Art Is A Vehicle Towards Many Destinations

Wild clay provides an amazing artistic sensory experience for children and adults!  It can be found in a variety of locations including empty creek beds, back roads and river shorelines which is where I find mine. All wild clay is different depending on your location.  Look for large cracked chunks of dried dirt!  Take it home and place it in a large pail with some water and let it soak until the texture is where you'd like it. Focus on exploring texture and senses rather than a finished product which requires additional steps as well as firing.  What's really great about wild clay is that you can reuse it again by soaking it in water! 

Let’s draw, trace, and create with this Line Element Crown Craft! ✏️ This printable kindergarten visual arts activity introduces the element of line in a fun, play-based way, while naturally supporting pre-writing and fine motor skills. Children design and decorate their own crowns by drawing, tracing, and exploring lines — straight, wavy, zigzag, and more! Perfect for preschool, kindergarten, or homeschool, this fine motor center blends art, creativity, and early writing practice into one joyful hands-on learning experience! 

All those broken crayons in your classroom now have a creative purpose! This guide will walk you through step by step on how to make the best homemade crayons by reusing broken ones. Melted crayons make a very unique and cost efficient student gift during special events and holidays. Place them in your classroom birthday box or prize bin to save money! The possibilities are endless. You can even incorporate the peeling of the papers as a fun fine motor center in your kindergarten class. Get your students to sort the crayons according to color. Tips and tricks are included to save you time. Pages with real pictures in color are also included for ideas and inspiration. The best places to find silicone molds are listed in this resource or keep it simple and use a mini muffin sheet. The recipe is in black and white.

I hope you enjoy this fun kindergarten hack!

Mix, splash, and discover with this Kindergarten Color Mixing Art Activity! 🌈 This play-based art lesson explores the element of color while strengthening fine motor and creative skills. Simply print, drop a different color on each side and let students mix them in the middle to reveal a new secondary color! Perfect for kindergarten classrooms or art centers, this reusable yearly resource includes a How-To Guide with read-aloud suggestions to make color discovery fun, hands-on, and educational! 

 This Element of Color – Write the Room activity turns your classroom into a colorful monster scavenger hunt! Print, laminate, and hide the bright color monster cards around the room, then let students explore, search, and discover. Children hunt for each color monster and record what they find using three differentiated recording sheets—color and write, trace, or check-off. A fun, reusable center that builds early literacy, fine motor skills, and joyful art exploration through play. 

 Introduce young artists to the 7 Elements of Design through playful, hands-on art explorations. This preschool and kindergarten visual arts resource includes seven engaging, play-based projects that explore line, shape, color, texture, form, space, and value. Activities are thoughtfully differentiated with student-led discovery and teacher-guided options, making it perfect for whole group lessons, centers, or small groups while building creativity, confidence, and fine motor skills in early years classrooms everywhere. 

This Kindergarten Monthly Self-Portrait and Pre-Writing Skills pack is a meaningful, reusable resource families love—perfect for year-end gifts! Students write their name and draw a self-portrait each month, capturing growth across the school year. Includes two portrait versions plus differentiated pre-writing practice pages to support students who need extra fine-motor help. Clear tools and teaching tips are included to boost confidence and success in early drawing, writing, and self-expression. 

Drawing lines is more important than you think.  This Element of Line Write the Room activity is a fun, reusable resource perfect for classrooms, homeschools, and daycare programs. Print the black-and-white line cards, laminate, cut, and hide them around your space. Students hunt for different types of lines and record their discoveries using three differentiated sheets—draw/write, trace, or check-off. A hands-on way to build early art and fine-motor skills! 

This Puffy Paint Arctic Animals Craft is the perfect hands-on art activity to wrap up your arctic animal unit. It pairs beautifully with read-alouds about arctic wildlife and adaptations. Included is a simple, kid-friendly puffy paint recipe, step-by-step instructions, and 11 spacious, bold-outline animal templates designed specifically for puffy paint success. A creative, sensory-rich way for preschool and kindergarten learners to explore winter animals through art!