Spring Themed Art Lessons and Ideas

Spring is a beautiful season that brings new beginnings, vibrant colours, and renewed energy after a long winter pause. As a teacher, I love to incorporate this season into my classroom learning, especially through spring-themed art lessons, and I would highly encourage you to do the same. Not only does it bring fun and creativity to your days, but it can also provide many important benefits to your students.

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The Benefits of Spring Themed Art Lessons

1. Encourages creativity

Spring-themed art lessons offer a wealth of benefits for students. First and foremost, they encourage creativity and using imagination. By exploring different aspects of spring, such as flowers, trees, and animals, students can use their imaginations to come up with unique and innovative art projects. This not only helps to develop their artistic skills, but also encourages critical thinking and problem-solving abilities as they work through various design challenges.

Woven Gardens Project with Ages 8-11 - View this lesson HERE 
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Woven Gardens Project with Ages 8-11
View this lesson HERE on TPT

2. Enhances fine motor skills

Art activities require students to use their fine motor skills, which are essential for many other activities such as writing and using tools. Spring-themed art projects that involve cutting, gluing, and painting can help develop these skills in a fun and engaging way.

3. Promotes mindfulness

Creating art can be a relaxing and meditative activity that promotes mindfulness. Mindfulness can help reduce stress and anxiety, improve focus, and enhance overall well-being. Spring-themed art activities that involve nature or natural elements can help students connect with their surroundings and promote a sense of calm.

4. Encourages observation skills

Spring is a season of new growth and change. Art lessons can help students develop their observation skills by encouraging them to pay attention to the details around them. For example, students can study the different types of flowers, the shapes and colours, before creating their own flower paintings.

These close-up observational drawings of poppies are one of the 'Tuning-in' activities in my 2 art projects that honour our veterans.

View art lesson - Poppies for Poppa - HERE 

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View art lesson - Poppy Fields - HERE

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5. Build community

Spring-themed art lessons can be a great way to build community and promote teamwork. By working on art projects together, students can learn to collaborate, communicate, and support one another. This can be especially valuable for students who may struggle with social skills or who may be isolated from their peers. Art can also make strong links to what is going on in your community during this time, such as these 2 lessons that help to commemorate our veterans.

POPPIES for POPPA  & POPPY FIELDS are both art projects based on the historic significance of WWI and WWII. Each year our students participate in memorial events like Memorial Day, Veterans and ANZAC days, around the world. Here is an artistic way to remember and appreciate our war veterans and current serving personnel. All steps are clearly explained and photographed, giving you the confidence to deliver quality visual art lessons to your students. Includes opportunities for student choice. These heart felt lessons are aimed at upper primary & middle school students. These resource contain some links to video tutorials created specifically, as well as other relevant support resources.

Praise for POPPIES FOR POPPA: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ "Personally one of my favourite art activities I have completed with my composite 5/6 students. They loved the process and the finished product just as much. Thank you."

Praise for POPPY FIELDS: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ "Extremely satisfied. Wonderful! Thank you :)"

6. Fosters an appreciation for nature

In addition, spring-themed art lessons can help students to connect with the natural world. By studying the beauty of spring and its many wonders, students can develop a deeper appreciation for nature and a sense of kaitiakitanga / stewardship for the environment. This can be especially important for students who may not have had many opportunities to explore the natural world outside of the classroom. 

Find this Art project to unpack metamorphosis 

and the concept of change - HERE

Read my next post where I share more of my spring themed art ideas and lesson plans that you can incorporate into your programme during spring time, too.

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