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Cereal Box Shoes
I love using cereal boxes for all kinds of things. They are the perfect thickness of cardboard for many projects. I keep them in a box and use them for templates and projects all the time…but usually I...
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Bottle Top Flag
A few years ago, our state celebrated its centennial. For our annual art show the theme was going to be centered around this celebration. Therefore, I designed a bunch of lessons based on the state of...
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Recycled Crayons
In elementary school, kids use a lot of crayons in art class! I finally got smart about what to do with all the old beat up crayons that kids don’t want to use anymore. I started using them to make...
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Earth Day Art Projects – Roundup
I have many fun and easy art projects you can do in your classroom for Earth Day. I’ve rounded them all up in this one post so you can see them easily. Many involve using reused materials and are great...
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Earth Day Agamograph
Earth Day Agamograph preview: You can view how this project transitions from one image to another in 13 seconds by clicking on the video below. Check out this resource online HERE (or by clicking on...
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Featured Teacher-Erin J.
Please welcome Erin Johnson as my Featured Teacher this month and check out the THREE GIVEAWAYS happening at the bottom of this post. When you read her guest blog post below you will know exactly why...
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Mother’s Day Cards
This year I had entirely too much fun coloring my Pop Art Mother’s Day cards after designing them. I sort of re “discovered” my Prismacolor markers I had been hording saving–oooh la la those markers...
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Free Volunteers Poster
This time of year is a busy, busy time. One of the things that schools often do in mid-to-late May is throw some kind of volunteer celebration for all those people throughout the year that have given...
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Cinco de Mayo
Cinco de Mayo is a great time of the year for some of my fun, easy art integration lessons. See my Cinco de Mayo coloring sheets “in action” with this fun time-lapse video I made. You will see the...
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Patriotic Agamograph
What in the world is an Agamograph you may be wondering?? Well, wonder no more. I’ve produced a time-lapse video to show you (prepare to be wowed)! It’s really cool! You can find this resource HERE or...
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What Works Teacher Appreciation Linky and Giveaway
Integrating art doesn’t have to be hard…in fact, my goal is to make it easy for you! I spend almost every waking moment thinking about, or creating, products that aim at making art integration easy...
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Ellison die cutting machine: ideas and a Giveaway
Wow–here it is the end of the school year, teachers and kids are EXHAUSTED and I am lucky enough to be able to host this HUGE giveaway to a very lucky, hardworking teacher–all thanks to Ellison who...
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Memorial Day
This Memorial Day make art with your students that teaches them the meaning of working together to create something special. Use my FREE American Flag collaborative poster to have each student color...
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Featured Teacher: Gina from Beach Sand & Lesson Plans!
I am Gina from Beach Sand & Lesson Plans and I am SO very honored to be a guest blogger today for Jenny K.! My students have loved creating with her pop art for the past 2 years and Jenny has...
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You cannot govern the creative impulse, all you can do is eliminate obstacles and smooth the way for it. -Kimon Nicoliades Providing this opportunity for children, “smoothing the way,” is what art...
View ArticleClassroom Organization: Dull & Sharp Pencils
Classroom organization is essential for teachers, art teachers and all other specialists teachers. I finally found the right system for my colored pencils (and regular pencils) to cure the craziness...
View ArticleSTEM Activities for kids: Imaginary playgrounds
STEM Activities for kids: Imaginary Playgrounds using scrap paper! “The creative adult is the child who survived.” I love this quote and it is the inspiration for this post on creative play and...
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“I am ____ years old” Art Integration Lesson for PreK-1st GradeJasper Johns & Robert Indiana Many artists have used the common shapes of numbers to create art. Artists like Jasper Johns and Robert...
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I’m so excited to welcome my guest blogger, Hord Arsalan from Hord’s Studio. I first saw the neat things she had to offer on Instagram and invited her to share some of her creative ideas with us. Hord...
View Article6 Ways to get Students Engaged with Sketchnotes
I’ve been hearing a lot about “sketch notes” recently. I invited Stacey from Expressive Monkey to share with us all about sketchnotes because she has a super awesome sketchnotes resource! I think...
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