Collages allow you to study a theme with your class while participating in a fun craft project. Select a theme for your class. Instruct students to cut out pictures that represent your theme, as well as letters for them to use as a project title. They can use drawings or paintings to add a personal touch to their collages. This project is ideal for studying a current events topic, specific city or environment as well as a seasonal or holiday theme. Let your students create their own collages and you can determine the size by selecting the background for their projects.
Flowers are a classic source of inspiration for many artists and they can inspire your students as well. Instruct your students to collect a variety of colors and types of flowers. Press their flowers into large, heavy books by placing each flower, individually, between the pages of the book with wax paper around the flowers to protect the books. Large encyclopedias are often ideal. Leave them in the books for a week. Once their flowers are properly dried, provide glue and allow your students to place their flowers against a piece of construction paper. Let them decorate the background as they wish to create their own beautiful field of flowers.
Christmas provides a perfect theme for a fun craft project, which your students can give to their parents as a Christmas gift. Use construction paper as the foundation and cut a piece based on the theme your students wish to use. Snowflakes and Christmas tree shapes are ideal for this project. Provide glitter and paint for their ornament decorations. Other decorative options include lace for the outline or pictures of them and their family for a centerpiece. Encourage them to personalize their ornaments. Instruct them to write their name and the year on the back. This ensures that their parents can look back at the ornament and remember exactly when their child made it.
Poetry allows your students to combine an appreciation for poetry with a creative craft. Direct your students in writing a poem. These can be a simple poem or even a creative haiku. Instruct them to use construction paper and write their poem on the page. Around the poem, allow them to decorate it as they choose. Suggest an artistic theme that has something to do with their poem.