Community building art projects

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.

Kids use team work to create this wheel.

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

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.

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.

These free printable 3D buildings are great for pretend play and can be used over and over again. This activity allows kids to be...

Kindergarten Corps: Social Studies In Kindergarten: Maps and Communities - A clear explanation of a a week's worth of activities for maps. FREE download link to blackline masters.

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So, just what does every art teacher on the planet think of on his/her last days of art teacherin'? What they plan on teaching next school year, that's what! For the next couple of weeks, I'm going to be sharing with you some of my favorite (and simple!) school-wide collaborative projects. These are easy and fun ways to unite your young artists as well as shine a spotlight on your program from the start of the new school year. I'll also be speaking on this topic at this summer's AOE online…

On Sept . 23, 2008 I had the opportunity to work with the art students from Northampton Community College in a community art project. Each student created 2 or 3 paper and oil pastel tridimensional pieces based on a template a created. After each pieces was assembled, I put them together in a Racimo (a banana bunch!), a hanging art piece. For a video explanation of the project you can visit: www.youtube.com/watchv=pJdRjeL1boo

Maybe you've spotted them - tiny, colorful works of rock art tucked away on a nature trail or park. But where do they come from? Find out more about Rocket City Rock Stars!

Art classes for kids on Instagram: "We are proud to present our project of a Cardboard city, made by our students out of recycled materials! We named our city Seasonville, because it consists of 4 seasons and 12 months."