This was a simple art project that fit well within the 40 minutes I have for art. I think it would work well for most ages too. These first grade kids had a great time and seemed proud of their creations.
I began with the overhead, showing pictures of real snowflakes. I pointed out that they are all different, with no two ever being the same even though they may look very similar. They all have 6 branches, and that each branch has the same design on them.
Leaving the overhead on for design ideas, I had the students draw a few snowflakes on a black sheet of construction paper. I tried to emphasize that they needed to keep their design simple, make it big, and leave lots of room between details so the glue wouldn't run together. Some kids listened, and a lot didn't. They tried though!
After penciling their snowflakes, they traced them with glue. Once the glue was on, they came over to the glitter station.
The glitter station was 3 cardboard box lids. They sprinkled, dumped, and showered their page with glitter, then tapped off all the extra. Once this was finished, they put their pages on the wire rack to dry.
The potential for a glitter disaster is big, but the box lids really kept things contained. I highly suggest using containers with tall sides to help keep it all at bay. We just dumped the remaining glitter back into the shakers.
Voila!
Everything is in the workroom except images of snowflakes.
- Black contruction paper
- glitter
- glue
- pencils
- box lids or containers
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