September art projects for 2nd grade

12 Beautiful Fall Art Projects for kids - so many great ideas (crafts for kids, preschool, kindergarten, 1st grade, 2nd grade, 3rd grade,)

Educational and craft activities for kids and parents

A blog by Melanie Lloyd (From the Pond) about classroom activities and printables for K-3 learners.

This birch tree painting for kids is a fun and easy fall art project. Kids will use a watercolor resist technique and gorgeous autumn colors. Easy to follow tutorial.

The 2nd Grade students studied the artist Vincent Van Gogh and his artwork. We also read the book, Camille and the Sunflowers. The students were able to create a giant sunflower creating emphasis in their artwork. Then they were shown how to blend colors using oil pastels. The students had to choose a cool color for their background to make their sunflower "pop" in their piece of art.

This week, 2nd grade started their Fall reflection paintings. These were created in just a few steps. This project was inspired by, Lauralee Chambers . You can check her work out on Instagram, if you click on her name. Here's how we created ours. First draw out "Y" trees on a folded piece of 90lb paper, with a brown oil pastel. My example got a little wrinkled and dirty this week! Then, add paint! We used tempera cakes! These are our favorites!! The colors are so bright and vibrant! (amazon…

Fall is the perfect time for art projects! Autumn leaves and trees make for some especially gorgeous arts and crafts for preschool and kindergarten. Check out this amazing list of 20+ fall art projects for kids!

36 Elementary Art Lessons for Kids - one for every week of the school year! Perfect for homeschool families, teachers, scout leaders, and parents!

These fun fall writing activities are perfect to use in September and October. Students can create the writing craftivity to go along with a fall read aloud, or use them to write about fall writing prompts.

Student self-portraits using watercolor are a great first week of school activity. It's also a fun project to repeat at the end of the school year. Read all about how to use this fun idea in the classroom.