Valentine Art Sub Plan - Free Elementary Lesson

 Easy Free Valentine’s Day Art Lesson

Do your “big kids” sometimes beg you to let them do a lesson that the “little kids” do? A sub day is a good opportunity to let students do an easy, no-fail lesson.

They also beg to let them do valentine cards around the holiday, so why not let them? This can be done on printer paper and using just crayons. The paper can be folded in half if they want to make a greeting card or just done on a full sheet of paper.

Prepare the Paper

• Students can either fold their paper to create a greeting card or use the entire paper as a flat surface.

Draw the Heart

• In the center of the paper, students should draw a heart shape. It doesn't have to be perfect.

  
  
  

Add Random Lines

• Next, students should draw random lines that cut through the heart and travel around the paper.

  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  

Trace the Heart

• Students then trace the heart shape heavily with a crayon.

Color Inside the Heart

• Color the spaces inside the heart shape heavily. Students can use a particular color scheme or random colors. Each shape should be filled with a different color than the one next to it.

  
  
  

Color or Pattern Outside the Heart

• For the shapes outside of the heart, students can choose to color them in or fill them with patterns. Patterns may be colored in or left as just patterns.

  
  

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   If you would like to have this lesson in a format that is ready to go, you can purchase it here: TeachersPayTeachers Valentine's Day w Crayons and Paper
  
  

  I also just uploaded another paper and crayon Valentine's Day lesson here:  TeachersPayTeachers Valentine's Day w Crayons and Paper 2

  
  
  
  

  If you would like to see some other Valentines Day options, check out these blog posts:

  

  Valentine Doodle Ideas - Some Free & Some TPT

  
  
  
  
  

  
  

  

  Two Easy Valentines Day Art Lessons - TPT

  
  
  
  
  
  Fractional Hearts - Free
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Symmetrical Hearts -TPT
  
  
  
  
  Art Sub Lesson for Autism and Special Needs Students - Free
  
  
  
  Valentine Art Activity - TPT

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Kindergarten Art Sub Lesson Plan - Klee’s “Cat and Bird”

Kindergarten Art Sub Plan - “Cat and Bird"

When creating a sub plan that needs only simple instructions and materials, Klee's painting, "Cat and Bird," might be just the foundation upon which to build.  

Paul Klee Idea Emphasizing  Shape, Pattern, and Warm and Cool Colors 

The teachers at Jamestown Elementary, Ms. Worden and Ms. Teitsma have written a blog post that suggests rich resources from which to teach this lesson. 

Since my older students would often ask if they could do a lesson that the little kids did, I know that sometimes they like the simple lessons too. The perfect time to let them do one of those simple lessons is when they have a substitute teacher in art.

Check out this lesson at Jamestown Elementary Art Blog.