This process art project really rolls with the hot new trend of painted rocks! They’re turning up everywhere, as marketing, as a way to get a message across, or just as a way to pep up a dull spot in a garden. Students can join in the trendy fun with these amazing painted “pet rocks.”…
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Magazine Leaf Trees
Ask any kindergarten teacher what their most abused supplies are in their classroom, and one of the top three will always be “glue sticks.” The poor glue sticks get smashed, completely extended, caps left off, and covered in fuzz. It’s not the fault of the children – many of them do not get to practice…
Autumn Leaf Puff Prints
With the rain in the forecast and a cold breeze in the air, it’s time to bring a bit of the beautiful fall colors indoors! How about this beautiful Autumn tree? With a few supplies and three easy steps, this amazing process art activity can brighten up even the gloomiest fall day! Supplies Needed for…
Butterfly Sun Catchers
Spring is in the air, the preschoolers are starting to get restless and you need an art project that requires no special supplies or preparation. Enter these creative butterfly sun catchers! Butterfly Sun Catcher supplies are simple: wax paper colorful tissue paper glue sticks The process is simple, too: Cut the wax paper into butterfly…
Wind & Rain Process Art
We love any art project that is process-based, and can be transformed into something fridge-worthy that we can send home. This Rain & Wind Process Art project is the perfect example. The kids made so many observations about the paint as they worked, so it turned out to be a good science experiment and oral…
Dental Health Art
February is Dental Health month, but this dental health art project is perfect for any time of the year when your students need a little extra reminder about brushing their teeth! Sometimes the simplest projects are the best, right? For this one, we printed a tooth outline (print your own at the bottom of the…
Polar Bear Art Project
Preschool art can be tricky, can’t it? There is so much pressure (from Pinterest, from parents, perhaps even from other teachers) to have children make things that are “cute.” You know those projects that get a spot on the front of the refrigerator and maybe even make it into the scrapbook at home? But we’re the…
Sparkly Snow Paint
Last year, our neck of the woods got a ton of snow. Fifteen snow days, to be exact. I lost track of the number of delays. This year there hasn’t been a flake of snow in the sky, so we have to do a lot of winter art to make up for it! Sparkly Snow Paint…
Winter Name Art
Process art is such an important part of our preschool curriculum! When children are painting, cutting, collaging, molding, and drawing their brains are getting smarter and smarter. For many people (parents?!) process art is just not quite cute enough to be fridge-worthy. I get it, really I do. (I’m a mom, too, remember! I don’t need a…
Tape Resist Name Art
Learning our names is the first priority in preschool literacy instruction. We practice recognizing and spelling our names every day in a variety of developmentally appropriate ways. At the beginning of the year, many preschoolers recognize their names simply by the first letter. So, we spend a lot of time talking about “our” letters! These tape…