1st Grade Visual Arts Activities

Students learn about group dynamic by creating a group picture.

Squiggle Drawing

Subjects

Visual Arts

Art, Music and Drama

Drawing

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Teach students about cooperation with this introductory coloring activity before beginning collaborative in-class or…

Cooperation Quilt

Subjects:

Visual Arts

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Following Directions: Spatial Relationships

Distribute this printable activity to your K-1 students to test their understanding of spatial relationships. In this…

Subjects:

Reading

Language Arts and Writing

Mathematics

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Science Fun: Shadow Match

Students draw lines to match an object to its shadow. This is a good science worksheet for Groundhog Day.

Subjects:

Visual Arts

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Try a printable science activity that focuses on learning about dinosaurs.

Make a Dinosaur

Subjects:

Library Resources

Social Studies and History

Science

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Children will use their senses to determine what secret object is hiding in a closed box.

Guess and Draw

Subjects:

Science

Human Body and Anatomy

Scientific Method

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Students create window art by ironing crayon gratings between wax paper.

Wax Paper Window Art

Subjects

Visual Arts

Art, Music and Drama

Arts and Crafts

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Stained Glass Sun-Catchers

Reinforce students' learning of geometric shapes and colors by making tissue paper sun catchers.

Subjects

Mathematics

Geometry

Visual Arts

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Science in Art: Modeling Dough Handprints

Students make a modeling dough out of flour, and then use it to make a cast of their hands.

Subjects:

Visual Arts

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Try a math activity that focuses on matching shapes.

Garden Tool Shapes

Subjects:

Geometry

Visual Arts

Mathematics

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In this arts & crafts activity, children create a fan that resembles those used by traditional Korean dancers.

Making a Fan

Subjects:

Social Studies and History

South Korea

Visual Arts

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Try these five fun card making ideas this holiday season. Follow the instructions to make a giant reindeer card, cut out…

Five Greeting Card Ideas

Subjects

Arts and Crafts

Mixed Media

Art, Music and Drama

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Children describe how their mixed-up animal is made, and then draw a picture on it. This activity is based on Eric…

My Mixed-Up Animal

Subjects:

Reading and Literature

Language Arts and Writing

Creative Writing

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Color these fun holiday bookmarks. Use this art activity to encourage reading over winter holidays.

Winter Holiday Bookmarks

Subjects:

Reading

Winter Season

Visual Arts

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These one-hour activities will quickly bring some Halloween spirit to your classroom! Try just one or all four. There…

Halloween Lessons

Subjects

Reading and Literature

Language Arts and Writing

Visual Arts

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CLASSROOM TOOLS

Make Gift Certificates

Print out these gift certificates so that your students can give something of themselves to loved ones.

Subjects:

Visual Arts

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My Little Number Book -- 11 and 12

Browse a printable teacher resource book that helps children who are learning to count and recognize numbers.

Subjects:

Visual Arts

Art, Music and Drama

Mathematics

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Some history and some fun activities related to the "Batman & Robin" comic strip.

"Batman & Robin" Comics

Subjects:

Comics, Graphic Novels, & Illustrated Novels

Social Studies and History

Visual Arts

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The Little Engine That Could Connect the Dots

Children connect the dots to reveal one of the Little Engine's friends!

Subjects:

Children's Book

Drawing

Language Arts and Writing

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Students follow the directions in this printable to make a simple stethoscope. This is a fun arts and crafts project…

Make a Stethoscope

Subjects:

Social Studies and History

Visual Arts

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Share the history of Father's Day with your students and help them make presents for dads or other adult role models.

Father's Day Presents

Subjects

Art, Music and Drama

Arts and Crafts

Visual Arts

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Enhance musical abilities with an activity that focuses on variations in dynamic levels on a radio.

Radio Dial

Subjects:

Visual Arts

Music

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