Month: September 2023

October- Welcome Fall!

Kindergarten- Spookley the Square Pumpkins by thesuburbanmom.com

  1. Cut large squares out of the black construction paper.
  2. Cut squares out of orange construction paper or cardstock.
  3. Use green for a leaf and brown paper for a stem.
  4. Assemble the pumpkin with glue.
  5. Add googly eyes.

1st Grade- Kandinsky Apples by artycraftykids.com

Materials:

  • apple template
  • white cardstock
  • black and white crayons
  • watercolor paints or oil pastels

Steps:

Step 1: Using a black crayon (or a color of your Arty Crafty Kids choosing) trace each apple.

Step 2: Fill each apple with a fun pattern. The patterns may take the form of squiggles, zig-zag or wobbly lines or shapes. The white crayon is especially fun in this instance as the patterns will not reveal themselves until watercolor paint is added.

Step 3: Apply the watercolor paints.

If your Arty Crafty Kids are using watercolors, there are a couple of ways to apply the paints.

Step 4: Fill the apples with color!

Following the outline in a circular motion, try to fill each apple with three colors. They can be similar or contrasting colors.

With each addition, encourage the Arty Crafty Kids to observe how the colors blend. Do they create any new colors?

Step 5: Complete the square with a color that contrasts with the first color of the apple.

2nd Grade- Fall Leaf Prints by thecraftyclassroom.com

Materials:

  • Large Leaf (oak, maple)
  • Small Leaf
  • Variety of Paints
  • Large Paint Brush
  • Black Marker
  • White Cardstock Paper
  • Paper cup filled with water
  • Paper towel

Steps:

  1. Lay a large leaf flat on top of white cardstock paper.
  2. Dip paint brush into purple paint and paint bottom area near stem as shown below.

3. Dip paint brush in water, wipe clean with paper towel, and begin painting with a blue splash.

4. Dip paint brush in water, wipe clean with paper towel, and begin painting with a red splash on the left as shown below.

5. Time for the orange color. Dip paint brush in water, wipe clean with paper towel, and begin painting with an orange color.

6. Gently flip and flatten leaf over to use as a stamp.

7. Using another white cardstock sheet, push gently on leaf to ensure paint is transferred onto paper.

8. Slowly pull leaf off paper and admire the amazing transformation of colors.

9. Wait for leaf imprint to dry.

3rd Grade- Pumpkin Chalk Pastel Art by projectsforkids.com

Materials:

  • black construction paper
  • chalk pastels
  • pencil

Steps:

  1. Draw pumpkin and moon in pencil (as shown below).
  2. Start coloring in your pumpkin with orange chalk pastel. Kids can use the flat edge of the pastel or hold it like a pencil and color it in. It’s not necessary to fill in all the black, leaving some of the page showing through is fine.   
  3. Take a lighter shade of orange and holding your pastel like a pencil, draw in some lighter detail at the top of your pumpkin.
  4. Do the same at the bottom with a darker shade of orange.
  5. Finally, using yellow chalk pastel, draw in some yellow highlights at the top of your pumpkin and lines to show the grooves of the pumpkin.
  6. To finish off the pumpkin, color in the stem with 2 shades of green.
  7. Start by coloring in the moon with white and grey colors, and blend them together. Add some yellow to the moon and blend.
  8.  To finish off the full moon, use white and yellow chalk pastels to create a glowing effect around the outside edge. Carefully blend these two colors together.
  9. Hold a green pastel like a pencil and draw in the curly vines. Draw a line right next to it with a lighter shade of green to add in some highlights.

4th Grade- Picasso Frankenstein by artprojectsforkids.com

Materials Needed:

  • White Cardstock
  • Pencils and erasers
  • Oil pastels, crayons, or markers

5th Grade- Scarecrow Silhouettes by thepintrestedparent.com

Materials:

  • white cardstock
  • watercolor paints
  • black tempera paint
  • plastic fork or toothbrush

Steps:

First, paint your background using watercolors. Paint the bottom half on your paper in a ground color. Use blacks, browns, dark greens, or yellows. Paint the top in the colors of your choice to create an eerie night sky. 

The paint should dry quickly if students use a light coat.

Use a toothbrush or even a fork dipped in black acrylic paint to brush long strokes on your paper to give the impression of a wheat field. Brush on at an angle and keep dipping and brushing until you have filled up your field with wheat.

Next, paint in your scarecrow. We made simple scarecrows, which are just a series of shapes.