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Students use stencilling, stippling, and printing techniques to reproduce patterns on paper and fabric. In this patterns lesson plan, students position and reproduce a pattern onto fabric and explain their design.
Students create a stenciled pillow. They read about the history of stenciling, follow directions to create stencils, stencil fabric with paints and then sew the fabric into a tasseled pillow. The pillow can be used a gift for upcoming holidays.
Fourth graders explore animals of the rain forest. They create a drawing of an animal in the rain forest. Students research the animal and write a paragraph about the animal. They use a stencil to create a picture of a rain forest animal.
Students stencil and stipple patterns onto fabric. In this stencilling and stippling lesson plan, students create shapes out of sponges and create patterns with them. Then they stencil and stipple onto the fabric and describe their creation.
Students explore materials and experiment with stencil process. Students study positive verses negative shape. They experiment with color planning and learn what happens when colors overlap. They work with personal symbols and/or non-objective shapes and make at least one quality print.
Students use toothbrushes, scissors, tag board paper, pencils, drawing paper, tempera, water color kits, and water. They draw a simple contour shape on tag board and cut it out in one piece. Students identify the positive and negative parts of the stencil. Students in grades kindergarten through first do geometric and free form shapes. Upper grades can handle more complex shapes.
Students view prints of contemporary Inuit art and create a stencilling art piece. In this Inuit art lesson, students view a slideshow of Inuit art and write stories for the images. Students discuss the stories and art's effect. Students brainstorm about a heroic experience they've had and write a short story about it. Students then complete a stenciled art piece for the story.
Fifth graders create their own stencils.
Students explore visual arts by researching animal characteristics. In this polar bear lesson, students discuss the harsh lives most polar bears live and their survival techniques which allow them to thrive in the wild. Students utilize stencils, paint and other arts and crafts to create visual images regarding the animal.
Students investigate the various techniques that studenT book illustrators utilize such as paper collage, die-cut pages, and object stencils for relief printing.