Discover art projects that celebrate holidays from different cultures around the globe.
Title/Description: Halloween Silhouette Level: Elementary school Duration: One 45-minute class period Historical Overview: Halloween symbols – pumpkins, ghosts, blackbirds, monsters Goals and Objectives: Students will be able to demonstrate how to draw, cut, and glue Vocabulary: Overlapping, silhouette, contrast Materials: Scissors, chalk/pastel, glue, construction paper (black, orange, white, purple), markers …
Title/Description: St. Patrick’s Day Stationary Level: Elementary School Duration: Two 45-minute class periods Historical Overview: St. Patrick’s Day Goals and Objectives: To introduce goal setting using art Vocabulary: Leprechaun, shamrock Materials: Construction paper, white glue, glitter, colored pencils, crayons Procedures: Day 1 Anticipatory Set: Show posters and books of images …
Do you know who this president is? It’s Abraham Lincoln! Follow the directions in the handout below so that you can have your own Abraham Lincoln! Click here to download the PDF Click here for a full list of handouts
Objective: To have the class cooperate and work together to build a dragon structure in honor of Chinese New Year Background Information: Chinese New Year centers around the mythology that the beast Nian would come to villages to eat livestock, crops, and villagers. Nian was discovered to be afraid of …
Lesson To have students show the bringing together of loved ones accomplished by bridging the gap between them Recommended Ages Elementary Background Information The Qixi bridge is a Chinese story about the cowherd and the weaver girl in Chinese mythology. Their love was forbidden, so they were banished to opposite …
ASI makes art bunny masks with preschoolers so students can incorporate movement into their art program. We practice following the leader and hopping around the gym in preparation for Spring! Click here for Free ASI Bunny Masks template 8 Tips to Increase Student Learning through Movement Recent research suggests that learning …
Finding our creative place and pot of gold today making art! Click to download the handouts below to help us celebrate! Click here to download the PDF Click here to download the PDF Click here to download the PDF Click here for a full list of handouts
ASI Preschool students use Free Presidents’ day Art project Template to make a portrait of the president. They cut the paper out on the bold line and then draw the face and color with crayons. They color the back of the beard and cut sections of beard on dotted line. They curl …
