Elementary Art Lessons

Welcome to the home page of elementary level art lessons! The lessons are now categorized by grade level, subject, integration, art period, artist, and medium. (See below) Do you have a lesson to contribute? Just click on the "Submit a Lesson" link here or in the side column.

Grades Toddler - K (Ages 3-6)

Make a Snowflake

Home Grown Caterpillars

Trash Collage
Changes Over Time
Early Childhood Lessons
Cave Paintings

Grades 1-3 (Ages 6-9)

Insect and Bees Art Unit

Home Grown Caterpillars

Mothers/ Fathers Day Cards
The Children’s City
Trash to Treasures
Poetry Book Cover
Renew Your Community
Illustrating Idioms
Mixed Media Lesson
Visual Sound: Kandinsky
Silhouette Sculptures
Replay
Monochrome Mania
DesignWorks
A Shadowy Figure
Mirror Image
What's in Your Tree?
Resisting the Lines
Rainbow Pie Color Wheel
Hungry for Reading
Something From Nothing
Trash Collage
Rotating Table Art
Tree of Life Mandala print
Silly Sentences
Fool Proof Printmaking
Exploring the Jungles of Rousseau
Artist in Residence
Character Education Lessons
Color Mixing Trophy Fish
Pablo Picasso Lessons
Edible Color Wheels
Fish Lesson Plan Ideas
Japanese Art and Culture
Glue Pastel Fish
Paper Pulp Pumpkin
Post-Impressionism/Fauvism Drama
Gabled Roof Drawings
Pastel Number Design
Movement and Rhythm in Modern Art
Character Education and Art
Portrait Diptych
Egyptian Profiles Painting
Crime Scene Tracing Picture
Cut paper Dragons
Matisse Face Masterpiece
Space Shuttles in Space Watercolor
Tie Snakes Sculpture
Name Insects Lettering
Dress-up to the Olde Masters
Melted Crayon Symmetry
Y Tree Drawing
Line and Pattern Study
Styrofoam Plate Printmaking
Word Kaleidoscope
Picture Puzzle
Pitchy Patch Puppet
Crayon Scratch Art
Color Box Sculpture
Painting on Foil
Easy Dioramas
Watercolor Technique Butterflies
Painting Made Easy
Clay Tile Relief Sculpture
Matisse Collage & Painting
Art of the Masters
Using an Old Brush in a New Way
Circles Galore!
Camouflage Collage
Rainy Day in the city
Crayon Self-Portrait
Multi-Color Leaf Prints
Tear Bears Collage
Using Tone in Color
Miniature Portraits
Making Picasso Faces
Claude Monet's Pizza Day
Sandpainting with Cereal
Hot or Cold Aerial Perspective
Sloppy Secondary Colors!
Cool School Tools
Seaweed Art
Neon Crayon Starry Night
Recycling Art
Elements of Art Introduction
Art of the Inca
Paul Klee Goes to Africa
Abstract Art Maps
Value Gradation Drawing
Bearden Jazz Collage
Picasso Faces
Monet's Garden Painting
Origami House & Art Cars
Ceramic Owls
Imaginary Wild Things
"Dem bones" X-ray Drawing
Line and Pattern Paper Relief Sculpture
Recycled Robots
Subtractive Monoprints
Egyptian Mummy Case
Sail Boat Watercolor
Eric Carle Collage
Room With A View
Paper Mache Dinosaurs
Turn Your Computer Into an Easel
Go Fish! Recycled Fish!
When the Giant Came to Town
Storybook Art
2D & 3D Name Design
Bobble Head Dolls
Bubble Wrap Prints
Christo Transformations
Measure Me String Art
Japanese Kimonos
Mondrian Painting
Henri Matisse Multimedia
Monet's Garden Sponge Painting
Animals in Art
Monster in My Closet
Gauguin’s Animals in Art
Mixed Media Plaid Puppy
Scenic Lighthouse Collage
Easy Printmaking in the Classroom
Recycling Art Lesson
Crayon Resist Bugs
Petroglyph People
Self Portraits Lessons
Sketchbook Ideas
Line Manipulatives
Blind Contour Drawing from Life
"My Many Colored Days" Accordion book
Blessings Box
Chagall Oil Pastels Drawing
Watercolor Music Exploration
Ceramic Storytellers
Straight Lines Collage
Plastic Cup Weaving
Stuffed Animal Still Life
Style Myself Matisse!
Tar Beach & Faith Ringgold
Pastels Fruit Still Life
Wire Circus Sculpture
Dress-up to the Olde Masters
Organic O'Keeffe Shapes
Living Paintings
Cave Paintings
Kuna Paper Mola
Draw Like an Egyptian
Halloween Lessons

A Painting from the Twilight Zone

Grades 3-6 (Ages 9-12)

Zoom in on Plants

Monochromatic Abstract Lines

Mothers/ Fathers Day Cards

Walk A Mile In My Shoes

Trash to Treasures

Renew Your Community

Illustrating Idioms

Advertisement Design

Owl Drawings

Abstract Collage Lesson

Piece It Together

Knock on My Door

Beautiful Word Clouds

Mayan Relief

Dotty Wotty House

Neopoprealism Easter Eggs

Faces in the 'Hood

NeoPopRealist Hedgehog

Nazca Plateau Lines

My Perfect Place

Diorama Unit
Silhouette Sculptures
Replay
Monochrome Mania
Mirror Imaging Symmetry
DesignWorks
A Shadowy Figure

Mirror Image
What's in Your Tree?
Resisting the Lines
Rainbow Pie Color Wheel
Hungry for Reading
Masks and Maskmaking
Chinese Dragon Robe
Aztec Fan
Geology and Art
Mayan Jaguar Mask
Leaf Composition
Tar Beach
The Blue Period
Something From Nothing
Rotating Table Art
Tree of Life Mandala print
Silly Sentences
Book Illustration
Monoprints with Markers
Emily Carr Trees
Fool Proof Printmaking
Pinwheel Modern Art Styles
Paper Art Dolls
How to Make a Clay Whistle
Edible Color Wheels
Character Education Lessons
Bottle Doll Sculptures
Color Theory Practice
Pablo Picasso Lessons
Art of Japan
Japanese Origami Doll
Fish Themed Silk Painting
Hands in Art
Chinese Dragon Puppet
Delphi Glass Lesson
Fish Lesson Plan Ideas
Film Canister Kaleidoscope
Hand Camouflage
Japanese Art and Culture
Japanese Scrolls
Pop Art Tunnel Books
Life Cycle Mandalas
Life Sized Renaissance Clothing
Shoes Everywhere!
Integration of Art and Drama
Italian Renaissance Art Drama
Italian Renaissance Art Drama 2
Impressionist Art & Drama
Impressionist Art & Drama 2
Indiana Artists 1880-1905
Digital Portraits
Aboriginal Bark Painting
Mexican Animalitos
Animals in Art
Picture Puzzle
Monotypes using Createx
Character Education and Art
Texture Animals Sculpture
Emotion in Art & Poetry
Portrait Diptych
Name Pattern Design
Tagboard Collagraph Prints
Paper Pulp Painting
Radial Name Design
Color Theory A la Andy Warhol
Emotional Self Portrait Drawing
Upside Down Drawing
Video Game Landscape Design
Illusions of Depth
Tie Snakes Sculpture
City Scapes Pastel
Van Gogh Cypresses
Name Insects Lettering
Warm Colors vs Cool Colors
Styrofoam Plate Printmaking
Word Kaleidoscope
Pretend Student Teaching
Painting on Foil
Easy Dioramas
Using an Old Brush in a New Way
Puzzle Art Design
Rainy Day in the city
Using Tone
Number Art
Tissue Collage Vase
Self-Portrait from Mirrors
Matisse Figure Drawing
Tear Bears Collage
Native American Sand Painting
Miniature Portraits
Picasso's Three Musicians
Learning to Paint the Mona Lisa
Learning to Paint the Mona Lisa 2
Sandpainting with Cereal
Hot or Cold Aerial Perspective
Warm/Cool Color Leaves
Cool School Tools
Seaweed Art
Half Wire Screen Masks
Neon Crayon Starry Night
Critters & Complementary Colours
Tempera Batik
Internet Exchange Lessons
Elements of Art Introduction
Grid Name Drawings
Art of the Inca
Aboriginal Art & Technology
Paul Klee Goes to Africa
Abstract Art Maps
Van Gogh's Sunflower Ceramic Relief
Value Gradation Drawing
Peaceable Kingdom Drawing
Picasso Faces
Foil tooled Masks
Ceramic Leaf Bowl
Monet Tempera Chalk Painting
Reverse Glass Painting
Triptych Portraits
Line and Pattern Paper Relief Sculpture
Back of Head Portrait
Subtractive Monoprints
Egyptian Mummy Case
Miriam Schapiro Action Figures Collage
Silk Screen Printing
Bird Visual Puns
Paper Maché Canopic Jars
Stenciled Pillow
Eric Carle Collage
Room With A View
Paper Mache Dinosaurs
Ceramic Effigy Vessels
Funny Faces Self Portrait
Go Fish! Recycled Fish!
When the Giant Came to Town
Dream Houses Drawing
Paper Mache Lesson Ideas
Mandala Pen and Ink Drawing
Mixed Breed Fantasy Animals
Oaxacan Wood Animalitos
Mancala Game Boards
2D & 3D Name Design
Bobble Head Dolls
Christo Transformations
Rock Art Stencil Printing
Japanese Kimonos
3D Ribbon Letters
African Paper Masks
Number Art
Henri Matisse Multimedia
Monet's Garden Sponge Painting
Animals in Art
Radial Name Design
Checkerboard Op Art
Underwater Sea Turtles Resist
Scenic Lighthouse Collage
Easy Printmaking in the Classroom
Recycling Art Lesson
Corrugated Cardboard Relief Prints
Petroglyph People
Rockin' Chalk
Self Portraits Lessons
Sketchbook Ideas
Blind Contour Drawing from Life
Watercolor Music Exploration
Ceramic Storytellers
Plastic Cup Weaving
Stuffed Animal Still Life
Style Myself Matisse!
Tar Beach & Faith Ringgold
Identity Portraits
Wire Circus Sculpture
Dress-up to the Olde Masters
Lewis & Clark: A Fifth Grade Expedition
Organic O'Keeffe Shapes
Living Paintings
Sentence Painting
Faux Stained Glass Windows
Ancient Greek Lesson
Egyptian Time Warp
Applique Paper Molas
Portfolio Crayon Portraits
Halloween Lessons

Internet Exchange