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Aboriginal Dot Painting

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Aboriginal Dot Painting

Fourth Grade

Create your own version of an Aboriginal Australian dot painting in this fun activity!

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Aboriginal Dot Painting

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Aboriginal Dot Painting

Create your own version of an Aboriginal Australian dot painting in this fun activity!

Create your very own creepy, haunted castle sitting in a turbulent field of flowing grass, eerily surrounded by dark, ominous clouds.

Create your very own creepy, haunted castle sitting in a turbulent field of flowing grass, eerily surrounded by dark, ominous clouds.

Help your child visualize their goals for the new year by creating a self-portrait that represents all of the amazing things they have done and hope to do.

Help your child visualize their goals for the new year by creating a self-portrait that represents all of the amazing things they have done and hope to do.

Draw your own beautiful mandala with this easy technique that ensures symmetrical results every time!

Draw your own beautiful mandala with this easy technique that ensures symmetrical results every time!

Fifth Grade

Geometry

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How to Make a Stencil

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How to Make a Stencil

Fourth Grade

Choose a design that is as simple or as intricate as you like and create a stencil that you can use over and over again.

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How to Make a Stencil

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How to Make a Stencil

Choose a design that is as simple or as intricate as you like and create a stencil that you can use over and over again.

Fourth Grade

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Chinese Shadow Puppets

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Chinese Shadow Puppets

Fifth Grade

Community and Culture

Shadow puppets are a traditional form of folk art that originated in ancient China. Help your child create his own puppet and put on a show!

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Chinese Shadow Puppets

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Chinese Shadow Puppets

Shadow puppets are a traditional form of folk art that originated in ancient China. Help your child create his own puppet and put on a show!

Fifth Grade

Community and Culture

This fun art activity gets your child to create background and foreground elements, building his art skills and creative development.

This fun art activity gets your child to create background and foreground elements, building his art skills and creative development.

Earth and Space Science

Are you looking for an out-of-this world activity that's both fun and educational? This solar system garland is a great way to introduce your child to astronomy.

Are you looking for an out-of-this world activity that's both fun and educational? This solar system garland is a great way to introduce your child to astronomy.

Fifth Grade

Earth and Space Science

Help your fifth grader honor Black History month and the musical genre of jazz by crafting decorative music notes embellished with jazz musical instruments.

Help your fifth grader honor Black History month and the musical genre of jazz by crafting decorative music notes embellished with jazz musical instruments.

Fifth Grade

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Spot the Difference Game

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Spot the Difference Game

Fourth Grade

In this activity, your child gets to peek behind the curtain of puzzle making as they create their very own "Spot the Differences" game!

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Spot the Difference Game

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Spot the Difference Game

In this activity, your child gets to peek behind the curtain of puzzle making as they create their very own "Spot the Differences" game!

Get inspired by nature and use recycled materials to create unforgettable pencil holders in time for the back to school season.

Get inspired by nature and use recycled materials to create unforgettable pencil holders in time for the back to school season.

Community and Culture

Make an initiation shield like the ones from the Kikuyu tribe in Africa for an art project.

Make an initiation shield like the ones from the Kikuyu tribe in Africa for an art project.

Third Grade

Community and Culture

Teach your little one to appreciate all the best things in life with a keepsake Thanksgiving plate.

Teach your little one to appreciate all the best things in life with a keepsake Thanksgiving plate.

Inspire a love for the written word by creating an illustrated nature poetry book with your kids.

Inspire a love for the written word by creating an illustrated nature poetry book with your kids.

Community and Culture

Help your child to make a beautiful Africa mask to help her reinforce important spatial and compositional skills.

Help your child to make a beautiful Africa mask to help her reinforce important spatial and compositional skills.

Fourth Grade

Community and Culture

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Reuse Markers to Create Liquid Watercolors

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Reuse Markers to Create Liquid Watercolors

Pre-K

Teach children how to upcycle dried-out markers with this homemade paint-making activity!

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Reuse Markers to Create Liquid Watercolors

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Reuse Markers to Create Liquid Watercolors

Teach children how to upcycle dried-out markers with this homemade paint-making activity!

This Pysanky egg-decorating activity is perfect for young artists. Bring a little color and creativity to any holiday with this traditional Ukrainian craft.

This Pysanky egg-decorating activity is perfect for young artists. Bring a little color and creativity to any holiday with this traditional Ukrainian craft.

Fifth Grade

Measurement

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Create Animal Silhouettes and Patterns

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Create Animal Silhouettes and Patterns

Fifth Grade

This art project encourages kids to look closely at their favorite animal and recreate texture, pattern and silhouette with easy to follow instructions.

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Create Animal Silhouettes and Patterns

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Create Animal Silhouettes and Patterns

This art project encourages kids to look closely at their favorite animal and recreate texture, pattern and silhouette with easy to follow instructions.

With this fun and easy method of printing your child will draw patterns, trace them with yarn, paint and press their very own masterpieces.

With this fun and easy method of printing your child will draw patterns, trace them with yarn, paint and press their very own masterpieces.

Add some artsy fun to your child's next reading adventure by letting them draw the characters.

Add some artsy fun to your child's next reading adventure by letting them draw the characters.

Help your child create a piece of spring art by shaking up the traditional silhouette art form with a colorful collage background and vibrant spring color.

Help your child create a piece of spring art by shaking up the traditional silhouette art form with a colorful collage background and vibrant spring color.

Community and Culture

Learn about the beautiful Indian art of Madhubani painting with this fun and creative project.

Learn about the beautiful Indian art of Madhubani painting with this fun and creative project.

Fifth Grade

Community and Culture

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Design Your Own Anasazi Pottery

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Design Your Own Anasazi Pottery

Fifth Grade

History

Inspire young anthropologists with this 5th grade art project: make patterned pottery in the Anasazi style! All you need are a paper plate and markers to start.

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Design Your Own Anasazi Pottery

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Design Your Own Anasazi Pottery

Inspire young anthropologists with this 5th grade art project: make patterned pottery in the Anasazi style! All you need are a paper plate and markers to start.

Fifth Grade

History

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Create Your Own Crushed Can Artwork

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Create Your Own Crushed Can Artwork

Fifth Grade

Inspired by Charles Kaufman's crushed can art, this activity lets kids make their own unique works of art using, you guessed it, crushed cans and paint!

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Create Your Own Crushed Can Artwork

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Create Your Own Crushed Can Artwork

Inspired by Charles Kaufman's crushed can art, this activity lets kids make their own unique works of art using, you guessed it, crushed cans and paint!

Fifth Grade

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Action! Make Movies as you Read

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Action! Make Movies as you Read

Fifth Grade

Reading

For a fun way to encourage your child to read, try this comprehension technique made to satisfy visual learners.

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Action! Make Movies as you Read

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Action! Make Movies as you Read

For a fun way to encourage your child to read, try this comprehension technique made to satisfy visual learners.

Fifth Grade

Reading

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Draw an Emotional Self-Portrait

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Draw an Emotional Self-Portrait

Fifth Grade

Encourage your child to explore color and its mood-altering effects by creating his own self portrait using only warm or cool colors.

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Draw an Emotional Self-Portrait

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Draw an Emotional Self-Portrait

Encourage your child to explore color and its mood-altering effects by creating his own self portrait using only warm or cool colors.

Fifth Grade

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Renaissance Art Project: Create a Silverpoint Drawing

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Renaissance Art Project: Create a Silverpoint Drawing

Fifth Grade

History

Help your high school revive some Renaissance history with art by making a silverpoint sketch. In this activity, make your own stylus and special paper.

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Renaissance Art Project: Create a Silverpoint Drawing

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Renaissance Art Project: Create a Silverpoint Drawing

Help your high school revive some Renaissance history with art by making a silverpoint sketch. In this activity, make your own stylus and special paper.

Be careful what you wish for... Centered around The Monkey's Paw, by W.W. Jacobs, this writing activity encourages your child to consider consequences.

Be careful what you wish for... Centered around The Monkey's Paw, by W.W. Jacobs, this writing activity encourages your child to consider consequences.

Looking for a customized locker accessory? Try this DIY Mirror Craft and spruce up a plain old mirror with some original designs.

Looking for a customized locker accessory? Try this DIY Mirror Craft and spruce up a plain old mirror with some original designs.

Community and Culture

Help your fifth grader create an art card that celebrates the enduring values of Passover.

Help your fifth grader create an art card that celebrates the enduring values of Passover.

Fifth Grade

Community and Culture

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About 5th grade painting & drawing activities

On Education.com, provide a variety of 5th-grade painting and drawing activities that help students explore artistic elements such as line, shape, and color through projects like leaf rubbings and salt watercolor experiments. These lessons encourage skill development while fostering creativity and self-expression for young learners.

Provide access to categorized resources and worksheets that guide students through mastering compositional techniques, collage art, and mixed-media projects. Practical exercises, classroom lesson plans, and printable templates allow for hands-on practice in composition, texture, and artistic exploration.

Create engaging teaching tools and resources that save transition time from materials preparation while offering instructive, structured art lessons. Encourage children to expand their artistic skills while making learning fun and accessible at home or in the classroom.

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