Cat Sweater Color Patterns

 Kindergarten Art Lesson

2 Class Periods

45 minutes per class

Cat Sweater Color Patterns, Kindergarten Art Lesson

My kindergarten art students started out this school year with these "PUR-fect" feline projects.  After designing a beautiful color pattern sweater, we create a cat to model it.  You can check out this lesson on my TPT Crazy Busy Art Room Store.  Cat Sweater Color Patterns. Thank you in advance for taking the time to look or make a purchase.  Check out a few more examples of student art below.

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Getting Tangled with Jellyfish

 3-4 Class Periods

45 mins. per class

5th grade

Getting Tangled with Jellyfish, Fifth Grade Art Lesson

I just tackled this project with my 5th graders.  Zentangles with a jellyfish theme.  This lesson could easily be taught at a higher level or used as a sub lesson to keep students busy.  You can find my complete step by step lesson plan (with photos), grading rubric and drawing reference sheets on TPT.  Check out the link: Getting Tangled with Jellyfish. Thanks ahead of time if you check it out, make a purchase or choose to follow my store.  Any support is greatly appreciated.  See below for more fantastic student examples.

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Blue Dog Mini Lesson

K-6 Art Lesson

50 minutes

K-6 Blue Dog Art Lesson

The end of the year is upon us.  As I struggle to wrap up projects, grade the last minute hand in of final creations and juggle with my classes that have finished everything, I finally decided to create some mini projects to keep my classes busy, still be creative and if possible still learn a thing or two before they head out the door to enjoy summer.

This Mini Blue Dog lesson can be found on my Teacher Pay Teacher Store.  Crazy Busy Art Room Store

It contains the lesson, a grading rubric, a Blue Dog template and some fashion accessories to help design your Blue Dog.  I tried this with my 2nd graders today and they loved it!  So many possibilities!

This would also make a great substitute teacher lesson!

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Haystacks

Monet Haystacks

Fifth Grade Art Lesson

3 Class Periods, 45 minutes

Monet Haystacks, Fifth Grade Art Lesson

My fifth grade artists tackled this lesson on Claude Monet.  We specifically examined several of his haystack paintings as well as learning factual information about the artist.  Did you know that the Monet created 25 paintings of this specific subject matter?

Using a pencil we lightly planned the main objects in the composition and together we used oil pastels to color in the details of the artwork.  We discussed parts of a landscape, texture, color blending and complementary color schemes.  

This was my first time teaching this lesson to my students.  After seeing these GLOWING results I will definitely be putting this on my lesson plan agenda for next year!

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Mona Lisa Holiday Coloring Sheets

I recently made these fun holiday Mona Lisa coloring sheets for my classroom.  I always begin my school year teaching students about Mona Lisa.  I use "Mona"..."Lisa" as a way to get classroom attention as well having students get ready for dismissal, "Look Mona Lisa Ready."  Knowing how much my students love learning about the Mona Lisa, I thought it would be fun to create some holiday parodies of Mona.  I plan on using these as part of my monthly free choice coloring sheet option for students who finish work early. If you think these would be cool to add to your classroom or you would like to support my Teacher Pay Teacher Store click on this link:  Crazy Busy Art Room Store. Thanks in advance for any support you may give by liking my store, making a purchase or writing a review.  Have a great weekend friends!

Henri Matisse Inspire Underwater Paper Cut-Outs

 Third Grade Art Lesson

2 class periods

50 minutes each

Henri Matisse Inspire Underwater Paper Cut-Outs

Third grade artists did a fantastic job creating these fun construction paper masterpieces inspired by the cut-outs of Henri Matisse.  Concepts taught: positive space, negative space, overlapping, organic shapes, cut-outs.  This lesson could definitely be taught to upper elementary and middle school students as well.  For lesson plan, handouts and rubric check out the link to  Crazy Busy Art Room Store on TPT.  Thanks for the support!  

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