Debra Cline

This simple and easy basket is a great way to brighten any day, May Day Baskets are traditionally used on May 1st to celebrate the beginning of spring, but these colorful creations can be used at anytime during the year. A template for making the basket is provided as well as easy instructions for cutting, folding and gluing.

This fun project includes instructions, sample templates and ideas for cross curricular art infusion. Some students may require adult assistance with this project. This finished toy can provide mesmerizing effects and does not require batteries or electricity.

Toys that do not require electricity or batteries and the creation of optical illusions can be entertaining as well as educational. Students will discover first hand the persistence of vision by creating their own thaumatrope, a toy that was popular in Victorian times. Using a round card with a picture on each side, string is attached to two opposite ends of the circular card. When the strings are twirled quickly between the fingers the two pictures appear to combine into a single image due to p

This is a fun activity that helps students to take a closer look at the things around them, building creativity and learning skills. Options for this activity are included as well as a visual sheet of photographic images that students may use to get started on this project.

This activity helps learning about beetles fun and gives students an opportunity to learn using different formats, like a coloring page, crossword puzzle and puzzle page. An informational page on mosaic facts and beetle trivia is included in this lesson.

Have students design a fun toy in the classroom that does not require batteries or electricity. This finished flyer can be used in team competitions or in science or math to study speed and time variables.

This colorful activity allows for the use of a variety of different materials and creates beautiful patterned effects. Instructions and three different templates are included as well as a separate idea page. ENJOY!

This template provides for a successful time tested activity that helps students learn about shapes, symmetry, patterns, colors and numbers all in one easy and fun lesson. Students will be able to contrast and compare their finished work.

This art was originally created in Adobe Illustrator and it has been saved as a jpg file on a standard letter size sheet of paper. It displays solid lines for cutting and dashed lines for folding and may be printed and decorated for any type of class project.

Students will have fun developing their tactile skills and artistic creativity while making a workable origami frog. Connect this project into a unit of study which includes frogs and watch the curriculum hop to life.

This elementary worksheet helps students learn how to say "hello" in five different languages; French, German, Italian, Swedish and Japanese. Also included is a combination coloring and matching page that gives students an opportunity to color the flags of the different countries and match the correct way to say hello with each of the country's flags.

This brain teaser set is great as a bell ringer or a challenging activity for early finishers. Included in the download are six different puzzles with separate answer keys showing solutions for each brain teaser.

Have fun learning about optical illusions and create your own Mobius Strip. Try experimenting different ways to test out how and why this special strip works. Use the easy to follow step-by-step instructions and template that are included in this project.

This project infuses art, science and a bit of history as students create their own spinning snake that shows how thermal heat pockets rise. A brief history is mentioned on how these devices were used in the mid 1800's for a practical household purpose. CAUTION THIS PROJECT SHOULD ONLY BE DONE UNDER CLOSE ADULT SUPERVISION!

Infusing art and math can be fun using this tangram template. Simply print and cut the template provided and let the students use their imagination to come up with their own designs using the seven geometric shapes. A few sample designs have been provided to help boost the creative process.

This fun and easy project helps students develop problem solving skills as they try to reconstruct a puzzle with pieces that are all the same size and shape. Students are engaged and focused while they color, cut and try to put together their own puzzles.

This art was originally created in Adobe Illustrator and it has been saved as a jpg file on a standard letter size sheet of paper. It displays solid lines for cutting and dashed lines for folding and may be printed and decorated for any type of class project.

A fun and thought provoking activity that challenges the mind and helps students learn the names of different colors. Students will have a opportunity to find the name of a color in each one of the 15 sentences, an answer key is provided on a separate page.

This creative booklet template prints out on a standard letter size sheet of paper and has easy to follow step-by-step instructions. The booklet may be customized using a special class theme or just as a fun creative journalism project.

“Neoplasticism” was coined by a Dutch artist named Piet Mondrian. It is a style that goes back to the fundamental elements of the art. Have fun creating your own art fashioned after this art style. sample art and black and white templates are included in this activity.