Explore Frida Kahlo for kids with free, fun art projects! Discover self-portrait activities, flower crowns, tropical art, and more to celebrate Frida’s vibrant style and Mexican heritage. Perfect for classrooms and home learning!
Frida Kahlo for Kids
Try fun and free Frida Kahlo-inspired art projects for kids below! These creative activities celebrate Frida’s self-portraits, vibrant colors, and Mexican heritage, making them perfect for the classroom or home. Scroll down to find engaging projects like Frida snowflakes, flower crowns, tropical art, and more!
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Frida Kahlo Art Projects
These Frida Kahlo art projects will fit easily into your lesson plan; many templates can be used as coloring pages—perfect for grades K-5 in the classroom or at home.
️ Frida Snowflakes (Grades )
Students will create intricate paper snowflakes featuring Frida’s face, flowers, or elements from her artwork. This project introduces symmetry, portrait art, and Mexican design motifs, making it a gr
Kids Learn about Frida Kahlo, Mexican Artist Extraordinaire
For the Multicultural Kid Blogger’s World Cup series, I am presenting on several different countries that are participating. Today’s country is Mexico! Today we’ll look at a famous Mexican artist named Frida Kahlo, make our own self-portrait in her style, and learn about many different on-line lessons for kids.
Have you heard of Friday Kahlo? You might recognize the brilliant Mexican artist by her self-portraits. Check out this video that morphs several of Frida Kahlos self-portraits in and out. In my opinion, all of the paintings shown are appropriate for kids:
Frida Kahlo: Biography for Kids
Frida Kahlo was born in Coyoacán, Mexico (just south of Mexico City) in La Casa Azul (which is now a museum, see above photo) July 6, She grew up in this house with her parents and 6 sisters, during the Mexican revolution, which started in She loved to draw when she was a child, preferring to be alone than playing with her sisters. During her life, she had many, many medical problems and injuries that caused her a lot of physical pain; this is important to note because her pain and isolation is reflected in her pain
Inside: A collection of activities, self-portrait projects, biography, and a list of Frida Kahlo art for kids and students.
Frida Kahlo is a famous Mexican artist, and perhaps the most famous female painter of all time.
She is especially known for her self-portraits and traditional Mexican clothes. Her paintings are bold and full of emotions, and kids will be drawn to her colorful art full of pets and plants.
She is a great introduction into surrealism and Mexican culture as well.
This post includes all kinds of resources and information for learning more about Frida Kahlo, especially with kids or in a school setting.
There’s a lot, so here’s an index of what’s included in the post. You can click on any link to jump straight to that section:
1. Frida Kahlo Art for Kids (Paintings)
2. Frida Kahlo Biography for Kids
3. Frida Kahlo Lesson Plans
4. Frida Kahlo Art Projects
5. Frida Kahlo Children’s Books
6. Videos About Frida Kahlo for Kids
The boldness, imagination, and vision with which Kahlo approached her work and life made her an icon and legend—in art, and in for women or anyone exploring their individuality. She lived a bol
Famous artist research project includes a full page artist biography for close reading, graphic organizers, vocabulary page, and interactive foldables. Use as a research assignment alone, or add internet research. This includes so much more than just 1 biography graphic organizer!
These artist units can be used with my Meet the Artist Lit Units or on their own.
Includes:
3 Page Biography Foldable
4 Corner Bio Square
5 Page Flip Book
6 Tab Sequential Order Booklet
6 Page Art Vocabulary Lift Tabs
Note: The artist biography included is the same as the one in the Meet the Artist Series. The Interactive Notebook Set can be used alone or with the Lit Units.
Match them with the Meet the Artist Lit Units at:
Meet the Artists Units
Mini Books and Crafts
Find more Interactive Notebooks at:
Meet the Artist Interactive Notebooks
Match them with the new ART TASK CARDS:
Art Task Cards
25 Famous Artist Posters for Classroom and Bulletin Boards
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