Egyptian art projects for kids

Make this fun papyrus paper for your next art project! The texture adds a unique touch!! Great activity while studying Egypt

I turned the kids into Pharaohs! Took photos of them and printed them out. Cut and pasted onto brown paper. Then, I had the kids use markers to draw clothing and color with oil pastels. We talked about geometric shapes like pyramids and triangles. And we talked about patterns like stripes that are found in textiles. We also talked about Egyptian paintings on papyrus. Aren't they great?

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Use Plaster of Paris to create tile reliefs which mimic art of Ancient Egypt.

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Ancient Egyptian activities

After pausing our Egyptian Unit study for a few weeks to discuss the election process, we are back in the saddle again. (This post contains affiliate links. Please see my disclosure policy for full details.) We recently read the books Hieroglyphs from A to Z by Peter Der Manuelian and Seeker of Knowledge: The Man Who Deciphered Egyptian Hieroglyphs by James Rumford. After learning what hieroglyphs were and how they were deciphered, we decided to try our hand at this ancient script. Using…

Celebrate King Tut Day with 10 Fun Ancient Egypt Crafts for kids – Mummies, pyramids, Pharoah’s headgear, jewelry, Hieroglyphics, and more!

Portrait of the Ancient Egyptian goddess Isis created by one of my fourth grade students. I love that the artist embossed the goddess' name in hieroglyphics at the bottom of the frame. For the record, let me just say that this lesson is not mine. I found it on pinterest, which lead me to artsonia. The image I found there showed that the middle school-aged students had watercolor painted their gods and painted their frame with metallic paint. As you can see, I altered the lesson some. It has…

When we look at Ancient Egyptian art, it looks remarkably the same for nearly 3000 years. All the human figures have a consistency to them, plus the hieroglyphs are also easy to notice, even if...

DIY Ancient Egyptian Pyramid Template - PDF is free to print.

Foil, glue yarn Egyptian art

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Learn how to draw the Pyramids with this fun and easy art project for kids. Simple step by step tutorial available. #howtodraw #artprojectsforkids #directdraw #pyramids