Inspire Your First Grade Artist!

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Use these 10 art projects to take your child from the Middle Ages to the Post-Impressionism art movement to modern paper art and put it all in a cute customized art box.

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Art Supply Box

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Allow your first grader to get his artwork outdoors this summer by letting him create a garden art box for his arts and crafts supplies.

Embrace Flower Embossing

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Help your first grader emboss his own design reminiscent of Middle Ages metalwork. Using foil and a wooden stylus, he'll create pretty springtime flower images.

Create a Two-Sided Opposites Painting

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Transform a single sheet of card stock into a double-sided painting of opposites: on one side, a bright daytime landscape, on the other, a dusky evening scene.

Paint a Still Life in Primary Colors

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Kids will love painting shapes of objects in a still life while using strong colors showing highlights and shadows.

Publish Printed Flower Cards

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Give Hallmark a run for its money with these handmade printed cards.

Recreate van Gogh's Starry Night

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Your child can learn more about Vincent van Gogh's influential style of painting by creating an homage to Starry Night, one his most beloved paintings.

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Create a Fish Art Print!

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The fish most kids see is usually filleted, and it's hard to see how it came from a lake or sea. This cool gyotaku activity blends life science with art!