Kindergarten- Colorful Turkeys
Materials:
- colorful tissue paper squares
- 1/2 of a thin white paper plate
- googly eyes
- brown construction paper
- orange construction paper
- red construction paper
- scissors
- glue
**Have the body, beak, feet, and wobbler traced and ready to cut out for the kids.**
Step 1: Start by explaining that the glue should be put on the plate and not on the tissue paper. Have students cover the plate with colorful tissue squares.
Step 2: Next, cut out the body, feet, beak and wobbler out and build their turkey.
Step 3: Add the big eyes!
1st Grade- Owls
This project can be as simple or as elaborate as you want, Here is the more streamlined version to complete in one art class.
Materials:
- black construction paper
- star stickers
- brown construction paper
- orange construction paper
- white construction paper
- scissors
- glue sticks
Step 1: Give each student an owl body already traced on white construction paper to cut out.
Step 2: students can rip brown paper and glue onto their owl body. Remind them to cover as much of the white as possible.
Step 3: Students can draw and cut out their beak and legs from orange construction paper and then make their BIG eyes. Glue all pieces on to their owl.
Step 4: With two small brown pieces of paper, have student trace their hands and cut them out for the wings.
Step 5: Once the owl is assembled, glue it to the black paper. Now add the stars!!
2nd Grade- Color Wheel Turkeys (www.deepspacesparkle.com)
3rd Grade- Fall Tree Reflections (from Elements of the Art Room)
Visit the link below to find the materials and directions:
http://elementsoftheartroom.blogspot.com/2017/11/2nd-grade-fall-reflections.html
4th Grade- Teaching Value with a Simple Cat (www.deepspacesparkle.com)
Visit the link below to find materials and directions:
https://www.deepspacesparkle.com/how-to-teach-value/
5th Grade- Thanksgiving Day Parade Balloons (www.deepspacesparkle.com)
Visit the link below to find materials and directions:
https://www.deepspacesparkle.com/jeff-koons-macys-thanksgiving-parade-balloon/
**Balloons Over Broadway by Melissa Sweet us a perfect read aloud to add to this lesson. It is a real-life story about Tony Sarg, the puppeteer who developed the first Macy’s parade balloon.
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