10 Art Lesson Ideas for 10 Year Olds
Here are some of my favourite art lesson ideas for 10 year olds to try. I am sharing 10 different art lesson ideas for 10 year olds. You can check out the list by reading them below. Whether you are an art teacher, an elementary teacher, or you have a 10 year old child at home you will want to check out these art lesson ideas for 10 year olds that they will love.
10 Art Lesson Ideas for 10 Year Olds
1. Tissue Paper Collage Landscapes
Materials: Tissue paper, white glue, water, brushes, construction paper
Technique: Collage, layering, colour blending with tissue
Description: Students tear or cut tissue paper into shapes to create a landscape scene. They layer and glue the tissue onto construction paper, watching how the colours blend and create a stained-glass effect.
2. Clay Animal Sculptures
Materials: Air-dry clay, sculpting tools (toothpicks, plastic knives), paint
Technique: 3D sculpting and painting
Description: Students sculpt animals of their choice from clay, focusing on form and texture. Once dry, they paint their animals using acrylic or tempera paint.
3. Watercolour Resist Cityscapes
Materials: Crayons (especially white), watercolour paints, brushes, watercolour paper
Technique: Resist with wax, watercolour wash
Description: Kids draw a city skyline using crayons, adding lots of detail. They then paint over the drawing with watercolours, revealing the wax crayon lines underneath.
4. Printmaking with Styrofoam
Materials: Styrofoam plates, pencils, printing ink or paint, rollers, paper
Technique: Relief printmaking
Description: Students carve a design into a Styrofoam plate using a dull pencil, then roll ink or paint over it and press onto paper to create prints.
5. Paper Making Seed Starters
Materials: a blender, recycled construction paper, water, seeds, towels, optional- cookie cutters
Description: this is a great lesson for Earth Day or to teach about recycling. This is a fun activity exposing kids to new materials and the technique of paper making. Learn more by checking out my paper making lesson here!
6. Mixed Media Self-Portraits
Materials: Magazine cutouts, markers, pastels, fabric scraps, glue, paper
Technique: Collage and drawing
Description: Students create a self-portrait combining drawing with mixed media elements to express their personality or hobbies.
7. Salt & Watercolour Galaxies
Materials: Watercolour paper, salt, watercolour paints, brushes
Technique: Watercolour painting with salt texture
Description: Students paint abstract galaxy-inspired backgrounds using wet-on-wet watercolour technique. While still wet, they sprinkle salt to create star-like textures.
For an acrylic painting galaxy sky - click here!
8. Foil Embossed Art
Materials: Heavy cardstock, glue, aluminum foil, black acrylic paint, cotton swabs
Technique: Embossing and resist
Description: Kids draw designs with glue on cardstock. Once dry, they cover it in foil, pressing down to reveal the raised lines. They then paint over it and rub away the surface paint for a metallic effect.
9. Cyanotypes
Materials: Cyanotype kit, water colour paper, foam brush, shallow container of water, collected nature
Technique: Cyanotype
Description: Use pre-treated cyanotype paper or make your own using a kit, expose a piece of nature on top of the treated paper in the sun. rinse once the print has been exposed.
10. Nature Mandala
Materials: Leaves, sticks, flowers
Technique: learn about nature and land art
Description: Expose kids to artists like Andy Goldsworthy and teach them about land art and different art examples. Check out my nature mandala lesson to help you with this lesson and inspire you. You can do this lesson in all seasons!
Other Art Lesson Ideas for 10 Year Olds
Symmetry Drawing Books - I have created a series of symmetry drawing books for kids ages 9-14. You can check them out by clicking on the button below! These are great activities for homeschool or a gift for a child that loves drawing.
Be sure to check out my YouTube painting channel that includes painting tutorials for 8 year olds and up! (More great art lessons for 10 year olds to try!)
Symmetry Drawing Pages
Check out my FREE insect symmetry pages here