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Art with Words | 1st Grade

A colorful collage featuring cut-out words "Love," "a Summer," and "Sophie" on a pink background, ideal for 1st Grade Art with Words projects.

The 1st graders looked at the art of Stuart Davis and read some of the words, letters and numbers in his artwork.  They analyzed his pictures and tried to figure out why he might have included text in his art.  I teach about him every year and the kids create artwork with letters and numbers.  You can see the ones we made last year at with this  blog post.

This year the students wrote words in an artistic way and colored them in.  Then, they cut the words out and glued them on to a background with cut paper shapes.  The students used decorative edged scissors like these Fiskars paper edgers or these Butterfly edge scissors.

A colorful collage of cut-out shapes, including Halloween-themed pumpkins, ghosts, and abstract designs on a bright background. This activity is great for 1st Grade students and incorporates Art with Words to enhance creativity. A colorful children's collage featuring various hand-drawn images and words on a green and white background, ideal for 1st Grade art projects. A collage with various cut-out words and drawings, including "KING KONG", "Ezra", "Isabel", "L.A.S.S.", and "HAAAAAAA!!!". This 1st grade art piece creatively blends different words and imagery. Art with Words: Colorful abstract collage featuring "BLUE," "SA," and "EM" letters on a vibrant background of torn, multicolored paper shapes. Art with Words: Handwritten animal names and drawings on torn white and orange paper pieces scattered on a flat surface. Colorful abstract artwork featuring various words and shapes on torn paper pieces against a white background.


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About Marcia Beckett

Marcia is an elementary art teacher and loves painting, drawing, sculpture, art journaling and clay. Her blog, Art is Basic, features many exciting art projects for kids.

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