Digital Sand Castle Art Project
My no prep, digital art project for elementary kids to build a sand castle on Google Slides™ is an easy and engaging summer activity. Students will practice technology skills using my digital sandcastle resource and step by step art lesson. Then, pick a writing prompt to draft a creative story about their sand castle project.
Need fun, fast finisher activities for elementary? Digital art projects are paperless, take up no space, and don’t use art materials. Simply assign the sandcastle activity using your LMS, and stop worrying about early finishers!
Digital Summer Sandcastle Templates
- This Google Slides summer activity includes tech tips and step by step directions with pictures for independent learning. And, kids can build a sandcastle using either copy & paste or drag & drop.
How to Build a Sand Castle Art Project
First, your students will pick a background. Then, they’ll begin by adding some large sandcastle shapes. Next, they’ll overlap more castle shapes. Lastly, they’ll add windows, flags, sea shells, boats, rocks, a sun, or sand bucket and shovel.
Technology Skills
- Copy & paste
- Drag & drop
- Rotating
- Ordering
- Resizing
What’s Included
- 13 Student Direction Slides, with step by step tutorial so kids can create their digital sand castle project independently
- Digital Moveable Pieces, so kids can either copy and paste or drag and drop to create their sandcastle from the templates
- 7 Background Slides, where students will paste or drag their project pieces onto
- 2 Summer Writing Prompts, for kids to complete after making their sandcastle
- 4 Teacher Examples, fully completed, which you can use to demonstrate
You Will Receive
- 1 Non-Editable PDF (with access link & teacher directions)
- 1 Google Slides Doc (Digital Sand Castle Project & Writing Prompts)
Why You’ll Love My Sand Castle Craft
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This was a great following directions activity. My students are getting very proficient with manipulating digital images. Thank you.
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My students loved this resource during our last week of school! Each day we had a different theme and this really added to their excitement of keeping them focused during the last week.
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This was a great addition to our beach day! My kiddos enjoyed using the digital version and their creations were so fun!
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My students love this activity. I can’t wait to do it again next year.
My students absolutely loved this sandcastle digital art activity! It was the perfect blend of creativity and tech skills, and it fit perfectly into our end-of-year and summer-themed lessons. The drag-and-drop format was easy to use, even for my younger students, and they enjoyed designing their own unique sandcastles. It sparked a lot of great conversation and imagination. Thank you for making such a fun, engaging, and easy-to-use resource!
This is a good activity for the end of the year. The kids enjoy creating them.
This was a fun activity to do before we ended our school year. The kids were completely engaged!
This was a great addition to our beach day! My kiddos enjoyed using the digital version and their creations were so fun!