Happy New Year’s Card

I’ve collected a variety of decorative letters from clipartETC.com and arranged them on a jpeg file that you can print and hand color for a quick but fancy Happy New Year sign.

1. Click on the image above to download my prepared jpeg file. Print on a sheet of heavy 8.5" x 11" paper with the landscape setting and all footers removed.
2. Use ultra fine point markers or pencils to fill in the letters and surrounding shapes.

Kandinsky Circles Mural

Wassily Kandinsky, a Russian artist from the late 1800s, was inspired by the loose painting style of the Impressionists and ended up pioneering the abstract art movement. This mural is a copy of one of his most popular paintings, and can easily be adapted for larger or smaller classrooms.
This mural contains 12 pages and measures 35"x 23" when complete. For larger classrooms, just print extra pages and add another row. I can email my printable pdf file with instructions for just $5. (Click “Add to Cart” below the mural thumbnail to access PayPal for same day delivery.)

Draw a Christmas Ornament Card

I made this Christmas ornament drawing using a set of fine tip markers. If you draw the edges of a shape lightly in pencil, fill in the inside with lines, and then erase the outside pencil, the look can be rather sophisticated.
1. Draw three straight lines of various lengths from the top of the card, and then add the outer shapes of each ornament.
2. Fill in little circles for the chains and then add sets of horizontal lines and shapes to fill each ornament.
3. Erase pencil lines.

Pop Art Wreath Mural

This wreath mural is full of simple graphic shapes, and just the right size to fit on any standard door. I've included three versions: square, with and without background patterns and circlular. (Click on image to see examples.)

Each wreath mural has nine pages and measures 23"x 23" when complete. I can email my printable pdf file with instructions for just $5. (Click “Add to Cart” below the mural thumbnail to access PayPal for same day delivery.)

Tissue Paper Poinsettias

Tearing shapes from tissue paper can create some very organic shapes, and end up looking pretty similar to poinsettia leaves.
1. Give each student some rectangles of red, green and yellow tissue paper (the craft kind, NOT any that says ‘bleeding paper‘). Show them that there is a grain to the paper which makes it easier to tear in one direction than the other. They are to tear petals, leaves and a center for 3 flowers.
2. After all the shapes are torn, give each student a brush and 50/50 water+glue solution. They need to cover a white sheet of paper with the glue, and then arrange their flowers on top of it. When complete, another layer of the glue goes over the entire paper to seal the shapes down to the paper. Let dry for a few hours.
3. With an oil pastel, color around all of the torn shapes, leaving a bit of white edge around the tissue for a more dramatic effect. I like the Portfolio pastels for this because they are so smooth to color with, and make a nice contrast to the bumpy leaves.