PROFILE ON USA COLORS

Materials:  Circle traced from paper plate, red and blue construction paper strips, Lincoln and Washington Profiles to trace on black construction paper, and gold stars.  If you prepare all of the materials needed before hand, you can do a teacher demonstration and then leave this activity in a center for the students to do independently.

PRETZEL LOG CABIN

This is a great project for students to do independently. Make sure you have all of the materials prepared in advance.Double click to print the direction/pattern page.  You will need to complete the slashes to show the students where to cut, prior to copying for the students.  I purchased some old cafeteria trays and had the students do their art projects on the trays.  It lessened the clean-up and  you could just stack the trays  (vertical and then horizontal) to let the projects dry.  If you wish you can have students put cabin on a manila colored constructions paper instead of blue as the directions say.  The students could draw an "environment" around the cabin.

 

LINCOLN MOBILE

This is a striking art activity to hang from the ceiling.  It is very patriotic looking.  Double click to get the pattern/direction page.  Finish tracing the line for the beard before you copy for the students.  If you get all of the materials prepared in advance, you can do a demonstration lesson and then let the students do this activity independently in a center.  I usually made patterns and let the students trace from a pattern.  Then when everyone had completed the center, I put the patterns and directions in a folder for next year.

SILHOUETTE MOBILE

This is a great activity for teaching how to cut a spiral.  It helps younger students if you have the dots on the circle before you start.  So you can make a circle with dotted lines to make a spiral and then copy onto the construction paper.  To help the students with the project you need a place they can hang their work as they add to it.  Maybe you could string a line across the classroom for the activity.  Make sure the line is above student heads, but low enough for them to be able to work with it.  Double click the activity to print a copy for you to use.

FEBRUARY PRESIDENTIAL BULLETIN BOARDS AND CENTERS