Category Archives: Earth Day
10 Things to Recycle into Great Picture Frames- art project
From www.housekeeping.org Doing your part to help the environment and keep discarded items out of landfills doesn’t have to be simply your civic duty; it can also be a fun and creative way to add interesting decorative touches to your … Continue reading
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Butterfly Symmetry- Spring art project and lesson on symmetry
Submitted by Bill G. 1.Have students trace a butterfly pattern or draw a butterfly on their own. To make both sides exactly the same, fold a large sheet of construction paper in half and draw half of the butterfly along … Continue reading
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Tagged butterflies, butterfly, butterfly art project, Butterfly Symmetry, spring art project, symmetry
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Lending a Hand to Earth- bulletin board and writing lesson for Earth Day
Submitted by Tiffany H “Lending a Hand to Earth” Writing- Have students tell what they can do to help Earth. This can be adapted to your students’ age and ability. This is also a great activity for foreign language and … Continue reading
Bouquet of Spring Flowers- Spring art project/ Mother’s Day art project
Submitted by Kate M. I used 2 different shades of green for the stems. The flowers are completely made with tissue paper squares. The kids traced and cut out their hands. They then colored the hand. Click here … Continue reading
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Tagged bouquet of spring flowers, flowers, mother's day, mothers day, mothers day art, spring art, spring bouquet, tissue paper flowers
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Coffee Filter Stained Glass Earth- art project for Earth Day
We found this great project on icanteachmychild.com Here’s what you’ll need: coffee filters, green & blue markers, contact paper or a laminator, a spray bottle with water, black construction paper, scissors, and clear tape to secure it to your window. … Continue reading
Empty Shells Earth- art project for Earth Day
From puttiprapancha.com 1. Cut out a circle for the Earth. 2. Paint the earth with blue paint and let dry. 3. Glue empty nut shells (pistachio nuts are used in the picture, but you may want to try a less … Continue reading
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April Showers Bring May Flowers- Spring/Easter art project and bulletin board; hand print flower
Submitted by John T. Use washable paint on the child’s hand to create the hand print flower.Then have child paint stem and leaves. This can be drawn in pencil ahead of time for child to fill in if necessary. Don’t … Continue reading
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Tagged april shower, april showers, earth day bulletin board, easter, easter art, graph, hand print flower, handprint flower, may flowers, spring, spring bulletin board
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Earth Day- crayon resist art lesson
Submitted by Gina B. First, the students trace a land pattern on their earth. Using something heavy like tag board is recommended. The students then should color the land with crayon. Encourage them to press hard when coloring for the … Continue reading
Mosaic Flower- Spring art project
Submitted by Krista H. Using pre-cut mosaic tiles or cut your own from paper or magazines, have students create a picture. Click here to like teachertime123 on facebook!
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Spring Flowers- Spring art project using torn tissue paper
Submitted by Krista H. This is a “no scissors” project. Have students tear tissue paper to make lovely spring flowers. They will glue tissue paper to a sheet of colored construction paper. Click here to like teachertime123 on facebook!
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Tagged spring art, spring art project, spring flower, spring flowers, spring tissue flowers, tissue paper flowers
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Handprint crabs- story and art project for preschool and early elementary
Art Lesson Plans Early Childhood Lesson Plans After reading the story “Clumsy Crab” by Ruth Galloway, make hand-print crabs. Use watercolor paints for your background paper. Then you need red paint and wiggly eyes to make the crab. I found … Continue reading
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Playdoh Planet Earth- science/art lesson
From meetthedubiens.blogspot.com What you’ll need: play doh – blue, green, black, yellow, orange, red What the earth layers are: RED – inner core ORANGE – outer core YELLOW – mantle BLACK – crust BLUE AND GREEN – land and water … Continue reading
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Tagged art, core, earth, layers of earth, play do, play dough, play dough earth, playdoh, playdough, playdough earth, science
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Sandpaper Starfish- art/craft for preschool or elementary grades
From meetthedubiens.blogspot.com What you’ll need: sandpaper regular paper scissors glue glitter googly eyes Directions: 1. cut some starfish shapes out of your sandpaper 2. glue your starfish on some regular paper – we used pretty scrapbook paper that Kirsten thought … Continue reading
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Tagged art, craft, sandpaper, sandpaper starfish, star fish, starfish, underwater
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Clay Fossil Fish- art, create clay sculptures
From mrsbrownart.com Students talked about fossils and learned new vocabulary words including “Paleontologist”. They created their own fossil fish using seashells and clay. After the clay was dried and fired they painted them using tempera cake paints. Grade: 1st grade … Continue reading
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Tagged art, clay, clay fossil, clay fossil fish, fossil, fossil fish, kiln, paleontologist, scratching, sculpture, stamping
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