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Save time with these pre k art lesson plan ideas, activities and done-for-you resources to help you teach art better, save time, and live more.

 

 

 

flyswatter painting outside

Painting with Flyswatters for Preschoolers

Fun creative art explorations can take place just about anywhere. We love to take art outside from time to time, especially when the weather is a little cooler in the fall. This painting activity is great fun and really messy. Make sure you are prepared to clean up lots of […]

making family faces

Family Faces from Stamped Circles

The fall, the beginning of the school year, is a great time for an All About Me theme or a family theme. September also brings Grandparents Day (second Sunday in September). This activity is a fun way to make family pictures and develop some fine motor control at the same […]

Tape Resist Painting

Tape Resist Painting for Preschool: I Love You

A super easy tape resist painting your preschool, pre-k, or kindergarten kids can make as a gift for Mothers Day or Fathers Day.

drawing face on mirror preschool

Drawing Self-Portraits on Mirrors

A simple drawing activity for preschool, pre-k, or kindergarten; use dry erase markers and mirrors to draw self-portraits or write names.

beginning of school bus activity

Wheels on the Bus Activity

Make a school bus with textures to extend song The Wheels on the Bus; great beginning of the year activity for preschool, pre-k, and kindergarten.

firefly art activity

Firefly Jar Fine Motor Activity

I remember chasing fireflies or lightning bugs and placing them in an old mayonnaise jar that had holes punched in the lid. My grandmother kept jars on her porch just for that purpose. This activity invites children to place fireflies in the jar and punch holes in the lid. Use […]

snowman art circle painting

Snowman Art: Painting with Circles

A fun snowman process art exploration! Your kids will love stamping and painting with circle shapes to make snowmen for preschool, pre-k, and kindergarten

a childs hand holding a toy tractor on top of white paper covered in mud

Tractor Mud Painting Process Art Project

This fun tractor process art project uses mud to paint tracks for a harvest or farm theme in your preschool, pre-k, or kindergarten classroom.

Nighttime Process Art

FUN Night Sky Painting Activity For Kids

A fun resist-art activity to think about stars we see at nighttime and where those stars go in the daytime; for preschool, pre-k, and kindergarten.

painting with wheat preschool

Little Red Hen: Painting with Wheat

Painting with wheat is a fun art exploration to extend the story of the Little Red Hen; for preschool, pre-k, and kindergarten.

Tape Resist Letter Painting

Tape Resist Name Paintings for Kids

How to make tape resist name paintings with kids in preschool, pre-k, or kindergarten. Paint that’s fun and mess free, dries in 90 seconds!

shapes art activity

Perfect Square Shapes Art

This Perfect Square art activity is so easy to set up and totally open-ended. It goes perfectly with the book and would be an excellent addition to a shapes unit. I just love the message in the book Perfect Square by Michael Hall. It’s about a perfect square that is […]

water balloon painting

Mouse Paint: Water Balloon Painting

This fun color mixing and painting exploration extends the book Mouse Paint by Ellen Stohl Walsh; for preschool, pre-k, and kindergarten.

Easter Egg Process Art Activity for Preschool

Easter Egg Process Art

A fun Easter process art activity that uses plastic eggs and thinned tempera paint for ; for your preschool, pre-k, or kindergarten classroom.

Transportation Process Art

Transportation Process Art Activity For Preschool

A fun transportation process art activity! Your preschoolers will love driving vehicles through paint to create interesting designs.

Valentine Lanterns

Valentine lanterns kids can make as a Valentine gift that encourages creativity in the preschool, pre-k, and kindergarten classroom.

Spider Web Yarn Painting

Spider Web Yarn Painting

Fun spider web painting activity using yarn and silver paint. Perfect for a fall or Halloween theme in your preschool, pre-k, or kindergarten classroom.

weather process art

Weather Process Art Activities For Preschool

Weather process art activities that explore wind, frost, and rain. These fun weather investigations for your preschool, pre-k, or kindergarten classroom.