Optical illusion art for kids

Last week I pinned a fabulous optical illusion art idea from We Heart Art. She had completed this activity with her fifth graders, and I thought it would make a fantastic first lesson for my students. I tried it out with my oldest daughter last weekend (she's in grade 3), and when she achieved great results, I knew it would be perfect. This is a perfect art lesson for the beginning of the year because it uses only a few materials, has simple directions, and turns out to be an impressive work…

Materials: Paper and pencil. Optional Materials: Crayons and ruler.

Making a 3D optical illusion handprint is a lot simpler than you think! You can help your kid draw the outline and they can color the rest.

Back for a new year with a wonderful group of students. I have been researching many new projects, some online and some from my head and this weeks project I got from Rundes Room who got it from We heart art . The internet is a wonderful place to share/exchange ideas. I am always happy when I see that another teacher has used my ideas! Anyway, this was a great first of the year project to assess where everyone is at and to have fun with color (we made color wheels first) and then do the step…

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Found a couple more Op Art's to show you. This was was very successful!! I got the idea and GREAT directions from Artful Artsy Amy. We used sharpie, and a charcoal pencil at the end for the shadow.

Make a fun optical illusion using a straw and two squares of card. Trick your eyes into seeing both pictures at the same time.