Easy Art Projects for Third Graders
Teachers who want to incorporate art into their third grade classrooms often need to find projects that are easy and non-time consuming for their students. By selecting projects that require only a few materials and instructions and that allow students to be free with their artistic intuitions, teachers can excite their students with very simple art projects. Teachers should develop art projects that build and improve upon third grade skills which include the understanding of colors, texture, shapes, imitating real life through still life and perspective.
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Shredded Paper Flower Bouquet
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A shredded paper flower bouquet is a fun project that requires little or no cutting. A white piece of paper is the base of the project. Students first trace their hand and arm on a piece of skin-colored paper and cut it out for later use. Teachers can skip this step if they want to avoid the use of scissors. Using green construction paper, students rip lengths of paper to create flower stems that are then glued to the white paper. Colorful construction paper is used to rip out flower shapes; teachers can draw different flowers on the classroom board to guide students. Once the flowers are ripped out, they are glued to the tops of the stems. Finally, glue the hand to the bottom of the white paper to make it look like the child's hand is holding the bouquet of flowers.
Coffee Filter Flowers
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Students can learn about spring by making colorful flowers using coffee filters and markers. Students color a coffee filter with colored markers of their choice, then spray the coffee filter with water to make the colors run, creating a mosaic of colors. The flower is completed by cutting out a yellow circle of construction paper and gluing it to the middle of the coffee filter. Cut out a long piece of green construction paper and glue it to the bottom of the coffee filter as a stem.
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Watercolor Fireworks
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Students can create watercolor fireworks using a few simple materials. Each student is given a piece of drawing paper to complete the project on. To begin the project, students dip paint brushes in water, ensuring not to tap off any excess water. Have them swirl the paintbrush in a watercolor pallet, allowing the brush to become applied liberally with paint. Students then drip the watery paint onto the paper in pools. The next step is to provide students with a straw which they will use to blow the paint around the paper, creating abstract lines and bursts of paint which look like fireworks. Students should be reminded not to blow through the straws too hard in order to avoid large messes.
Leaf Rubbings
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A leaf-rubbing activity incorporates science and art into one project. Students can collect different types of leaves during an out-of-class trip, even if that trip is to the school yard. Collecting the leaves teaches students about the textures and different shapes and sizes of the leaves. Back in the classroom, provide students with white paper and crayons and have them place the collected leaves underneath the paper and color over the leaves with crayons. The shape and texture of the leaves will show through on the paper creating instant art. Students can cut out the leaves and glue them to colored construction paper or leave them on the paper.
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