2nd grade color wheel art lesson

If you're looking for a fun color wheel idea or a turtle craft, you're going to love this turtle color wheel for kids! Learn how to make a color wheel

Art Projects for Kids: Abstract Oil Pastel Cat, Mrs. Katz and Tush - good math lesson on fractions and geometry

Primary and secondary colour turtles

These are my best Color Theory art lessons for kids ages 4-14. They focus on multiple art elements and principles, and embrace the magic of the rainbow.

I find myself doing different color wheel projects each year, and I think I like this one the best because it is simple and only took 3 classes. Day 1- Each student took a 9 x 12 paper and drew and "X" and a horizontal line across the middle. This allowed our paper to be divided into 6 parts. Then, students drew an image of their choice in the middle of their paper. The image had to enter all 6 parts and have detail. They went over their lines with sharpie. Day 2- After reviewing primary and…

Remember all that paper we've been painting? We are putting it to good use this week in second grade!! I love these beautiful bold flowers!!

Color Wheel Sunflowers

Learn about color with this super cool color wheel art project! Using our color wheel template this color wheel project for kids couldn't be easier.

How to make a color wheel using a color wheel template

Color is a language even the smallest people understand. This free printable color wheel is a great place to introduce basic color theory and vocabulary!

First students identified and labeled a 12 part color wheel using crayons. Then they painted the primary, secondary and intermediate colors onto a larger color wheel paper which they divided into 12 equal parts using a ruler. After their papers dried, students cut out a large white circle for the sclera, their color wheel for the iris, and a small black circle for the pupil. Then “skin” was glued on top with the addition of black eyelashes.

Use this color wheel art project to teach color theory to your elementary students. Stop by for a free, easy step-by-step lesson.

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Third graders just finished their second project of the year, color wheels! After review primary and secondary colors and then creating their own, we painted mandalas over the top of the color whee…

Colour wheel eyes

The art room is in full swing, painting, coloring and creating!In Kindergarten, we read the book The Big Orange Splot and learned about different buildings. After some sketching, we played a game c…

Third grade used warm and cool colors and pattern to create these tempera paintings. The students viewed artwork by native people and how their hand print was not only a record of who they were or where they had traveled, but also a way to sign their art. The students each used their hand prints to sign their paintings. Notice how the warm colors (red, orange, and yellow) advance and the cool colors (blue, green, and violet) recede? This color effect creates an optical illusion. The boys and…