Art Lesson Plans

PreSchool

Bookmarks
Children will make bookmarks for their parents. The bookmarks will have a picture of each child. You will laminate them when the children finish them.
Decorating Christmas Trees
Students will decorate a Christmas tree using crayons, small cotton balls, and other ornaments that they can glue to their trees.
Picture Word Book
For this lesson, students will have pictures of animals, toys, or other topics. Then, they will make a Picture Word Book.
Scrapbooks
Students will gather their pictures they have made and put them together in a scrapbook for their parents.
Turkey Color Page
Student will have a white pieces of paper with a turkey on it. Have the students color the turkey according to the directions you give them. You also need a sample page for them to see.

Kindergarten

Color Book
Students will find different pictures that show different colors. For example, they will look for pictures that show red and glue them to the page that has the word red at the top. Each page will have a different color. Then, they will make a book.
Dyed Flower Garden
In this lesson, you will teach students to create a dyed flower garden, discuss how plants grow and read Eric Carle's "Tiny Seed."
Falling Leaves
In this lesson, students will paint over leaves to create a painting of falling leaves.
Farm Pictures
Students will paint a farm and glue pictures of farm animals on their pictures. Students will need to let the paint dry first before they can glue on the pictures of farm animals.
Finger Painted Christmas Trees
Students will have green finger paint to make Christmas trees. They will also use red finger paint and make decorations on the tree and presents below the tree.
Forest Animals
Students will draw a forest on their white paper and glue pictures of animals that roam in the forest.
Hand Painted Turkeys
Students will have brown finger paint so they can place their right hand in the paint and place it on finger paint paper. Then, they will place their left hand in the paint and on the paper. They will make turkeys, green grass, and a blue sky.
I Am Special
In this lesson, students will be taught that they each have qualities that make them special in their own way.
Learning About Leaves
In this lesson, you will take the students on a trip outside to collect different kinds of leaves. Then, you will return to the classroom and do their art project.
Making Christmas Cards
In this lesson, students will learn to make Christmas cards for their parents. This lesson plan can also be for elementary students Grades 1 to 5.
Making Santas
Students will make Santas for this lesson. This lesson can be done in December for Christmas.
Making Turkeys
This lesson plan can be used in November for Thanksgiving. Students will make turkeys.
Making Valentine's Day Cards
Students will make Valentine's Day cards.
Ocean Pictures
Students will make pictures of the ocean and then glue pictures of different types of animals found in the ocean.
Play Dough Farm Animals
Students will make farm animals out of play dough.
Turkey Feathers - Counting
Students will have turkey patterns and feathers. They will place the correct number of feathers on the turkey that is written below each turkey. Then, they can color the turkeys. This lesson can be done during math or art.

Elementary School

Being Thankful
This lesson plan can be used the week of Thanksgiving. Students will draw a large circle and then smaller circles and lines pointing to the large circle. Inside the large circle, they will write the word Thankful. Inside the smaller circles, they will write different things they are thankful for.
Christmas Felt Scene
In this lesson, students will make a Christmas Scene out of felt. They will cut out patterns and glue the patterns on white construction paper.
Christmas Scene and Paragraph
In this lesson, students will draw a Christmas Scene and then write a paragraph about the scene.
Christmas Trees
Students will have a Christmas Tree pattern on white construction paper, and then they will draw Christmas balls on the trees and write mother, father, brother's name, sister's name, and pets. This is for their immediate family. They can also draw on other decorations and presents below the tree.
Making a Word Book
This lesson plan can combine art and writing. The students will create a cover for their word book. The word book will consist of new words that they come across in their reading or what they hear from people.
Making Pencil Containers
Students will make pencil containers
Safety Safari Poster
Teacher will create a safety hazard list and discuss personal safety with students.
Thanksgiving Mural
This lesson plan should be for fourth and fifth grade students. Students will draw a mural of the history of Thanksgiving. They will start with the first Thanksgiving and work up to the present day. Use the main facts of various years.

Middle School

Illustrating and Writing a Short Story
This lesson is about drawing pictures of scenes and then writing about the scene.
Making a Journal
In this lesson, students will make a journal. Then, they can start writing in their journal on any topic they choose.
Writing a Television Advertisement
In this lesson, you will have students write and illustrate an advertisement for their favorite television show.

High School

Photo Album
In this lesson, students will take pictures of different scenes, their family, family activities, or any other pictures that would appeal to readers. After that, they will write something about each picture such as a caption that would describe the picture. This lesson will take more than one class period.