Category Archives: Grade 1/2 Art Projects

These are the projects that we teach the grade one and two students.

We’ve Got Tide Pools!

Posted on May 5, 2012 by Art Education

Phase One Tide Pools:  Grade 1/2 Starfish The idea started with paper mache starfish, and it IS going to go on from there.  I had the grade 1/2’s get busy with  aluminum foil and coloured tissue paper (thank you, everyone … Continue reading →

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Start with a Dot

Posted on March 10, 2012 by Art Education

Grade 1/2: This was a little free project at the tail end of a class.  We were finishing up another, and I had my daughter with me that day, sooo … I had Leah take the kids who were finished … Continue reading →

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Crazy Textured Socks

Posted on March 1, 2012 by Art Education

Grade 1 & 2 Sock Symmetry – or Not. Here is a project we did early in the year, and it was a fun kick-off (is there a pun?) to the year of Art Room antics.  I had in my … Continue reading →

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Grade 1/2 Paper Dinosaurs

Posted on March 1, 2012 by Art Education

It all started with a rock or two.  Or I should say a blog (but I can’t remember which one – sorry!), and then the rocks.  I dragged in a bucket of rocks that I have collected in my travels … Continue reading →

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Grade 1/2 Monster Hands

Posted on February 2, 2012 by Art Education

Tracing a Hand Can Make a Monster The grade 1/2’s are a big class, full of enthusiasm and energy. The idea that they could draw their own creatures/monsters using the outline of their hand as a starting point caused more … Continue reading →

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