â¤ď¸LOVE MONSTERSâ¤ď¸ â2nd grade!
2nd graders had so much fun with this quick art lesson â (2) 40 minute art classesâthat included TEXTURE and SYMMETRY!Â
JUST IN TIME FOR VALENTINEâS DAY TOO!! Happy Valentineâs Day Everyone!!â¤
I read them the cute story, âLove Monsterâ by Rachel Bright for inspiration!


Currently on display at Roosevelt now! My students at Amvet will begin this lesson Thursday!
I taught this same lesson last year, but didnât have students add hearts because they did it towards the end of the year, and called them âsilly monster selfiesâ!
DAY 1:
After reading the story âLove Monsterâ, Students dipped a small piece of cardboard into black tempera paint that was on a paper plate, and printed lines on a colored piece of construction paper cut to 9×12â -creating the outer edges of their monsters. They then stamped more black lines inside to create the furry TEXTURE in the monsters head. This was then left aside to dry until the next art class.
DAY 2:
Students cut out their monsters leaving a little color around the edges of their monsters, and glued onto a sheet of 12×12â black construction paper using a glue stick. They then glued on large white pre-hole punched eyes, and black pupils. They took a small piece of black construction paper and folded it in half, and drew half of a mouth (any shape they wanted) and cut along the folded edge, revealing a SYMMETRICAL mouth.
After gluing the mouth, they cut teeth out, glued them on, and then created symmetrical hearts by folding red and pink construction paper and cutting along the folded side, and glued into their collage! Voila!


Thank you art teachers on Instagram (@mrsplouffsartclass, @mrsallainart, @artolazzi, and @paintedpaperart) for the lesson inspiration!!
To view students âsilly monster selfiesâ from last year, click on â2nd grade art lessonsâ under the menu, and then scroll down until you see that lesson!
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Best,
Mollie
3D WINTER MUGSâ3RD GRADE!
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Two out of five of my 3rd grade classes finished up their winter mugs today in art!! â(3B and 3S at Amvet)Â
This lesson incorporates 5 of the 7 Elements of Art- (line, shape, color, texture, and form), as well as perspective, and one of the Principles of Art âvarietyâ!Â
Read below for more info. on how we created these beauties!!



AWESOME JOB EVERYONE!!! đ They will ALL be going up on the wall SOON!!
This was a 4 day art lesson. Day 1 Students drew 2 different patterns on 9×12â heavy weight tagboard in pencil. A line was created to divide the patterns and create a wall and a table.
They then either traced over their lines or colored in shapes with oil pastels.
On a smaller sheet (9â x 4.5â ) of heavy weight tagboard, they created patterns and designs for their mug and traced with oil pastels.
Day 2- students finished coloring with oil pastels
Day 3- students painted their 2 papers with watercolors, creating an oil pastel resist. They also painted a small piece of tag (3â x 4.5â) for their mugâs handle.
Day 4- Students assembled their pieces together! They first flipped the mug paper over and folded back the ends, creating 2 flaps. Then they glued the flaps down to their background papers as they curved their mug paper creating a three-dimensional mug. They drew the handles by drawing the letter C on the back of the painted 3â x 4.5â papers, cut the C shape out and glued into place. The final touch was adding a small amount of polyester batting to the mug for steam!!
More pics below of students creating their wonderful mugs!

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Best,
Mollie