Happy Valentine's Day

I'm not getting paid to endorse Crayola, but I LOVE Crayola Watercolor pencils! Have you tried them? 

This project is fun and easy for one class period. Just color cool colors on the outside of the heart and warm colors inside, then paint with water and listen to the kids OHH and AHH!!

Black Light Painting and Cupid Tracks

I have set up a black light in the room for a glow painting center! My goal is to have four of these lamps, so I can light the whole room. This lamp only cost $15 and it is two feet long.




It is really fun and of course the kids think it is SO COOL!

Second grade made Cupid Tracks for Valentine’s Day

Valentine’s Day

We have been going a bit crazy with Valentine’s this year. Some years I don’t do anything and others seem to be full of glitter and hearts every day for weeks. This lesson evolved this morning from the other flying hearts lesson and turned out cute!. 



Each student had a partner and traced each other’s hands


Then cut, and glue onto a heart with a tiny heart inside

Some kids colored the wings and added glitter.

At the end of class I took a few artoworks into the kiln room with the vent on and sprayed a heart doily with silver for a nice accent! It looked so cool!

One day project “Happy Hearts”

Kids LOVE making wings! Any time I add wings to an art project, the kids gasp in delight! I thought I would teach them a simple way to make some wings.
I think they represent freedom, creativity,
magical childhood wonder, life, and love!!

Inspire!




These are the steps for the little ones. They can trace their fingers if they want. Even when we do this together, they all turn out uniquely different!! We made three rows of feathers.









some groups made little hearts for necklaces

Heart Works

I usually never do a lesson two years in a row. I just love this lesson though. I never get tired of it because the kids love it and their artwork is just so expressive. We did it again this year with third fourth and fifth, and I could just wallpaper my whole house with all the different and beautiful heartworks. I love them so much!

Third grade did it a bit differently. I showed them videos about zentangles and they made that as their background. They could only color the heart and we learned about the art principal of Emphasis. I tell the kids to break up the space with 5-10 lines from heart to edge of paper. Then fill each section with designs.