Arts | Infant Teaching Ideas

Pop Art

by Lorraine

A simple & effective group activity for making Andy Warhol-inspired print pop art with children.

Hummingbird Painting

by Lorraine

A simple art project painting & assembling a hummingbird, the national bird of Jamaica.

April Showers

by Lorraine

Ideas for designing and making puddle splash pictures. A simple, effective and fun activity to complement any wet day.

3-D Butterflies

by Lorraine

A Spring-themed art activity making simple & pretty 3-D butterflies while following the life cycle of the butterfly.

Paint Storage

by Lorraine

Ketchup bottles. A simple, cheap, effective and an infant- & environmentally-friendly way to store paint in an infant classroom.

Christmas

by Lorraine

Various roleplay & hands-on ideas for the topic of Christmas during Aistear in an infant classroom environment.

Directed Art Frog Drawing

by Lorraine

Breaking through infants’ confidence barriers with the aid of Directed Art, directing the infants in their drawing of frogs to wonderful effect.

Materials

by Lorraine

Ideas for covering the topic of (construction) Materials through Aistear in your infant classroom, a topic that’s a big hit with the students.

Colour Mixing

by Lorraine

An activity using paints & paper plates to experiment & discover what happens when mixing primary colours in an infant classroom.

Safari Sunset Painting

by Lorraine

Detailing the creation of a Serengeti sunset painting, complete with silhouetted Safari animals, in an infant classroom.

House Art

by Lorraine

An art activity linking to the topic of Myself, drawing and crafting houses from paper bags & match sticks in an infant classroom environment.

Paper Plate Parrots

by Lorraine

As part of the Jungle/Rainforest Aistear topic, reviewing a simple but colourful art activity making parrots from paper plates.

Independent Art Station

by Lorraine

Ideas for how to use and structure an independent art station in an infant classroom.

Paper Doily Snowmen

by Lorraine

Unfortunately we rarely see enough real snow to make a real snowman so we have to make do with paper doily ones instead!

Christmas Art

by Lorraine

Paper Plate Santa faces, a Christmas tree collage and a Christmas Tealight holder. Three simple Christmas-themed craft ideas that are ideal for an infant classroom.

Spooky Halloween Lanterns

by Lorraine

A simple craft activity to make Spooky Halloween Monster Lanterns in an infant classroom.

DIY Shape Painting Sponges

by Lorraine

There’s no need to buy the more expensive shape painting sponges when it’s easy to make your own. Another cost-effective idea for use within an infant classroom.

Ice Painting

by Lorraine

Ideas for painting with ice as part of the topic Winter, a great way to demonstrate the freezing & thawing cycle in an infant classroom.

It may sound ridiculous but using recyclable junk (& a creative imagination) & sticking it all together to make something is so much fun, not to mention a great promoter of fine motor, sticking & problem solving skills in an infant classroom.