In the Art Room: Favorite Fall Art Lessons!

Hey, y'all! It's finally fall-ish feeling around here and I thought it would be the perfect time to share with you some of my very favorite fall art lessons! If you follow the links, most of these lessons include videos for you to use in your art makin' world. To kick it off, here is a fave fall lesson of mine: First Grade Woven Owls! I love this weaving lesson so stickin' much! You can find all...

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In the Art Room: Gallery of Gratitude Portraits!

After the holidays, with Valentine's Day on our minds, I like to have the kids spread a little love and cheer. I've got lots of lovey-dovey based projects in the works which I'll be sure to share. One project that really spread a whole lotta warm fuzzies was one we did a couple years ago called the Gallery of Gratitude.  You can read all about it here. This project meant so much to the...

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DIY: The Turkey Apron with Special Guests: Kindergarten Turkeys

 Do you know what it feels like to have children point and laugh at you?  Chase you down in the hallways, look you from head to toe and run away, giggling?  Call you names? Like "big turkey lady" and (for the not-quite-gettin'-it set) "chicken girl"? If you do, then you probably fall into the "crazy art teacher" category.  If you don't, well then, you're missin' out....

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