Community art projects for kids

Magic happens when kids work together. From pudding paint to catapults, these collaborative group art projects for kids will be a hit in your home or class.

I first got the collaborative bug when I saw Sarah’s post about monochromatic self-portraits. They’re created on the FIRST day of art! Then came my love of Dot Day and creating collaborative circle ar

Finding great team building activities can be challenging. This friendship wheel is a great way for children to collaborate and learn about each other as they create a beautiful friendship wheel.

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This project is perhaps the perfect “All About Me” activity. Not only do the kids have to write about themselves, but then all the individual works are combined to make up the “connected” class community. In this way, it connects the individual with the group. It uses my specifically designed tessellation pieces, and it has a ton of “wow factor” when complete. It’s fun for kids and easy for you as the teacher. I’ve done everything I can do to make this a successful project.

It's been a total joy collaborating with 8 to 12-year-old kids from Orakei School. I think we've managed to create something uniquely kiwi with these three artworks.

Creating Kindness Rocks with Kids! I love to use this idea for a back to school for the class- to create an atmosphere of community and kindness!

We have an Art Hive at One Heart Counseling Center and we want to share the different community art projects that our community has done over the past year.

Brookeside Montessori School in Bechtelsville, PA inspires the development of your children Preschool through grade 6.

Each year our elementary school has an auction to raise money for the art program. As my daughter's classroom docent, I had to come up with a group project for the class to contribute to the auction. In the past, I have led the class in creating a collaborative canvas. This is from 3 years ago (I was docent to 2 classes): This is from 2 years ago: This is from last year: I really like to see the individual handiwork of each student manifest in the final product. I love seeing the uninhibited…

Emily Shane | One of my favorite all school collaborative art projects. This was made for a school fundraiser by TK-5th grade students stamping their… | Instagram

Renae Greene on Instagram: “⁣ Ten years of school-wide collaborative projects and this may be one of my favorites, not just because of their stellar flowers though…”

Remember when I gave 100+ kids syringes and spray bottles full of watered down paint to create a peice of art earlier this year? Our masterpeice was made for the annual Art of Giving, an event that ra

Collaborative projects! Collaborative projects are one of my favorite things. I love them at the start of the year and the end. I love doing them with the whole school or just a grade level. I love using songs, themes, artist-inspiration...you name it. I just love collaboratives! We've done a TON over the years and I thought I'd put them all together in one big ole blog post. So, here you go: my 20 Favorite Collabortive Projects. Be sure and click on the links, many of these have how-to…

The revised edition of The Artful Parent Jean Van’t Hul’s book, “The Artful Parent – Simple Ways to Fill Your Family’s Life with Art and Creativity” is out, and it’s a GEM! It’s a complete update to the glue & play dough-encrusted, watercolor stained book we’ve all loved so well! Flipping through the pages is a […]