Preschool Torn Paper Art Ideas

Are you looking for fun art projects that will also help your students develop their fine motor skills? Try tearing paper! Add these preschool-torn paper art ideas to your classroom.

Demonstrate how to tear paper with your students. Pinch with your thumb and forefinger and tear. The students will try to pull the paper and I also demonstrate how that does not work.

Fall Torn Paper Art Ideas

One of our first torn paper art activities of the school year is the apple. Grab the apple template here.

These fun owls were so simple! Draw an owl shape with a white crayon on black paper and fill it in with brown paper. Ad the big yellow circle eyes and the triangle beak. Adorable!

Halloween Torn Art Ideas

There are so many fun torn paper art projects to make with your students during Halloween. Pumpkins, bats, ghosts, etc…

We love to learn about bats during October and this bat-torn art craft is too cute! Got to love the googly eyes!

We tore the paper for this candy corn craft and then added it to our craft table for a fun project.

Make a spooky ghost! Draw the shape of the ghost using chalk and fill it in with the white torn paper.

Download the Halloween shapes here.

Christmas Torn Art Idea

We love making wreaths at Christmas time! Cut the center out of a paper plate and give the kids various strips of green construction paper and top with red torn paper.

Winter Torn Art Ideas

Winter is the perfect time to make these snowflakes. Use chalk on a blue piece of paper to draw a simple snowflake and add strips of white paper for your students to share.

Mittens are a fun shape to add to your art projects. Adding purples and blues are fun for winter. Download the mitten template here.

After learning about polar bears this is a fun craft to make with the kids. Add snowflakes using white paint.

Valentine’s Day Torn Paper Art Idea

The template for this Valentine’s Day activity is here!

St. Patrick’s Day Torn Paper Idea

Strips of green paper, glue, and a brush are all you need for this St. Patrick’s Day torn art paper setup. Grab the shamrock template here.

Transportation Torn Art Idea

While learning about different kinds of transportation incorporate a torn art project. Download the hot air balloon template here.

Summer Torn Art Ideas

Ice cream cones and popsicles are perfect shapes for torn art projects during the summer. Download the ice cream and popsicle templates here.

Add these preschool-torn paper art ideas to your classroom. Torn paper develops hand strength, eye-hand coordination, and fine motor skills. The setup is easy and the supplies are only construction paper and glue!

Teacher tips:

When making the strips for the students to tear I use a ruler to tear the paper into straight strips.

Use all of those scraps of paper you have been saving!