Mythical creature art for kids

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Step 1: Read this book! Step 2: cut organic and geometric shapes Step 3: add some fun doo-dads and get really imaginative Now that's what I call a pair of boots!

The kids wanted to make a dragon after our study of mythical creatures. We brainstormed together what we would need: and got to work! First we made dragon eggs for our dragon to hatch! Then we got to work on our dragon! They voted on the colors. They were worried their eggs and project might get touched or broken so we brainstormed what kind of signs would help with that! This shows kids a natural purpose for writing! They wrote the signs without thinking of it as “work” or an assignment…

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This cute and quizzical elephant was created (by Grace) by collaging hand painted papers especially made by our second graders. We began this lesson by learning about favorite artist/author Eric Ca…

This art lesson is for children 8 and over and is inspired by the Flip-o-Saurus books by illustrator Sara Ball. Children can theme their flip book around underwater creatures, dinosaurs, mythical creatures. The artistic idea is based on exquisite corpse / surrealism.

Markers, paper, glue, and scissors are all you need for this Dragon Egg Art Project. Perfect for all ages, virtual, and non-shared supplies.

Let me say up-front: I did not invent this project! Renee Lentz posted pics of her student work in the Facebook Art Teacher group, and I asked if I could "steal" the idea (she said yes!) for my DragonWing Art students. Our theme this fall is masks and crazy faces, but I thought eyeballs could be a good intro. Thank you Renee - I only changed the project a little... Renee's students had painted on canvases that were primed black. Instead, I chose to let my three students use some scraps of…