Color Mixing Activity Art Lesson for Kindergarten

Color wheel art activity making fish for Kindergarten and First Grade
This art lesson was about primary colors and how to mix them to create secondary colors.
Fish art using the color wheel Kindergarten First Grade
Students sat in a circle. They had a sectioned sheet of paper in front of them. In the primary color sections, there were balls of PlayDoh:
Art activity lesson to learn about color mixing and the color wheel in Kindergarten

Art activity lesson to learn about color mixing and the color wheel in Kindergarten
After reviewing the primary colors, they began to mix colors to create some secondary colors.
 First they took a piece of red and a piece of yellow Play-Doh and blended them together to create orange.
Art activity lesson to learn about color mixing and the color wheel in Kindergarten

Art activity lesson to learn about color mixing and the color wheel in Kindergarten
They put it onto the 'orange' section of their page.
  
Next they took a piece of yellow and blue and squished it together to create green.
Art activity lesson to learn about color mixing and the color wheel in Kindergarten
They put it on the section of their page marked 'green'.

Lastly, they mixed blue and red to create violet & put it on their page.
Art activity lesson to learn about color mixing and the color wheel in Kindergarten

Mrs. J read this book about colorful and patterned fish
Art activity lesson to learn about color mixing and the color wheel in Kindergarten
 and showed some pictures of real fish.
Art activity lesson to learn about color mixing and the color wheel in Kindergarten

Then it was time to create their own, using black pastels to outline them and paint to fill them in.
Art activity lesson to learn about color mixing and the color wheel in Kindergarten

Art activity lesson to learn about color mixing and the color wheel in Kindergarten

Art activity lesson to learn about color mixing and the color wheel in Kindergarten

They began by using the primary colors
Art activity lesson to learn about color mixing and the color wheel in Kindergarten

Art activity lesson to learn about color mixing and the color wheel in Kindergarten
Art activity lesson to learn about color mixing and the color wheel in Kindergarten
then scooped colors with their paintbrushes, mixing them together to create secondary colors.
Art activity lesson to learn about color mixing and the color wheel in Kindergarten

Art activity lesson to learn about color mixing and the color wheel in Kindergarten

Art activity lesson to learn about color mixing and the color wheel in Kindergarten

Art activity lesson to learn about color mixing and the color wheel in Kindergarten

Art activity lesson to learn about color mixing and the color wheel in Kindergarten

Art activity lesson to learn about color mixing and the color wheel in Kindergarten

Art activity lesson to learn about color mixing and the color wheel in Kindergarten

Art activity lesson to learn about color mixing and the color wheel in Kindergarten

Art activity lesson to learn about color mixing and the color wheel in Kindergarten

2 comments

  1. Fabulous way to teach the color wheel! Ingenious! How can I get a PDF of your color wheel page? I am teaching this lesson to a class or Kindergartners this Friday....

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  2. This lesson was led by a parent volunteer, so I am not sure exactly where it came from, but you may have some luck looking here http://www.mrprintables.com/printable-color-wheel.html

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