Collage Art

Create heart-shaped collages with tear art. A Valentine's Day assignment takes kids through the process of tearing paper and gluing it back together to make beautiful collages. A number of extension activities tie the lessons together...

Recreate the iconic stylings of Eric Carle with a creative class project. Learners follow a step-by-step guide to make a collage using painted tissue paper.

Students create a two, three, or four-dimensional collage or assemblage. They use shapes, colors, images, objects, and textures to create their collage.

Students cut or tear a variety of geometric paper shapes and follow directions to decorate them. They define and create a pleasing collage. Afterward, they identify the names of shapes used in their collages

Students use transparent materials to design a collage.  In this glistening collage lesson, students use shiny and transparent materials to create a collage and cover it in clear contact paper. Students turn out the lights and dance with...

Students discuss sea life and what lives in the ocean. They examine patterns, and create fish collages using ripped construction paper.

To reinforce shape recognition and identification, little learners create a shape collage. They name each shape as they go, gluing or pasting them onto bright paper. They discuss collage techniques and are encouraged to use their shapes...

Explore the visual arts by creating a construction paper art project. In this collage lesson, young artists research the Internet to examine styles of famous artists including Keith Haring. They create cut-outs of hearts using...

Fall is an amazing season and leaves are fantastic subjects for artists to examine. Young artists use leaves to create fall collages using the rubbing technique. 

Students make dog collages using triangles and rectangles. In this collage lesson, students use cut-out triangles and rectangles to make a dog collage after looking examples of Keith Haring's work and listening to Emma Dodd's, Dog's...