January elementary art projects

Capture the beauty of the season with these 20 Winter Art Ideas for Kids that are truly frame-worthy! From penguins to landscapes - everything is art!

An amazing collection of winter art for kids! Winter projects that include painting ideas, mixed media art, watercolor painting, chalk pastel art, and more all with a winter twist.

Meet one of your new favorite art lessons for kids! Students will create a scarf selfie (or "scarfie") art project with a focus on line, shape and pattern all will using one of the most fun art techniques called scratch art. This lesson is perfect for elementary students of all ages and can be modified and adjusted with ease.

These Folk Art Trees created with wintery colors is a quick and easy art project for kids and includes a free printable drawing guide. This project teaches line, pattern, shape, and watercolor techniques.

Explore the wonder of the Northern Lights this Winter with our How to Paint the Northern Lights tutorial - an easy art idea for kids of all ages! Complete with a printable step-by-step and templates.

Kids will use chalk pastels and black paper to create this bold and bright hot chocolate art project! Easy to follow tutorial included.

Lesson Background: There are many winter fox art projects online such as this one http://littledogartblog.blogspot.com/2014/05/5th-grade-winter-fox-paintings.html I combined lots of ideas to create these foxes. This was a directed drawing lesson. Directed drawing (i.e. modelling step-by-step) elicits great discussions, exposing students to vocabulary they encounter in art and maths. Students are hearing and putting into action phrases such as “half way down the page”, “curved line”…