Remembrance Day Art in the classroom is a great way to educate your students about the importance of Remembrance Day and how art can not only communicate why Remembrance Day is important but it can honour soldiers and their families. Remembrance Day Art in the Classroom can engage students in learning about a difficult topic like war or freedom and can help students to express themselves if they struggle doing that verbally.

Remembrance Day Art in the Classroom

Art can be extremely therapeutic and be a form of expression for students who might have a range of feelings after learning about Remembrance Day.

Remembrance Day Art in the Classroom Ideas

Study the Flanders Field Poem and create an artwork or poem to go with it
Create poppies with tissue paper, scrap paper or other mixed media
Create a wreath of poppies or poppy pins students can wear as Remembrance Day approaches
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Remembrance Day art in the classroom - poppy painting

Remembrance Day Art in the Classroom - Painting

While this painting is more geared towards high school students -this painting can be easily adapted to accommodate students in younger grades.

In this How to Paint a Poppy- Easy Painting -I use a palette knife to complete this painting. To make this painting tutorial easier for students in younger grades they can paint with a paint brush. Instead of acrylic paint you can use pastels, watercolour paint, tempera paint or other art supplies that are available to you!

Click here to watch this poppy painting tutorial - it is only 17 min. long!

Another Poppy Painting to Try

You can click here to try another poppy painting for kids!

If you wish to learn more about palette knife painting you can watch this 5 min. tutorial that shows you tips for painting with a palette knife, and the different types of palette knives.