Arts lesson plan (3rd, 4th and 5th grade)

This Arts Lesson Plan Using Recycled Cards is a fun activity for students over the holidays or at the end of the year.

THEME: recycled cardboard

YEAR: 3rd to 5th year

GOALS:

• Using several old and different holiday cards, students will be able to create a new card.

MATERIAL REQUIRED:

• Lots of old or recycled cards
• Various types of paper
• Colored pencils or crayons
• scissors
• glue or tape

INTRODUCTION:

Spread all the collected cards out on a table and let the children look through them to come up with ideas for their own cards. Let everyone take the same amount to the table and then tell them to cut them up and use them to make a new card. If you can't complete the drawing, ask them to draw what's missing with colored pencils.

Let students take them home to give to someone special.

DEVELOPMENT:

This lesson is good to use on Mother's Day. Students can make a special card showing all the reasons they love her.