Tuesday, February 3, 2015

Lowell Elementary ART! Lowell Students are Thankful


 Around Thanksgiving the students create a quilt square with drawings of the things that they are thankful for.  They use rulers to make a border around the outside, and they use pencils and markers to create the images.  In the end an entire classroom can display their squares together to form a large Thanksgiving Quilt.
Grade:  All grades
Time:  one 45 min classes
Materials:
9"x9"
pencils
rulers
Sharpie markers
colored markers/crayons
Learning Objectives:
To introduce students to the artwork of Faith Ringgold, famous quilt artist.
To have students draw from imagination, things that they are thankful for.
To have students work as a class to create a collaborative project.

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