I don't do a ton of seasonal art, but when I find lessons that really work to meet the standards and have a seasonal element (often with a literacy connection too!), I welcome them into the fold! These are...

I don't do a ton of seasonal art, but when I find lessons that really work to meet the standards and have a seasonal element (often with a literacy connection too!), I welcome them into the fold!

These are art lessons incorporated into the standards and scope and sequence that have also made wonderful seasonal displays in the school halls.� Hopefully you can find some ideas to save or pin for next school year.� These lessons are great for those little times that need to be filled in with a quality activity.�Enjoy!

�Kindergarten students created pinch pots that we then shaped into leaves.� By glazing them in oranges, yellows and reds, the leaves are gorgeous Autumn glory!�[/caption]

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There are so many wonderful read-alouds to go along with Autumn.� �A new-ish one I shared with students this year was Bella's Fall Coat by Lynn Plourde.�You can see it at Amazon here.

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inspired by @2.artchambers (Lauralee Chambers), my students first created tissue paper bleed designs on paper.� In the next class, students cut their leaves and filled them with sharpie line designs.

First grade students created a styrofoam printing plate of a winter hat. Drawing on paper first allowed students to practice and organize their designs.� Instead of having students trace through drawing paper into the styrofoam, the children just drew their designs again without tracing.� I think this helps their craftsmanship by sneaking in even more practice! Again we reviewed line pattern and experienced a simple relief print.� Watching the children's faces as they pull their first prints is magic!��

Get all the info! You can check out my post on my Grandma Moses Winter Village lesson by clicking here.�

�Second grade poinsettia art!� This lesson is from Deep Space Sparkle/Patty Palmer.� First we painted the background as a ten minute task at the end of another lesson. In the next class, we did the sponge stamping.� My tip here is to teach children to stamp using the points of a compass.� N, S, W, E... then fill in the other directions.� Again, this was only part of a class.� In the last session, students used oil pastel to add the flower centers, snowflakes and tempera paint stick border lines.� I was also able to connect this with Tomie dePaola's book, Legend of the Poinsettia.

This is a video of the story (read by the author!) that I was able to use during class while some students were washing up and others were done.

�Hot Cocoa! I used this as a quick fill in lesson with my first grade students. I gave them one stencil for the mug shape, but taught them how to really make it look like a cylinder.� The bright, bold color is achieved with tempera paint sticks.� Kwik Stix for the win on this one! I am reviewing line patterns over and over again to help students create a mental database they can pull from as well as practice craftsmanship.� I had students use oil pastel over the Kwik Stix for the pattern.� Then a little bit of cotton became steam and/or marshmallows to top it off.�

Many of these little seasonal projects were done in small amounts of time at the start or end of a class where we focused on more rigorous lessons.� I love the color and spirit of these, but they can be squeezed in to ten minute sections here and there.� That's actually a really nice resource to have!

As elementary art teachers, our schedule is such that the steps for any lesson have to be chunked.� And these lessons are great for those little times that need to be filled in with a quality activity.� My favorites of this round up are the hat, the winter village and leaf pots!

I hope you've found inspiration here today and continue to share with me here and on Instagram, where you can catch me at @emily_art_teacher_smile.� I'm also working on building up my TPT store which you can find here: Art Teacher Smile TPT site.

Thanks for reading!

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