Yayoi Kusama kindergarten mushrooms art lesson

 Yayoi Kusama kindergarten mushrooms art lesson

I'm still teaching on a cart and still racking my brain to come up with ideas that aren't messy and don't require a sink! 

This is one I came up with while I was reviewing the beautiful art of Yayoi Kusama. My kindergarteners absolutely loved her polka dot inspired art! You can watch my demonstration video below.

Students used paint daubers to press dots all over their choice of 12" x 9" colored construction paper.

They dry really fast! 

I did a step by step tutorial on how to draw the mushroom by having the students fold a 9" x 12" multi media paper into fours to create a nice grid. 

 They did such a great job with their drawings! 

Students used neon oil pastels to color their mushrooms and outlined them with a black oil pastel. 

The last step was to cut them out and glue to the middle of their dotted paper. 

I'm so proud of the hard work they put into these! 

 

The Great Wave 1st grade art lesson

 The Great Wave 1st grade art lesson 

This idea came from the blog The Lost Sock. She did it with her fourth grade class so I needed to change it to fit the needs of my first graders. I'm teaching on a cart because of COVID so I'm scanning the internet daily for messy free art projects! You can watch my demonstration video below.

Art with Mati and Dada has a seven minute video on YouTube on Hokusai that is age appropriate. It's a great introduction to his "The Great Wave". I think it is so important to introduce students to famous paintings so when they are out and about in the community they recognized these iconic art pieces. Currently, Target has this print in their poster section! 

I provided students with 12" x 9" pieces of drawing paper and did a step by step tutorial on how to draw the wave. Students could add clouds or a sun to the sky. 

They traced their art with a black marker and used crayons to color. They were so proud of their work! 

Laurel Burch cats kindergarten art lesson

 Laurel Burch cats kindergarten art lesson 

Well, I'm still teaching on a cart because of COVID! Many of my classrooms do not have sinks so I'm stressing to come up with messy free art projects. 

I found this idea from Art Projects for Kids. I changed it a bit to fit the needs of my classroom. 

You can watch my demonstration video below.

 Growing up as a child Laurel Burch found great comfort in her pet cats. She suffered from a rare bone disease which she died from when she was 61. For this lesson we focused on her cat paintings. 

We used black construction paper and folded it into fours to create a grid. I directed the children on how to draw the cat in each block with a white pastel. They did so well with this!  

Students were encouraged to either use warm or cool colored neon oil pastels to color their cats. They did an amazing job! 

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Dr. Seuss "The Lorax" kindergarten 1st grade art lesson

 Dr. Seuss "The Lorax" elementary art lesson 

                                                        Here is my demonstration video.

I did this lesson for both kindergarten and 1st grade. I was so amazed at how everyone did such a great job! The top photo is kindergarten. 

I found on YouTube "Brightly Storytime" reading "The Lorax". It is around 18 minutes long. We watched the video and did a short discussion about the story. 

 I demonstrated how to draw short and long "Truffula" trees. Each student could pick a yellow or purple 12" x 18" piece of construction paper to draw their trees on.  They are pretty easy for kids to draw. I love using construction paper crayons on construction paper but because of COVID I had the kids use their own crayons. 

This took one, fifty minute class period. 

For the next class period I did a directed drawing lesson on how to draw the Lorax. I provided each student with a 6" x 4 1/2" piece of orange construction paper. I think it is easier if you have the kids draw a big long "M" for the mustache and then teach them to draw the top of the head and the bottom of the body like a bean shape. They traced the bodies and details with a black marker and then colored the mustache and eyebrows yellow. 

The last step was to cut out the Lorax and glue him to their forest! Some of my students needed help cutting out their Lorax but most of them could do it. 

They are so cute! 

Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus kindergarten self directed drawing lesson

 Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus kindergarten self directed drawing lesson 

I'm still teaching on a cart because of COVID and still picking my brain to come up with messy free art projects for the kids to do in their classrooms! This is another one I came up with that is messy free! 

I have my kiddos for 50 minutes so I have found doing directed drawing lessons really helps the time fly by. The children really enjoy learning how to draw various things from simple shapes. I think it really helps them understand how to draw other things on their own. 

You can watch my demonstration video below.

We read the story Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus by Mo Willems. I actually used You Tube and played The Reading Pioneers Academy's video. The video is around four minutes long. I provided 6" x 9" pieces of blue and yellow construction paper and taught the kiddos how to draw a school bus and the pigeon. They were so thrilled that they could do this! I did not have the kids draw the legs for the pigeon since they would be cutting them out. 

After cutting them out they glued them on to a blue piece of 12" x 18" construction paper. They drew legs on their pigeon and then added a speech bubble. They were then to complete the sentence "Don't let the pigeon.....". At this level just remind the kids to write the letter sounds they hear. Remember they are just learning their letter sounds so the words do not have to be spelled correctly. 

They were so proud of their work!