Alesia’s Art Activities
Alesia Lacina has a long history of arts education in Grinnell. Here are some of her favorite art activities for you!
Character Map
Using the following categories as a guide, let the kids create a character. With the finished description, have the kids write a story based on the character or illustrate what they think this character looks like.
- Name
- Personality
- Favorite things
- Dislikes
- Family
- Friends
- Appearance/looks
- Whatever else you want to add!
Silly Sentences
At first glance, this isn't a craft. Silly Sentences is actually an educational game available for purchase. The basic idea is to create fun, absurd sentences using puzzle pieces which are separated into nouns, verbs, prepositions, and other parts of speech.
To turn this into an art project, let the kids illustrate these entertaining lines. To make it a writing activity, use the silly sentence to spark a story idea.
Materials
Silly Sentences puzzle tiles
Instructions
Toplay with a few kids, divide the pieces between each person. Take turns playing a fitting piece until the sentence is completed.
To play as a group, keep all of the pieces in one pile and let each person choose a piece that will fit.
Source
Labyrinth Coloring
Here is a great coloring or activity page! Just color them or use completed pages as story starters. This is a good back up activity that doesn’t take much time or materials.
Materials
- Labyrinth printouts (Click the image to print)