tutorials Archive

Stuffed Patchwork Dog Pillow

Did you find some small scraps of fabric and need a project to use them? Here is the pattern and directions for a totally cute patchwork doggie pillow. This is an intermediate project, not for total beginners.

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Friendship Bracelets

CraftJR is a great website for KIDS that has picture step-by-step tutorials on hundreds of projects. It is also connected to a bunch of other KIDS sites that are fun and safe.

My students are always asking how to make friendship braclets but I can’t remember from my kids days… so I was excited to find this step-by-step tutorial.

Fold & Cut a Perfect Star

Need to make a perfect 5 pointed star? This step-by-step tutorial shows pictures and has great instructions for you to make a star of any size! Just fold and cut. Give it a try and post your results! Lisa has lots of other great projects on her website, post your favorite one in the comments here!

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4th of July Wind Chime

Celebrate the holiday or change the colors and designs to create a favorite country or sports team. You will need some beads and bells for a colorful piece of art.

Step-by-Step directions here

All these links were screened and found acceptable for middle school students, however since most of them go to outside blogs there might be other material on the blogs that is not acceptable. Please notify me if the link is broken or the content is no longer school appropriate.

Symmetry

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Use Microsoft Paint to create this Symmetry Assignment.

Click here to see the Step-by-step directions to make this assignment.

Click here to watch a video of student examples symmetry.

Assignment Guidelines:

  • No White Space
  • Must be converted and saved as a jpeg
  • Remember to name with correct naming sequence
    • Example: y10t1p4symmetry_yournamehere.jpg
  • Must be uploaded to elearning to be graded
  • May also be printed out to put in your portfolio WITH PERMISSION

This lesson idea from:
Carolyn Roberts, Art Teacher http://www.carolynrobertsart.com

Another Name Design

Using Microsoft Paint create at least one creative and complete Another Name Design Assignment.

Requirements:

  • No White Space
  • Must be converted and saved as a jpeg
  • Must be named with correct naming sequence
    • Example: y6t1p4namedesign2_joeschmoo.jpg
  • Must be uploaded to be graded
  • May also be printed out to put in your portfolio WITH PERMISSION

This lesson idea from:
Carolyn Roberts, Art Teacher http://www.carolynrobertsart.com

Quilt Designs

Using Microsoft Paint create at least one creative and complete Quilt Designs Assignment.

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Requirements:

  • No White Space
  • Must be converted and saved as a jpeg
  • Must be named with correct naming sequence
    • Example: y6t1p4quilt_joeschmoo.jpg
  • Must be uploaded to be graded
  • May also be printed out to put in your portfolio WITH PERMISSION

This lesson idea from:
Carolyn Roberts, Art Teacher http://www.carolynrobertsart.com

Creative Name Design

Using Microsoft Paint create at least one creative and complete Creative Name Design  Assignment.

Requirements:

  • No White Space
  • Must be converted and saved as a jpeg
  • Must be named with correct naming sequence
    • Example: y6t1p4name_joeschmoo.jpg
  • Must be uploaded to be graded
  • May also be printed out to put in your portfolio WITH PERMISSION

This lesson idea from:
Carolyn Roberts, Art Teacher http://www.carolynrobertsart.com

Positive-Negative Design

Using Microsoft Paint create at least one creative and complete Positive-Negative Design Assignment.

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Requirements:

  • No White Space
  • Must be converted and saved as a jpeg
  • Must be named with correct naming sequence
    • Example: y6t1p4negative_joeschmoo.jpg
  • Must be uploaded to be graded
  • May also be printed out to put in your portfolio WITH PERMISSION

 This lesson idea from:
Carolyn Roberts, Art Teacher http://www.carolynrobertsart.com

Op Art Design

Using Microsoft Paint create at least one creative and complete Op Art Design Texture Assignment.

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Requirements:

  • No extra White Space
  • Must be converted and saved as a jpeg
  • Must be named with correct naming sequence
    • Example: y6t1p4opart_joeschmoo.jpg
  • Must be uploaded to be graded
  • May also be printed out to put in your portfolio WITH PERMISSION

This lesson idea from:
Carolyn Roberts, Art Teacher http://www.carolynrobertsart.com