection pages in English and French. The lesson plans are in English. Come take a look.
Earth Day Projects
Art Projects
Newspapers
Magazines
Small Coffee Shop
Free Resource Library
Upcycled Art
If you're looking for a quick and easy Earth Day project for your students in Grades 3 and up, then look no further. We've found it! Recycle old books, newspapers or magazines with a little paint or pastel. It comes with instructions, photos of student samples and suggestions for different materials. Best of all, it's free! We'll email it directly to you when you sign up for our email list.
Art Lesson Plans
Science Lessons
Art Lessons
Upper Elementary
Elementary Art
Teaching Reading
If you're looking for simple art projects for elementary art classes, this is the post for you. This is our collection of art lesson plans designed for generalist teachers who don't have a background in art. Come take a read and crab the lesson plans for some free art lessons for your upper elementary classroom.
Christmas Art Projects
Christmas Tree Art
Simple Christmas Tree
Christmas Activities
Christmas Seasons
Beautiful Christmas
How To Use Pastels
If you're looking for some great art projects that use Christmas trees as the inspiration, look no further. We've collected all of our favourite projects and put them together in one big blog post. Come and take a look so you can create some beautiful Christmas art projects.
Happy Artwork
Drawing Activities
We put together a collection of some of our favourite winter art projects complete with step by step instructions. They include painting, sculpting and drawing activities. We've included lots of pictures for examples. This one is done with paint and pastel. Come take a look and try them with your upper elementary classroom.
Halloween Activities
Halloween Themes
Halloween Fun
These fun Halloween art projects can easily be substituted with monsters and aliens so you can use it any time of year or with your students to don't observe Halloween. Easy to following instructions, photos of examples and reflection pages in both English and French are included so you can create great pieces of art in your upper elementary classroom.
Writing Lessons
Writing Activities
Writing Prompts
Reading Passages
Reading Comprehension
Learn about the different traditions related to Lunar New Year with these reading and wrting activities. Everything you need to teach students about Chinese New Year, Korean New Year and Vietnamese New Year is included such as reading passages, lesson plans, annotated passages, student templates and extension activities. Come take a look to see how you can use these activities with your upper elementary class!
Holiday Themes
Holiday Activities
Glue Painting
Kindness Activities
Large Artwork
Valentine Day Love
Are you looking for a simple but beautiful Valentine's Day art project? Make these Love Trees. All the instructions can be found in our blog post, so come take a read. We make these in our grade four and grade five art classes and nobody needs to know much about art to make them beautiful. Happy Valentine's Day!
Holi Festival Of Colours
Easy Art Projects
Classroom Community
Resource Library
Free Activities
Are you looking for a simple art project to do to celebrate Holi? This free actvity includes a few different ideas that you can use to learn about some of the customs and traditions during the Holi Festival of Colours. We'll send it to you for free when you join our email list (and get access to all our free activities in our resource library). Come take a look!
Wooden Christmas Ornaments
Paper Ornaments
Little Christmas
Christmas Gifts
Stem Lesson
Come learn how this happy accidental purchase turned into a great Christmas craft that we do each year. Your upper elementary classroom can learn how to make these adorable Christmas ornaments with these simple instructions. They are perfect for your makerspace, an art class or just for fun. We gave ours away as Christmas gifts from students. Come see!
Writing Strategies
Help Teaching
Come see some of the winter classroom activities we do all winter long (and it's always long up here in Canada) to get kids thinking, moving and enjoying the season. We've got winter themed math and language arts. Of course we haven't forgotten about going outside for winter activities and winter lessons. We've even included some winter art projects and a digital escape. You can have so much fun during the winter in your upper elementary classroom with these great indoor and outdoor activities.
Math Lessons
Bonding Activities
Reading Skills
Map Skills
Valentine's Day in upper elementary isn't quite the same as the little kids or the older ones. It's this weird time in a kid's life where they are too old to care about paper cards but also want to be included in getting paper cards. They are just starting to have crushes but the maturity level is all over the place. We've spent a lot of time watching our Valentine's Day ideas flop. Come read some of our students' approved Valentine's Day ideas.
Goal Setting Activities
Back To School Activities
Word Activities
School Resources
Student Writing
Student Learning
School Goals
Staff Room
If you are looking for a great back to school goal setting activity, this power words activity is a great way to start the year. Everything you need to complete the lesson is included except paper and students. We do this activity during back to school, but it can be done any time of year and with almost any age, but it's perfect for upper elementary students. Come take a read and maybe you're find your own power word!
Steam Lessons
Free Lessons
Sewing Lessons
This sewing lesson for upper elementary classrooms comes with lots of modification ideas to help your students out. It's free! The lesson includes step by step instructions, templates, sewing instructions and photographs of student examples. Come grab this free lesson that makes a great Christmas gift idea for the families of your students.
Student Teacher
Teachers
Door Bulletin Boards
Remembrance Day Art
Parts Of The Heart
Red Pictures
We designed these simple Remembrance Day art projects for our upper elementary classroom and we want to share them with you. Come check out the instructions and find a project that doesn't need a lot of art supplies or time to create something special. They are perfect for your Remembrance Day bulletin board or hallways for your assembly. Come take a look!
Cork Ornaments
Christmas Decorations
Christmas Ornaments
Sommelier
One year we had a parent who worked as a sommelier and donated a huge box of corks. We turned them into characters and used a whole batch for Christmas ornaments. So, if you have lots of corks lying around (or you buy them at a hobby store) you can make these ornaments too. Come grab the free instructions and get tips for ways to gift them.
Christmas Math Activities
Christmas Themes
Christmas Fun
Math Notebook
Math Interactive Notebook
Student Reflection
If you are looking for a math project that includes an art project, this is for you. We created gingerbread houses out of papier mache using what we learned in math about three dimensional objects. Come take a look at this fun (and a little messy) STEM project.
Christmas Words
Christmas Wreaths
If you are looking for a longer project that will keep hands busy, this wreath project uses recycled green material (like old clothes, sheets, towels or socks) to make something new. This blog post includes complete instructions and suggestions for how to decorate the wreaths. Best of all, you can make them any time of year. We made them for our Waste in our World unit in science. Come take a look!
If you're looking a few simple Christmas art ideas for your upper elementary classroom, look no further. We collected our favourite lessons that are inspired by the Christmas season. They make great displays, bulletin boards and even Christmas gifts for the families of your students. Come take a peek at these Christmas art lessons that will keep your kids creating for weeks!
Great Christmas Gifts
Easy Activities
These fingerprint art projects make great Christmas gift ideas for your classroom and can be easily modified to use any time of year. We've included instructions for how to make the different characters along with suggestions for ways to use the art projects. If you're looking for some easy activities to use in your makerspace this season, come take a look.
Cozy Fall
Autumn
Poppy Art
Are you looking for a simple poppy project for Remembrance Day? This one comes with all the instructions you need to make this great piece of stamped poppy art in grades three through six. We'll send it to you for free when you sign up for our email list.
Are you looking for a simple art project for Remembrance Day? This one comes with all the instructions you need to make this beautiful piece of art in grades three through six. This project comes with soldier templates, step-by-step instructions and photos of student examples. We'll send it to you for free when you sign up for our email list.
Watercolor Quote
Watercolor Paintings Easy
Easy Watercolor
Are you looking for a simple watercolour painting project for Remembrance Day? This one comes with all the instructions you need to make this great piece of art in grades three through six. This piece just requires watercolour paint, paint and some markers. We'll send it to you for free when you sign up for our email list.
