Kindergarten pop up cities

 Kindergarten Pop UP Cities

Here is a great lesson to teach virtually. It's also a messy free project for those of you who are teaching on a cart. I got the idea from Mrs. Knight's Smartest Artists. You can see her original post here Pop up architecture. I just changed it a bit to fit my needs. 

This is my demonstration video. 

Students folded their choice of colored cardstock in half and cut two slits on the fold. 

I instructed the students to make sure the folded part of their paper was facing their bodies and then they could cut on the fold. I walked around the room and checked each one before they could cut. Remember they are kindergarteners! 

They were then instructed to draw buildings above the fold and a road on the bottom fold. 

I provided squares of white cardstock for students to draw a building. They then glued them to their slit. 

These are so cute and the kids were really excited about them! 

 

1st grade pop up flower cards

 1st Grade Pop Up Flower Cards

Here is another great idea you can teach virtually or if you are teaching on a cart and you need a messy free art project. I found this idea here Red Ted Art cardmaking. I just changed it a bit to fit the needs of my classroom. You can see my demonstration video below. 

         Students folded a piece of card stock in half and cut  slits on the fold. Watch them on this part!!

                                                   

 I provided white cardstock for students to draw various flowers, birds and bees. They could use crayons or markers. 

Students loved the results and many are giving them to their moms for Mother's Day. 

Kindergarten Doodle flowers

 Kindergarten Doodle Flowers 

I borrowed this lesson from Kitchen table classroom. I just changed it some to fit the needs of my classroom. You can watch my demonstration video below.

I instructed students to draw big circles all over their 12" x 18" piece of drawing paper first. They drew various lines around the circles to create unique looking flowers. 

 Students then added big thick stems and leaves to the bottom of their flowers. 

My kindergarteners then used crayons to color the flowers and lastly outlined all the details with a black crayon. 

I love these! I think these would make a great Mother's Day gift! 

kindergarten self portraits

kindergarten self portraits 

Here is another idea I borrowed from Pinterest. You can find the original post here Art with Jenny K. She actually taught it to first graders but I thought my kindergarteners could do it at the end of the year. I changed it a bit to fit the needs of my classroom. You can watch my demonstration video below.

I showed the students lots of examples of self portraits by Van Gogh, Frida Kahlo and Rembrandt. I love to show the self portraits of Rembrandt since he would dress up in costumes and paint himself! 

Students folded an 18" x 6" piece of drawing paper into fours. 

I instructed the students on how to draw the body into each of the four sections. 

They added details and a background. The last step was to trace everything with a black crayon. 

Don't you love these?! 

Keith Haring 1st grade art lesson

 Keith Haring 1st grade art lesson 

Hello! I'm still teaching on a cart because of COVID! 

As you might know many of the classes at my school do not have sinks so I'm trying to come up with messy free art projects for the kids. Believe me it has been a challenge! 

This is one I came up with that is all about Keith Haring. 

I have this board book in my art library titled "Pop Art Baby". It is perfect for my emergent readers (it only has a few words) and it is a board book so it wipes clean!

There are many books available on Andy Warhol as well as kid friendly videos on You Tube. 

You can watch my demonstration video below. 

We modeled our art project after his "Dancing Figures". Students glued a piece of 6" x 18"  purple paper to a 12" x 18" piece of yellow construction paper. They added lines or dots to show rhythm at the bottom with a black marker. 

We drew stick figures onto  4" x 4" pieces of construction paper and then drew bubbles around them. Remind the kids to draw  fat bubbles! 

Students used red, green and orange paper for the figures. 

The last part was to cut them out, glue them down and add lines to show the movement! Remind students to put glue on the pencil side. 

They really enjoyed this lesson!