Arts and crafts for third grade

Engage kids in art projects in a variety of media, with many based on famous artists or art movements.

Create stunning tin foil art with your kids using a simple technique with aluminum tinfoil to make beautiful designs from flowers to animals.

This super cute Paper Plate Dreamcatcher Project is a great craft for 8-12 year olds because they can get really creative and add their own spin on it!

How to Make Scratch Art- Paper plate and oil pastel craft for kids to make! Fun at home art activity to do. Fun painting fun. DIY project/ art project scratch art.

Third grade used warm and cool colors and pattern to create these tempera paintings. The students viewed artwork by native people and how their hand print was not only a record of who they were or where they had traveled, but also a way to sign their art. The students each used their hand prints to sign their paintings. Notice how the warm colors (red, orange, and yellow) advance and the cool colors (blue, green, and violet) recede? This color effect creates an optical illusion. The boys and…

String paint art is SO PRETTY and it's really simple to create! This is such a fun and easy art technique and a great art project for people of all skill levels. You can make pull string art with any kind of acrylic paint and either string or yarn. Pull String Art With Acrylic Paint String paint art using acrylic paint is a great art project for kids, tweens, teens, adults and seniors! I love how bright and bold the acrylic paint looks on the black paper. This is such a pretty art technique…

One Point Perspective Trees | Art Lesson for Kids | Beverly Gurganus Fine Art Perspective, whether an idea or physical object, is the way we view something. It helps us to understand that idea or the subject in relation to its context or environment. Can you create art without using the right perspective? Yes, you can, but an art professor once told me that you need to learn the rules before you can break them; therefore, I always begin a drawing unit with perspective.

Paper chain snake craft for kids based on 2 real species of python found in Australia's Daintree Rainforest. Printable template available.

Create your own masterpiece with tape resist art! It's such a fun and easy process to make a tape resist painting. Simply create a design with painter's tape, add paint into the open spaces, and then remove the tape after the painting is dry. Tape resist art is all about colour, creativity, and celebrating negative space. It's SO EASY to make a beautiful piece of resist art, with no special painting skills required. It's a great project to make in the classroom, or at home on a rainy day…