Kinder Art
Kinder Art: Construct an Artquarium (Lesson Plan)
This lesson plan gives students a chance to create their own underwater animal out of paper-mache, and their imagination. Provides a colorful photo example, assessment criteria, and a suggested book to use for inspiration.
Other
Dick Blick Art Materials Castles Lesson Plan
This illustrated lesson plan could easily fit into social studies or art unit on European castles. Students create a pop-up castle with construction paper and other art materials.
ArtsNow
Arts Now Learning: Monumental Construction [Pdf]
In this lesson, students work in teams to create large paper sculptures using newspaper rolled up into tubes.
ArtsNow
Arts Now Learning: Monumental Construction [Pdf]
In this lesson, students work in teams to create large paper sculptures using newspaper rolled up into tubes.
Smithsonian Institution
National Museum of American History: Artificial Anatomy: Papier Mache Models
Online exhibition examines an interesting sidelight in the history of medicine: the use of papier-mache anatomical models. Learn about the history of medical dissection, why the models were made, and their construction and conservation....
Other
Milwaukee Art Museum: Design a Better Bag
Students explore the creative process and understand the invention/innovation process through examining how paper bags are constructed. Teams of students work cooperatively to design, innovate, and then build their own paper bag models...
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: Take Off With Paper Airplanes
This lesson introduces students to the art of designing an airplane through paper airplane constructions. The goal is that students will learn important aircraft design considerations and how engineers must iterate their designs to...
Other
The New Children's Museum: Face It
Create a self-portrait using a variety of art techniques and styles by cutting construction paper into facial contour lines.
Marilyn J. Brackney
Imagination Factory: What Did You Do on Your Summer Vacation?
Here is an art idea for young learners returning to school after summer break. Website provides ideas for making unique collages conveying any theme.
Broward Education Foundation
Broward Education Foundation: I Belong, You Belong, We Belong [Pdf]
The students begin with sharing their attributes. The students then work on their family diary, which is a home/school connection. Students will then learn about their city and state. Students will draw a map of their community first and...
Other
Wvu: Alcohol and Advertising (Lesson Plan)
A lesson plan through which young scholars discover, examine, and discuss how alcohol is advertised in magazines. A simple lesson to put together, "Alcohol and Advertising," only requires magazines, art supplies (construction paper,...
California State University
Animals in the Landscape Mural
A simple introductory lesson for kindergarteners on constructing murals. They will fine tune their motor skills as they draw and cut animals from paper to create a class farm.
Texas Instruments
Texas Instruments: Weaving a Story
In this activity, students construct a paper weaving using a chart model. They will also learn skip counting with the TI-10 and recognize number patterns in art.