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…

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…

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

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.

Children love learning about the OP Art movement and creating their own unique designs. Follow our step-by-step Op art drawing tutorial to create a fun shaded “wiggly line” designs.

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

Learn about optical illusions, perspective and kinetic art by making Agamograph art with your students in this exciting art science project.

Explore the fascinating world of optical illusions with this fun 3d hand art activity! This 3d hand drawing art project is easy to create and kids wil

My 4th grade worked on optical illusions. I love teaching this 'magic' to kids. They love the final outcome of the illusions we created. I have 5 4th grade sections so I did a different lesson with each group. They all have the work hanging in the hall so each class was exposed to other options of op art. This project was inspired by this pin. I'm not sure who it belongs too, but here is the link on Pinterest. I also used the instructions from We Heart Art. The kids made the art work with…

I saw a similar project to this online and decided it would be a successful project for my fifth graders. They had to use a cool color on th...

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Try this easy op art for kids activity to introduce your kids to optical illusions!

Whoa! Is this heart popping out of the page, or what? Have you ever seen those 3D hand drawings? You know, the ones that seem to pop out at you? Well, I was really amazed at how those drawings worked. But I wanted to give the art project a Valentine's Day craft twist! This past weekend my son and I drew a ton of these 3D hearts. The results are pretty neat (and the process is extremely addictive!) How to Draw 3D Optical Illusion Heart Art We drew about two dozen or so hearts. Some hearts…

Learn how to create an optical illusion American flag. Full step by step art lesson for kids of all ages.

Explore the fascinating world of optical illusions with this fun 3d hand art activity! This 3d hand drawing art project is easy to create and kids wil