Beach Ball Drawing Game
Need no prep, end of the year activities for art? Imagine these beach ball drawing projects in your hallway with a summer writing prompt. The step by step drawing tutorial and PowerPoint also makes perfect emergency art sub plans for elementary art and general ed teachers.
A fun roll a dice game, ‘you pick’ worksheet, and digital spinners helps kids choose patterns. Moreover, boost their confidence and creativity.
And, it’ll help cash-strapped teachers like you plan end of the year activities using only markers. Yes, you can watercolor paint with markers! This summer art project includes a beach ball template for easy drawing.
Can I tell you a secret? It’s hard to get kids writing in ELA. When they’re not invested in it, they can’t connect with what they’re writing about. Mic drop!
Incorporating creative art lessons like this beach ball project helps. Finally keep all kids engaged!
What’s Included
I’ve designed 3 different ways for students to attempt this beach ball art project. All will motivate kids to create! Choose which way works best for your classes:
- Roll a dice game to add randomness to your student’s artwork
- “You Pick” art worksheet for kids to choose their own patterns
- Digital spinner wheels, so kids can randomly pick patterns and you can integrate technology
- Printable dice template in case you have no dice
- Step-by-step picture directions to guide students through the art process
- Beach Ball template which kids can draw directly on it or transfer it to heavy drawing paper
- Drawing practice worksheet, so kids can practice drawing patterns
- 2 Writing prompts, so you can tie this drawing project to literacy
- 2 Beach Ball Coloring pages that you can use for absent students or hand out as a classroom prize
- Helpful Tips & Tricks handout with teacher directions to help guide the lesson
How to Use My Beach Ball Drawing Project for End of the Year Activities
The best part about my beach ball art project is that it’s flexible and can be used in many ways throughout your classroom. It’s great for maternity or emergency art sub plans, early finisher activities, indoor recess, or even an after-school art club.
You Will Receive
- 1 Non-Editable Printable PDF (Beach Ball Drawing Art Project)
- 1 Non-Editable PowerPoint
- 5 Digital Spinner Videos (downloadable, and links to them on Google Slides and YouTube)
- Paperless Google Drive Digital Resource
Why You’ll Love It
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We did this as our art project the week before the last week of school. Hung them up for the last week of school for our beach theme. The kids really enjoyed it.
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I used this for summer school activity. The kids loved designing their own beach ball.
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Such a great way to end the year! My students enjoyed designing their own beach ball. This was a great writing activity to display on our beach bulletin board!
Terms of Use
Please refer to my complete terms of use prior to purchasing.
Wandering Through (Teacher-Author) –
My kids absolutely LOVED this activity! We did it the last week of school, and they had a blast decorating their beach ball.
The Nerdy Reading Teacher (Teacher-Author) –
I thought this was a great resource to get ready for the summer. I love that students get to play with patterns and that pattern ideas are included.
Logan M. –
I’ve used this resource for a fun art activity without the writing component for End of the Year theme days with different classes, and they really enjoyed it. I’ll be using it this year with the writing piece with my own class to keep encouraging opinion writing in these last days of school.
Megan Fannon –
My students loved this resource and were so creative with it!
Alyssa Haslam (Teacher-Author) –
We used this as an end of year art project reward. They really enjoyed drawing different patterns in each section of the picture.
Madison Wood –
Great end of year or back to school activity! Thank you!
Ashley S –
We used this for Beach Day in our end of year countdown and my students loved this activity! It kept them occupied while I did the end of year testing.
Cyndi W. –
This was one of the stations for Summertime Stations on the last week of school. The students enjoyed making the beachballs. I would opt to buy real ones next time instead of paper, but kiddos still enjoyed it.
A Savage Classroom (Teacher-Author) –
This resource was very helpful for me and my students. It was exactly what I was looking for!
Spots and Dots (Teacher-Author) –
This was a beautiful addition to our end of the year beach ball STEM day! Turned it into a STEAM day with this activity! 🙂
Michelle M. –
Really nice resource for end of year!
Miss Fs Teaching Edventure (Teacher-Author) –
Amazing resource ! Thank you !
Kaylie S. –
I didn’t have the time to use the writing portion of this product BUT my students had a great time doing the artwork and they turned out great! I would definitely consider using the writing portion in the future.
Teaching Frenzy (Teacher-Author) –
Super fun, engaging learning activity.
Miranda F. –
Fun activity for beach day at the end of the year.
Kayla Fraser –
Thank you!
Tiffany C. –
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JoEllen S. –
This was so fun for the last few weeks of school. All of my students enjoyed using these activities to reflect on the year.
Amanda J. –
Our summer school students really enjoyed this activity!
Jillian Uribe –
This could easily be used to incorporate writing, but I instead chose to use it in a unit about the elements of art for a focus on line! Students were engaged and really enjoyed the activity!
Mrs Haars Resources (Teacher-Author) –
Such a great way to end the year! My students enjoyed designing their own beach ball. This was a great writing activity to display on our beach bulletin board!
Amoosing Elementary (Teacher-Author) –
This is fantastic!
Allie T. –
Fun activity for learners to work on when we are preparing for summer! They loved it.
Whitney Robinson –
They loved this end of year activity.
Colleen N. –
Students loved this activity at the end of the year.
VA Teacher Resources (Teacher-Author) –
This was so much fun!
Kelsey O’Neill –
Great, thanks!
Paula R. –
Perfect addition to our beach day activities.
Elizabeth H. –
This was a fun end of the year activity! It was challenging for my 4th graders and not too babyish.
Cynthia Carroll –
I used this for summer school activity. The kids loved designing their own beach ball.
Kathryn V. –
My students enjoyed these activities. Thank You!
Hillary P. –
My students love all of your designing activities! Thank you!
Lunchbox Literacy (Teacher-Author) –
We did this as our art project the week before the last week of school. Hung them up for the last week of school for our beach theme. The kids really enjoyed it. We didn’t use a dice, but simple had students choose their favorite pattern from each column.
Cindy Putnam –
Great resource. Thank you.
Wendy L. –
This resources was a nice addition to my end of the year beach ball unit. The students enjoyed the art part of the beach ball and didn’t mind the writing activity.
Kimberly Bowers –
As a teacher at an arts integrated school, I’m always looking for easy to use activities to promote my student’s creativity. These projects are great to have on hand for quick finishers!
Yolanda M. –
Thank you
Jennifer F. –
Fun activity
Heather G. –
fun activity for summer school