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<p>Writing can seem like a daunting task for students and sometimes for teachers too. One way to combat this dread is to add a fun 3D element by integrating writing and art together! How? With these easy bulletin board popping 3D art activities with a writing element you and your students will love.&nbsp; Why Integrate &#8230; <a href="https://savvyteachingtips.net/integrating-writing-and-art-easily-with-3d-writing-activities/" class="more-link">Read More <span class="screen-

<p>It’s May! That means we are getting closer and closer to the last day of school. Towards the end of the school year, students (and teachers) might be getting a little bit antsy. Plus, with the weather warming up, it can be hard to stay focused. One way to capture students’ attention is to engage &#8230; <a href="https://savvyteachingtips.net/10-simple-end-of-the-year-art-activities-for-elementary-students/" class="more-link">Read More <span class="screen-reader-text">about

<p>We are almost through February and that means we are getting closer to March which can bring spring rain! In addition to the changing seasons, we also have the luck of the Irish heading our way! With all of this fun happening, it’s a great time to do simple spring crafts with kids. 1: What’s &#8230; <a href="https://savvyteachingtips.net/spring-craft-activities/" class="more-link">Read More <span class="screen-reader-text">about 10 Simple Spring Craft Activities for Stude

<p>I made these very cute and very bright Mother&#8217;s Day cards this week with my Grade 2&#8217;s.  The most important part was that we used watercolor paper that I bought at an art store.  We used 2 kinds of paint.  Liquid watercolors, and real watercolors from a tube.  We also used a white crayon. STEP &#8230; <a href="https://savvyteachingtips.net/easy-and-stunning-mothers-day-card/" class="more-link">Read More <span class="screen-reader-text">about Easy and Stunning M

<p>I found this cute little drawing tutorial over at Art for Kids Hub. Hop on over and check out his site &#8211; he has some great videos and tutorials. So we did this as a class directed drawing activity.  First I traced a small plate to make the circle for the umbrella.  This gives the &#8230; <a href="https://savvyteachingtips.net/how-to-draw-spring/" class="more-link">Read More <span class="screen-reader-text">about How to Draw Spring</span></a></p>

<p>Easter is fast approaching.  I thought I&#8217;d let you in on some of my favorite ideas for Easter Crafts for Kids.   Check out these great ideas I found on Pinterest. When I was searching through Pinterest, I was really trying to find original and interesting crafts. I&#8217;ve done some Easter Crafts so many times &#8230; <a href="https://savvyteachingtips.net/favorite-easter-craft-ideas/" class="more-link">Read More <span class="screen-reader-text">about Favorite East

<p>Last week we sent our Father&#8217;s Day gifts home.   I know that many of you do not teach in the month of June, but for those of us who do, Father&#8217;s Day gifts are pretty important. There&#8217;s a few things I really like about this gift.  Firstly, it&#8217;s really easy for a child to &#8230; <a href="https://savvyteachingtips.net/fathers-day-gift-idea/" class="more-link">Read More <span class="screen-reader-text">about Low Cost and Super Cute Father&#8217;s Day

<p>&nbsp; Last week I did this cute art activity about how to draw a cartoon butterfly. And I&#8217;ve put the lesson in my TPT store for FREE! &nbsp; CLICK HERE &nbsp; to go get your own copy. &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; I recently posted a complete mega unit about butterflies. This package contains lessons and &#8230; <a href="https://savvyteachingtips.net/free-lesson-and-science-unit/" class="more-link">Read More <span class="screen-reader-text">about FREE Lesson an

<p>Just a quick post about what went on my class last week.  All the kids were super chatty as they were so happy to see one another after 2 weeks apart.  We did, however, manage to get this cute craftivity done for New Years&#8217; CLICK HERE to check out my store for the top half. &#8230; <a href="https://savvyteachingtips.net/peek-at-last-week/" class="more-link">Read More <span class="screen-reader-text">about Activities and Art for the first week after Winter Break</spa

<p>So I&#8217;m trying something new this week.  I&#8217;ve been working on using Instagram more and more.  So I&#8217;m going to share with you some highlights from my Instagram feed once a week. If you want to check out my Instagram feed &#8211; click on the camera icon on my blog header above. Here is my &#8230; <a href="https://savvyteachingtips.net/peek-at-last-week-3/" class="more-link">Read More <span class="screen-reader-text">about Some ideas you&#8217;ll love from

<p>So I had all the extra paper plates and decided to try a Spring Wreath with a poem inside.  I came up with this cute Spring Poetry lesson  and it&#8217;s FREE CLICK HERE to get your own copy. Here&#8217;s my attempt at Photoshopping a few photos together to show of my bulletin board.  I know &#8230; <a href="https://savvyteachingtips.net/welcome-spring-free-poetry-and-art/" class="more-link">Read More <span class="screen-reader-text">about Welcome Spring &#8211; a free po

<p>Aren&#8217;t these adorable? They are very easy to make. You will need blue background paper and liquid tempera paint in the colors above. Step 1 Demonstrate how to dip a finger in brown paint and drag their finger down the page to make three tree trunks.  Try to make the middle one a bit thicker. &#8230; <a href="https://savvyteachingtips.net/fingerprint-spring-art/" class="more-link">Read More <span class="screen-reader-text">about Using Fingerprints to Create Beautiful

<p>Aren&#8217;t these flowers cute?&nbsp; They were motivated by my need to clean up all of my leftover scrapbooking paper. I have thousands of sheets left over from my days as a Stampin&#8217; Up! demonstrator. Over Christmas I cleaned out my crafting room and took a ton of supplies to school. We&#8217;ve been working on the &#8230; <a href="https://savvyteachingtips.net/learning-about-color-wheel/" class="more-link">Read More <span class="screen-reader-text">about Learning

<p>So here are some cute and bright heart plaques we made. I glued the popsicle sticks together with a glue gun first. Then the kids painted them. &nbsp;I really like the rainbow effect. Then they glued down various little hearts I had. The smaller ones I made with a punch, and the larger ones are &#8230; <a href="https://savvyteachingtips.net/blog-post/" class="more-link">Read More <span class="screen-reader-text">about Rainbow Heart Art</span></a></p>

<p>Here&#8217;s some hallway art I found at my school last week. &nbsp;This art was done by a Grade 1 class with their Grade 6 buddies. &nbsp; CLICK HERE to go to the original tutorial. &nbsp;It&#8217;s super easy and really effective. Thanks for stopping by today!</p>

<p>Aren&#8217;t they cute?????? Yeah, I now that I&#8217;m a few days late with this one. But this is how my students wrapped their presents to their parents this year. I know these have been all over pinterest in the last year.  But I made my own template. and it&#8217;s free!!!! CLICK HERE to get your &#8230; <a href="https://savvyteachingtips.net/paper-bag-reindeer/" class="more-link">Read More <span class="screen-reader-text">about Paper Bag Reindeer FREE</span></a></p>

<p>Here&#8217;s some more hallway art I found around the school this week. &nbsp;This was made by a Grade 2 class. &nbsp;All you need is blue construction paper, white paint, a sharpie, and maybe a bit of yellow paint for the moon. Paint the ground paint the tree Thumbprint owls Add falling snow Add moon let &#8230; <a href="https://savvyteachingtips.net/quick-and-easy-snowy-winter-owls/" class="more-link">Read More <span class="screen-reader-text">about Quick and Easy Snowy

<p>  We are learning about birds in my classroom. I have a great new unit in my store about birds that we are working through  CLICK HERE  to check it out. Here&#8217;s a shot of my current bulletin board.   I apologize for the fuzzy picture.  There are some closeups below. We used the directions from &#8230; <a href="https://savvyteachingtips.net/winter-cardinal-art-and-science-unit/" class="more-link">Read More <span class="screen-reader-text">about Winter Cardinal Art and

<p>I just thought I&#8217;d share some Remembrance Day art from the walls at school with you today! &nbsp;The bottom photo is done by a cute Kindergarten student. &nbsp;Her message really resonated with me, &#8220;Peace is when I look at the sun.&#8221; &nbsp;I hope you can all see the sun today! &nbsp; Thanks for stopping by &#8230; <a href="https://savvyteachingtips.net/peace-is-when-i-look-at-sun/" class="more-link">Read More <span class="screen-reader-text">about Peace i

<p>Here&#8217;s a little peek of the artwork that I found around the hallways at my school this week. This is such an adorable activity and apparently, super easy and quick. I can&#8217;t wait to try it out next year. &nbsp;The teacher who did this activity found it on Pinterest. She hasn&#8217;t posted it up yet, &#8230; <a href="https://savvyteachingtips.net/from-hallways/" class="more-link">Read More <span class="screen-reader-text">about From the Hallways&#8230;</span></