STEAM Winter Art Activity and Sub Plan - Doodles

This winter art lesson is integrated with math. It may be drawn in a complex design or a simple one.

The main idea is "radial symmetry."  Six templates are provided to help students evenly draw their designs around the circle.  Five drawings of completed designs are also included.  It includes a sheet of sample winter and holiday icons to help the kids add detail. This would also be great as an early finishers activity.  You can find this over at the TPT shop: Cool Classroom Ideas.

Crab Template

Last night I was snipping trial versions of Christmas cards. I decided that they weren't personal enough, so I tried using a local icon from back home; the Chesapeake Bay Blue Crab. My thinking was that I would cut it out of white cardstock and back it with some glittery , shiny Christmas paper. We'll see. I may still just head over to Hallmark.
I'll post photos of a finished piece later today. This template has some rough edges, but I really just made it for my own use and wasn't worried about presentation.


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Planning for Christmas - Card Template

I like snipping my own Christmas cards. 

The ones I made the last two years were 
3D.  It took 5 months to make all of them. 

 With a month to go until Christmas, 

it looks like this year's cards won't

 be as involved as that.  So I'm trying

 to get some sketches done before getting 

the production line going.  Honestly, at

this speed , I may be heading to Hallmark 
for my cards. 

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