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Below are 22 Winter Art Lessons ranging from K-5th grade and Special Education. These are a variety of winter art lessons that I’ve taught over the years since 2012. I hope that this post will give you some fun winter art lesson ideas to use in your classrooms!

To find each lesson, just go to the main menu and select the grade level that each lesson is from and scroll down the page to view more photos, directions with steps, and the learning goals!

5th GRADE

WINTER NORTHERN LIGHTS

This is a NEW lesson that I created 12/17/25 and just posted a new blog post on it! Please check out the blog post with details on how to create it by typing in Winter Northern Lights in my search box —Or—by visiting my “5th Grade Art Lessons” page in the drop down menu. ***Update: I just added my new YouTube tutorial on this lesson below too!

 (Holiday Lights lesson inspo from @artwithmrsnguyen ) 

4th GRADE

(Lesson idea from LauraLee (@2art.chambers)

 (lesson idea from @mrsallainart and @2art.chambers) 

3rd GRADE

Below is my YouTube tutorial on the 3D Winter Mugs

 (Polar bears lesson inspiration from @2art.chambers) 

2nd GRADE

(Winter Bears in Sweaters lesson idea from @2art.chambers) 

1st GRADE

The mixed-media snow globe is a 1st grade art lesson that is NEW (started in Nov. 2025) and is still underway. I did a blog post recently on the steps to create it and added photos of students artwork from day 1 so far. I will add a new blog post on the final artwork with more details as well as add it to the 1st grade art lessons page once complete! I also have a snow globe PDF template in my TpT store for $1.50

(I have another version of this winter landscape lesson under Kindergarten art Lessons – with pink paper and snowflakes created with fingertips dipped in paint!)

(Mixed-Media Alphabet Soup lesson idea from @2art.chambers) 

KINDERGARTEN

SPECIAL EDUCATION

I hope that you enjoyed looking at these winter art lessons!

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Mixed-Media Snow Globe -1st Grade

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This is a new lesson I created for my first graders, and we just started it today at one of my schools. My students did such a great job drawing their houses and trees today! ( btw-that is my teacher example above) 

I’m thinking it’ll take 4 art classes to finish. 

Globe template is available now in my TpT store for $1.50 PDF printable template! Link to my TpT is HERE

DAY 1: 

Students get a template of the globe that I drew/copied on 80# drawing paper and draw along with me as I demo the house/tree/snow. They could add other details as well if they had space next to the house (which many did!) 

DAY 2: 

Draw details on the bottom of the snow globe in pencil.  (I’ll show kids how I made my snowflakes on the bottom of my globe – but they can draw whatever details they want). Sharpie over all pencil lines with a black fine point sharpie. Color in the house, tree, bushes, and other details using crayons. Then outline everything with a black crayon after.  Then add a little blue to the snow with crayon. 

DAY 3: 

Finish coloring if needed. Then they’ll draw some snow falling (SOME not tons!) with white crayon and paint the sky using turquoise liquid watercolor paint, adding salt while still wet.

DAY 4: 

Students create a 9×12” loom with either a red paper with green strips or green paper with red strips (strips are 1” x 9”). Then they’ll weave in their strips and glue down ends after each strip is in place. Then they’ll cut out their snow globe and glue onto their weaving with a glue stick. 

LEARNING GOALS: 

  • Students use their previous knowledge on lines and shapes and can create a 3D looking house
  • Students can make connections to math concepts (drawing geometric shapes, pattern recognition, measurements) 
  • Students can define and create a crayon wax resist painting 
  • Students explore salt resist techniques 
  • Students can create a paper weaving and build upon their fine motor skills

Here are some Day 1 photos of student’s artwork from today, after I demonstrated how to draw the snow, house and tree! 

They did an incredible job and I can’t wait to see their finished artwork! 

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I’ll post again here, as well as add the finished artwork to the “1st Grade Art Lessons” page once they are complete in a few weeks! ❄️❄️❄️

Please check out my previous most recent posts below! You can copy and paste each title in my search bar below to go directly to them.

  • 1 Point Perspective Cityscapes 
  • Snowy Owl Collage
  • Mixed-Media Leaf Impressions 
  • Art on a Cart
  • Dotted Leaf Paintings 
  • Drawing a Victorian House

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Snowy Owl Collage – Kindergarten

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“Snowy Owl Collage” with Kindergarten started last Thursday at one of my schools (11/13/25)! 

I brought this one back out from the vault with a new twist! I decided this time we’re going to add white tempera paint to the branches AND use a toothbrush to flick snowflakes all around the sky! My kindergartners today were like “whaaat? A toothbrush??” Haha a little confused on that one,  but they were very excited to be able to flick paint! 

So far on this fun 4 day lesson, Kindergarteners learned what a collage was and strengthened their fine motor skills by tearing small pieces of brown paper for the branch ( I drew the outline of the owl and branch ahead of time with a white colored pencil on black Sax brand paper). 

We talked about how to glue the back of the torn paper, not the black background paper, (so we don’t put glue where we might not need it), overlapping, as well as texture. 

Later on in the lesson, on day 4, they’ll be working on their fine motor skills even more with tracing circles and cutting them out with scissors for the owls eyes, and using a toothbrush to create falling ❄️❄️❄️ 

By the time they finish these, who knows- – we could very well be seeing some snow falling ourselves! I can’t believe Thanksgiving is already in less than 2 weeks? It feels like it wasn’t that long ago that I was just out walking with a pair of shorts on?!?! 

I’ll be posting more details on this lesson with more photos of students working on them, and of their finished work in the next few weeks! (it’ll probably take 4 (40 min. ) art classes to complete. Stay tuned!!

Below are pics from previous years where students used a white crayon to add snow details rather than paint. 

Learning Goals:

  • Continue to strengthen fine motor skills (tearing, gluing, cutting, drawing)
  • Can create a collage using torn pieces of paper, and define what a collage is 
  • Can define texture and show texture within their artwork 
  • Can define overlapping and show this in their artwork
  • Connection to science/ Learn about owls

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  • 1 Point Perspective Cityscapes
  • Mixed-Media Leaf Impressions
  • Art on a Cart
  • Dotted Leaf Paintings
  • Drawing a Victorian House

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“Pumpkin’s Starry Night” – K and 1

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Gahh! These pumpkins are just SO stinkin’ cute! I LOOoove how they turned out, and my students did too! So proud of their hard work and effort. 2 out of my 8 classes finished so far. Here’s some of their finished work- and photos and details on how we made them!
BTW— Please be sure to read some important information at the bottom of this post!

I love all the different facial expressions!

But students didn’t have to include a face in their pumpkin if they didn’t want to

This was a 4 day lesson (40 minutes each art). My YouTube tutorial is posted below the artwork / steps for the lesson.

DAY 1:

This lesson was inspired by “The Starry Night” —Kindergarten and 1st grade students learned about the life and artwork of Vincent van Gogh.

After learning about Vincent van Gogh, I showed students step-by-step under the document camera, how to draw the pumpkin on a 12×12” sheet of 80# white drawing paper. I began with drawing a large “C” on the left side of the paper. Then drawing a backwards “C” on the right side- leaving a little space in between. We then connected the two C’s at the top with a slight curving line, then connected the bottom.

Then we drew the pumpkin’s stem, adding a few bumps at the top and lines inside for texture. After that, we drew a straight line down the middle of the pumpkin, and then curving lines on either side to create more texture, and to make our pumpkins look more rounded. Then students drew the face (if they wanted one) and added a zig-line for the grass (making sure to go OVER the bottom of the pumpkin a little bit to show overlapping).
Then we erased the parts of the pumpkin that was below the zig-zag line. For the final step of day 1, we drew a moon in the sky.

DAY 2:

Students traced over ALL pencil lines with a black crayon making sure to press real hard as they traced. Then students filled in their pumpkin’s eyes and mouth with a black crayon; pressing hard. Students then drew stars in the sky using a yellow crayon (also making sure to press really hard, and to fill in the circles completely).

DAY 3:

Students then painted their sky using black watercolors, creating a crayon-wax resist technique. It never gets old seeing students watch in awe as the paint glides right over the crayon and doesn’t cover it up! Then they painted their grass, pumpkin, stem and moon.

DAY 4:

On the final day, we looked at Vincent’s Starry Night painting again and talked about all the short dashed lines in his work- particularly around each of the stars, and how it made them look like they were twinkling, and how it created a lot of texture throughout.

Students drew short dashed lines in the grass with a dark green crayon, dashed lines with a red-orange crayon inside the pumpkin, and white dashed lines all around the stars; making sure to press down hard as they drew.

Learning Goals:

  • Students can identify and create various types of line
  • Students can define texture and show texture within their artwork
  • Students can define overlapping and show overlapping in their artwork
  • Students can define and create a crayon-wax resist painting
  • Students can identify artwork by Vincent van Gogh

I just added 9 NEW Resources (printable PDF sheets for various art lessons) in my TpT store (11/5/25) link is https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/store/art-with-mrs-filmore

These are the 9 new resources, in case you might be interested!

  • Fill in the blank sheets of questions for my abstract self-portrait lesson– 2nd grade
  • Woodland Creatures Step-by-Step Drawing Sheets 
  • Airplane drawing template 
  • Leaf templates/Tracers (FREE!)
  • Sandra Silberzweig art lesson resource 
  • Artist Statement / Reflection sheet
  • Mixing Primary Colors Sheet 
  • “I Am” Statements resource sheet
  • “Finish The Picture” sheets 

Please check out my previous most recent posts —

  • 1 point Perspective Cityscapes
  • Mixed-Media Leaf Impressions
  • Dotted Leaf Paintings
  • Art on a Cart

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”1 Point Perspective Cityscapes”- 5th Grade

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SO proud of my 5th graders on this lesson! It took 6 to 7 (40 minute) art classes to complete them. (Can’t you just hear all my 5th graders saying “six-sevvven” right now haha)

On the first day of the lesson I explained what perspective meant in art, and showed students some example photos that show 1 point perspective.


Then I showed them the circle template that each student would receive. I drew a large 9” circle by tracing a plate on a sheet of 12×12” paper. Then using a ruler, created little lines along the inside of the circle to mark where students would draw lines using their rulers. I wrote a number at each little line indicating where they should connect their lines.

Students drew their lines connecting to each corresponding number using their rulers making sure to draw lightly. After that they started drawing buildings within each “pie slice” starting at the roofline. They had handouts of buildings to refer to for inspiration while drawing. They could make any building they wanted, and could of course create them from their imagination as well. I explained to create some taller than others, and to make sure that each building touched one another within their circle. I also mentioned to make sure to leave some space in the center for sky.

I also mentioned to make sure any windows drawn inside the buildings go from largest to smallest from the bottom up to show a sense of space and create the illusion that things are getting smaller and are further away from the viewer as they go up towards the vanishing point.

Once everything was drawn, students erased the guidelines created on day 1 that remained in the sky and traced over everything using a fine point sharpie.

After sharpie, students decided on whether they wanted to create a daytime or nighttime sky and created stars and moon or a sun and clouds with pencil. Then began coloring in using alcohol markers, using whatever colors they wanted.

Once finished, (some students finished on day 5, some day 6, and some day 7– but I think I should’ve had more moments of silent art to help them stay focused)— they cut their circle out and glued onto a separate sheet of 12×12” black paper.

These are some works still in progress below —- (my Monday and Tuesday classes are behind everyone else due to holidays and the fact that we started school this year on a Wednesday). I absolutely love the “pencil” store and cool 3D art museum below! My students had some very creative ideas for their buildings!

This is a new art lesson for me this year (2025) and I LOOVE it! I love the fact that it’s a circular design on square paper as well. Lesson idea from art teacher @kerry.daley_artteacher on Instagram. Thank you Kerry for such a cool lesson idea! My students really enjoyed this one!

Please check out my previous most recent posts below if interested!:

  • “Dotted Leaf Paintings – 4th Grade”
  • ”Mixed-Media Leaf Impressions – 5th Grade”
  • ”Owls at Night” – grades 2+3
  • ”Art on a Cart”
  • ”Pumpkin’s Starry Night” YouTube tutorial
  • ”Drawing a Victorian House”
  • ”Elementary Art Lessons: A quick glimpse of my website!

You can always use my “SEARCH” bar (in the drop down menu) to copy and paste in any of the above post titles to find them quicker as well! Also—- I will be posting finished artwork on k/1 Pumpkin’s Starry Night on Thursday night (11/6/25)! Thank you for visiting my website!

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