Elementary school murals collaborative art projects

Collaborative projects! Collaborative projects are one of my favorite things. I love them at the start of the year and the end. I love doing them with the whole school or just a grade level. I love using songs, themes, artist-inspiration...you name it. I just love collaboratives! We've done a TON over the years and I thought I'd put them all together in one big ole blog post. So, here you go: my 20 Favorite Collabortive Projects. Be sure and click on the links, many of these have how-to…

Creating collaborative art is a wonderful way to encourage teamwork among students, celebrate diversity and enrich classroom culture. This collection of hands-on group art projects is designed to build meaningful skills such as taking turns, discussing ideas, and making group decisions. They are a fantastic way to foster community, allow students to connect with their classmates, and teach them to focus on cooperation instead of competition. Students are sure to have plenty of fun while…

Renae Greene on Instagram: “⁣ Ten years of school-wide collaborative projects and this may be one of my favorites, not just because of their stellar flowers though…”

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Grandview Elementary School students and families recently participated in a family engagement night titled “Growing Our Minds at Grandview.”

If you know me...then you know I do my field day duties a little different than the rest of the school. After years of face painting, snow cone-ing and watching kids grow bored of sidewalk chalkin' after five mintues, I decided a couple of things: 1. It's too dang hot outside on field day! 2. It's the PERFECT way to do a collaborative because you see all the kids in the whole school all in one day! You can read all about the field day activies that I love to do in this post. My fave: BACK TO…

This project is perhaps the perfect “All About Me” activity. Not only do the kids have to write about themselves, but then all the individual works are combined to make up the “connected” class community. In this way, it connects the individual with the group. It uses my specifically designed tessellation pieces, and it has a ton of “wow factor” when complete. It’s fun for kids and easy for you as the teacher. I’ve done everything I can do to make this a successful project.

BIG NEWS! My podcast is now available on Apple Podcasts! I'm so excited. If you want to keep up with me, be sure and subscribe. Also, a rating and a review would be super duper. Thank you, friends! I have been talking A LOT here lately, both here and on my podcast, about heading back to school. It's right around the corner for me (next week, ACK!) so it's all I've been thinking (and nightmaring) about. In case you've missed it, I've been sharing about my rules and routines for my art room…

This was an Elementary school art auction piece. Students painted popsicle sticks at color stations. They were then hot glued in a shadow box.

Jen Stark collaborative mural I made with my 5th grade students! - Wood Dale, IL #artteacher #collaorativemural #mural #jenstark #drips #collaborate

Back to school collaborative mural art project! Art with Mrs. Nguyen

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