Check out these "how to" videos for some of our
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Art Projects
(teacher links to the Seesaw activities below)
Check out these "how to" videos for some of our
(teacher links to the Seesaw activities below)
Colorful Community (K-5th graders)
Community is a group of people with something in common. Every person in a community is unique and colorful and we all add something important! In this project we notice and celebrate differences and we include all kinds of different people into our community.
teachers: Seesaw Activity link
Behind My Mask (K-5th graders)
These days we miss seeing our friends' bright beautiful smiles...In this project we mix skin colors using crayons, and make a self portrait which reveals our face behind the mask.
teachers: Seesaw Activity link
Melanin Rainbow Painting (Pre-K to 1st graders)
Your skin tells a story, and that story started long before you were born. We can learn about how Melanin gives our skin colors, and how those colors relate to our identity.
teachers: Seesaw Activity Link
I Protect Human Rights Masks (2nd-5th graders)
When we wear our masks we protect ourselves and others in our community! In this project we empower kids to think about differences and rights. We use complementary colors because, when we work together our differences make us stronger! You will make a mask showing a human right you want to protect.
teachers: Seesaw Activity Link
Emoji Color Wheel (2nd-5th graders)
Colors can evoke both shared and unique emotions for each individual. In this project we create a color wheel and then draw an original emoji for each color. These colors/ emojis represent our different emotions. At the center we make a brown color emoji of ourself. All skin tones are different shades of brown. By mixing the watercolors we learn that the color brown is made by mixing all the colors together! We are each a colorful and complex mixture of many emotions and experiences.
teachers: Seesaw Activity link
My Museum (K-5th graders)
Representation matters! Especially in places like museums where histories are told. As artists we can reimagine these spaces!
This project is based on the children's book, "Milo's Museum" by Zetta Elliott. Before making the art project, please watch the video(link). Then, just like Milo, create a museum which represents you.
teachers: Seesaw Activity Link
My Own Color (2nd-5th graders)
This is a multi-media self-portrait project where we think about our personal identities. We learn how our skin tones contain every color, and we try to mix up various browns towards finding our own unique skin color. The background area of our portrait is decorated with different aspects of the cultures, experiences and the communities that shape our personal backgrounds in life.
teachers: Seesaw Activity Link
Ruby Bridges Mini Monument (2nd-5th graders)
Monuments help our community to remember important events in our history. Discuss Ruby Bridges and her brave role in changing our history. (Here is a video about her story: https://youtu.be/sytZGGs5sRs) Kids can make change and fight for important rights like education!
teachers: Seesaw Activity Link
Color Wheel Painting (K-1st graders)
teachers: Seesaw Activity Link
Simple Color Wheel Painting (PreK to 1st graders)
teachers: Seesaw Activity Link
"I See Color" Wheel (2nd-5th graders)
We each have unique perspectives. We can see colors differently based on our individual associations, experiences and ideas. In this project we learn about the basic color wheel, Primary Colors: Red, Yellow and Blue, and we mix them to create Secondary Colors.
teachers: Seesaw Activity Link
Melanin Rainbow (K-5th)
Kids discover that all skin colors are made of a combination of all the colors!! We mix up a rainbow of skin tones using only the Primary Colors. When the many colors of our community work together, this makes us strong and beautiful.
teachers: Seesaw Activity Link
Color Journals (K-5th graders)
We each have unique and shared relationships to colors. By keeping a color journal we can record visual notes about how we see and feel colors! A journal is a place to record doodles, ideas and observations about color. We can also experiment with mixing and combining colors!
teachers: Seesaw Activity Link