Pencil Art Project & Game
Need a back to school art lesson for your bulletin board? Imagine these pencil art projects in your hallway with a writing prompt. The step by step drawing tutorial and PowerPoint also makes perfect no prep, emergency art sub plans for elementary art and general ed teachers. Design your pencil art project easily!
That’s right. Sit back while I teach your students how to play the roll a dice game and design the pencil myself! Kids can also choose patterns using the ‘you pick’ worksheet or digital spinners—whatever works best for you!
Plus, it’ll help cash-strapped teachers like you plan first day of school activities using only markers. Yes, you can watercolor paint with markers!
What’s Included
I’ve designed 3 different ways for students to attempt my pencil art project for back to school. 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
- Pencil 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 First Day of School Writing Prompts, so you can tie this drawing project to literacy
- 2 Pencil 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
- Step by Step Video Tutorial, with optional captions
How to Use My Pencil Art Project for Back to School Lessons
The best part about this art project to design a pencil 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 (Pencil Art Project)
- 1 Non-Editable PowerPoint
- 1 Demonstration Video
- 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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This is a great activity! My students really enjoyed it and were so proud of their pencils!! Well thought out product! Thank you!!
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Such a cute way to decorate the classroom at the beginning of the year! It was easy to evaluate students based on the concepts used in this activity, all while allowing them to showcase their individuality through their pencils. Great resource!
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My students’ ages 9-11, on Autism Spectrum Disorder absolutely loved this back-to-school art activity. They were engaged and were able to use their creativity and learn a wonderful marker and water art lesson. I highly recommend this resource. I love it! Thank you!
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This is a perfect resource for my third graders – thank you!
This craft was a total hit—simple to prep, fun to make, and turned out so cute! My students loved it, and it added the perfect touch of creativity to our classroom. Will definitely use again
This is great and well organized and clear. Printed and added to my emergency sub plans.
I loved using this resource with my students at an alternative learning school!
Such a fun art activity for back to school and seems simple enough for students to follow along. Love that it comes with a video you can show your class.