Creative Artz

All-in-one, easy printable lesson. I've used this with grades K-5th, but obviously you have to read the text aloud to the younger kiddos and provide a little extra assistance if they don't know the letters of their names yet. Makes an excellent substitute lesson! You just need something to write and color with.

This bundle includes a 3-D Egyptian scarab plus the wings and sun that attach (great for your older grades), a pharaoh's crown with hieroglyphs (simpler cutting for younger grades), and two additional cartouche handouts with either the hieroglyph alphabet or some of the most well-know Egyptian symbols and some bonus information on both! All you need for any of these projects is something to draw with, something to color with, scissors, and glue sticks (or tape). Any or all of them make awesome s

All-in-one, easy prep, one day lesson! Make a beautiful and 3-D Egyptian Scarab beetle with this handout, some colors, scissors and glue (or tape). Designed with cuts, folds and tabs, this beetle pops into shape when you put it together. Do it on it's own or download the Scarab Wings handout (free!!) to make it extra special! I've used it with 2nd-5th grade and got a good reception and good results (with the occasional leg needed some surgery to reattach). I think it would be great for middle sc

One page activity to make beautiful, colorful paper candles for your ofrenda (altar) for Dia de los Muertos (Day of the Dead). All you need is something to color with, scissors and a glue stick. This activity allows your students to draw whatever they would like to decorate their candle, but look for my bundle if you would like some that have ready to color Dia de los Muertos images!

Simple, all-in-one printable activity that teaches your students how to draw some of the most well known Egyptian symbols and the meaning behind them! If you're an art teacher like me, you might want to follow it up the way that I have and have them trace their final design onto styrofoam printing plates for an easy printmaking project (I like to use gold printing ink on black paper). This works with the other cartouche printable I have available as well (with the hieroglyphic alphabet). I find

One page, all-in-one, easy project. Students can translate their last name into hieroglyphs and crown themselves Egyptian royalty. All you need is something to color with, scissors and glue sticks (or tape). Excellent lesson for substitutes too! I have used this with grades K- 5th and got both a good reception and a good result (adjusting your standards of craftsmanship of course). Wonderful for increasing those scissor skills with younger kids.

One page activity based on the Mimbres pottery of the southwest. Students learn a little about the tradition designs and imagery used and are then asked to use a pottery sherd as the foundation of their design, extrapolating from the lines to imagine what the bowl might have once looked like whole. Traditionally Mimbres pottery is black and white, but you could absolutely allow them to color their designs in if you were looking for a way to invest a little more time in the activity. As always, t

One page instructions for making a beautiful, colorful paper candle for your Dia de los Muertos (Day of the Dead) ofrenda (altar). This design features the traditional Katrina. All you need is something to color with, scissors, and a glue stick. Makes an excellent substitute lesson as well. Could be done with younger students but would need a lot more supervision as they wouldn't be able to read the instructions.

One page instructions for making beautiful, colorful paper candles for your Dia de los Muertos (Day of the Dead) ofrenda (altar). This features a traditional scene of an ofrenda. All your students will need is something to color with, scissors, and a glue stick. Makes an excellent substitute lesson as well. Could be done with younger students but would need a lot more supervision as they wouldn't be able to read the instructions.

Zero prep printable owl activity- great for sub lessons or when you need an easy day. Just decorate, color, cut and glue. Kids love that they can stand it up or put it around their water bottle like a coozy. Great for practicing fine motor and scissor skills too!

One page instructions for making beautiful, colorful paper candles for your Dia de los Muertos (Day of the Dead) ofrenda (altar). This features a traditional scene of skeleton dancers at a fiesta. All your students will need is something to color with, scissors, and a glue stick. Makes an excellent substitute lesson as well. Could be done with younger students but would need a lot more supervision as they wouldn't be able to read the instructions.

One page printable activity- just color, cut and wear! Handout has a brief description of the Aztec god Quetzalcoatl.

A visual to show the 7 elements of art as simply as I could! Each word is written to illustrate the meaning as clearly as possible without crowding the paper with any extra definitions or examples.

This is the second page of the Egyptian Scarab Beetle project- the beetle looks great on it's own, but this really takes it to the next level! All you need is something to color with, scissors and glue sticks (or tape). Excellent lesson for substitutes too! I have used this with grades 2- 5th and got both a good reception and a good result (adjusting your standards of craftsmanship of course). Wonderful for increasing those scissor skills with younger kids.