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Clay Cakes

Use frosting tips and bags to “pipe” on clay frosting onto clay cakes with your students in this fun art project!

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Hula Hoop Radial Weavings

Use hula hoops to create radial weavings with your art classes as you teach about color theory and symmetry.

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Shell Paintings

Create tiny shell paintings with you students in this unique art project that hones skills in fine brushwork and color mixing!

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Clay Slab Houses

This STEAM clay art project teaches students how to calculate their own paper templates for clay houses that they then detail with textures and colors to achieve a creative vision.

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Foil Food

Teach students about form as you sculpt with aluminum foil for this super fun and easy art project! Students make a full meal with a main course, side dish, drink, and dessert.

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Faux Stained Glass Animals

A beautiful (and easy) faux stained glass effect is a great addition to school displays and shows—try this fun art project with your students!

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Art Parody Tunnel Books

Creating parodies of famous artwork through mixed media tunnel books is a great way to teach about art history and get students excited about the brainstorming process!

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Metamorphosis Agamographs

Metamorphosis Agamographs are great with any medium (colored pencil, acrylic, watercolor). Teach your students about optical art, and push their creativity with this art project!

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Wire Insects

Wire insects are a great art project to get students working with a variety of wire techniques and small details. Teach your students about wire joining!

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Origami House Books

These origami folding house books are a fun art project that pushes students creativity and are really easy to teach and prep for. Paper and markers, colored pencils, and mixed media all look great with these!

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Face Pots

Sculpt ceramic face pots using the slab, coil, and pinch method with your students as they learn about the famous tradition of folk art face jugs in the Carolina’s.

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Clay House Facades

Clay House Facades get students working with a variety of textures and small details—finish them any way you like (glaze, acrylic, watercolor) and they all turn out great! Teach your students about architecture, slab rolling, and facade design in this art project.

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Why You Should Try Needle Felting

Needle felting is amazing because it’s relatively simple to learn, the supply list is small, and yet anything can be made! Learn about needle felting cacti and felt painting and how you might use them in your classes to get students acquiring skills and having fun with felt.

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Ceramic Busts

Sculpting clay busts is incredibly fun because there’s so much to it—hairstyles, skin textures, wrinkles, eye shapes, expressions, and more. Learn how to sculpt a clay bust and teach it to your students so that they can put their own creative spin on the classic art of human sculpture.

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3D Clay Picture Frames

These 3D Clay Frames are a wonderful ceramics project that can be hung or made to stand like an easel for display. Cut out the templates and design the inside to create a sculpted photograph!

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Metal Foil Mobiles

Wire and metal foil mobiles are a great art project for teaching your students about kinetic art and the work of Alexander Calder.

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Nature Weavings with Andy Goldsworthy

Use tree branches as looms to create beautiful weavings with your students! Inspired by Andy Goldsworthy, this lesson challenges students to learn weaving techniques and grows their creativity with unique materials.

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Cubist Paper-Slotted Animals

Challenge students’ creativity and engineering skills! Teach your students how to use the paper slotting method to create clever 3D animal sculptures, inspired by Cubism.

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