Hey, Elementary Art Teachers! Are you looking for some fun winter art project ideas to do right now?
I have lots of winter art projects I have done over the years. Save this blog post, because you can look at these ideas later when you are out of ideas.
If you have signed up for my newsletter, you have already received this fun round-up, but I figured it was something that would be useful to other art teachers as well who haven’t found my newsletter.
I want to make the disclaimer that although it may look like I do a ton of seasonal art, I promise you I don’t do snowflakes and snowmen all winter long! We have lots of other important art lessons to cover! These posts were compiled from the past 15 years of my blog. Every year I pick a few to do with some of the kids.
1. Snowglobes– These are always a hit! Check out these marker print snowglobes using coffee filters! For this project, all you have to do is color with washable markers on a coffee filter. Spray with water and then let dry. The next day, draw a snowman on white cardstock and cut out. Add additional details with Sharpie. Use white paint to paint the snow on the ground and falling from the sky. Mount on to black paper. Super easy with stunning results.
2. Snowglobes part 2 If you are looking for a simpler, easy to make snowglobe, check out this project with templates and guides.
This is a highly engaging project that involves decorating a snowman picture with lots of colors and pattern. Check out all the details here. I recommend this for grades 4 and up.
4. Snowman Portraits: Use white paint and oil pastels (Amazon Affiliate links used) on colored paper to make close-up portraits of snowmen. I do this every year with my kinders!
5. Polar Bear Portraits: Very similar to the snowmen portraits are these polar bear portraits. Add on hat and scarf with scrapbook paper!
6. Penguin Portraits: And then there’s the penguin portraits! Check out the book Penguins Love Colors (Amazon Affiliate link used) to go along with this project. Originally I found this lesson on Patty’s website years ago. The kindergartners study penguins in their classroom, so this is a perfect cross-curricular connection.
7. Penguin Sculpture Trioramas: Another penguin themed project are these Penguin Sculpture Trioramas! We used Model Magic to make the penguins. I haven’t made a blog post about this, but I should do that!
8. Snowflake Starter Template: Use this free snowflake starter template to make your own snowflake drawing!
9. Snowman Puppets: How many snowmen projects can we do? The possibilities are endless! Add a popsicle stick and you have some puppets!
10. Snowmen Shading Project– Check out a recent blog post for details about the snowman shading project my students just finished. We used a demonstration video from Sara Farell on Artsonia.
11. Winter Landscapes- These beautiful landscapes will be a sure hit with your 1st graders. We loved these! Use watercolor paints to paint a piece of paper with green colors. Then, cut triangles to make your trees. Use white paper for the ground and white paint dipped in Q-tips for snow.
12. Henri Matisse Winter Collages
I usually do a Henri Matisse shape collage with my kindergarten students. Some years, I do it with a winter theme. All you need to do is pick out cool colors to use as shapes. Throw in some cut paper snowflakes, snowflake shape punches and some shimmery snowflakes for added embellishment.
Simply draw on coffee filters with washable markers, spray with water, let dry. Then fold and cut out your snowflake shapes.
14. Evergreen Trees for Kindergarten: These winter trees were made with Kwik Stix and white paint. Easy for Kindergarten to do!
15. Winter House Pop-Ups
These winter pop-up houses got lots of compliments when they were all displayed in our front case. Nic Hahn has a great video tutorial and template in her TPT shop!
Bonus Idea: You could create a winter village bulletin board! This was tied to a food drive (in 2014!) and for every item the kids brought in, they could attach a snowflake. It was a blizzard when it was finished! Click here to see the finished board!
If you’ve read this far, wow! Thank you! I hope you got some ideas you can use this month. If you have any questions or comments please leave a message below!
Discover more from Art is Basic | Elementary Art Ideas
Subscribe to get the latest posts sent to your email.
