Ukrainian Pysanky Eggs Game
Ready to ignite your elementary art curriculum with engaging, no prep Spring art projects? This Ukrainian pysanky eggs art lesson will boost student confidence and creativity. Kids will love learning about folk art, folklore, and how to make pysanky Easter eggs with a kistka. Moreover, they’ll enjoy the simple pysanky egg patterns.
And, it’ll help time-starved teachers like you create art lesson plans based on pysanky eggs of Ukraine. Pair it with the book, Rechenka’s Eggs, by Patricia Polacco for a literacy connection!
During this art project, your class will discover why Ukrainian artists use symbols like plants, herbs, animals and insects in their art. Students will draw pysanky eggs with mixed media using the step-by-step guide and PowerPoint.
Plan lessons for students about the art history of Ukraine in a way that excites them. Finally feel confident in your art curriculum and be organized and prepared to teach art!
What’s Included In My Easter Art Lesson
Can I be honest with you? Art history can sometimes be boring for kids. There, I said it. Teaching about artists and cultures doesn’t have to be a snoozer, though!
I’ve designed 3 different ways for students to attempt this pysanka egg. All will engage 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” idea worksheet for kids to choose their own elements
- Digital spinner wheels, so kids can randomly pick elements and you can integrate technology in the art room
- Printable dice template in case you have no dice
- 3 Pysanky egg templates, which kids can draw directly on or transfer it to heavy drawing paper. Two templates are divided into sections and are a great way to incorporate transformational geometry into your art lessons.
- Step-by-step picture directions to guide students through the art process
- Drawing practice worksheet, for kids who want to sketch out their ideas
- Pysanky egg history handout about the magical art of Ukrainian eggs and how they are made
- “Big Ideas” reflection worksheet where students write about their art process
- Self-assessment worksheet so kids can think about how they performed during the project
- Art grading rubric which assesses expectations, craftsmanship, work habits, creativity, and clean-up
- 8 “I CAN” Statements aligned to the Studio Habits of Mind to use during instruction or post on your bulletin board
- 4 Art exit tickets with quick, thought-provoking prompts
- Art history coloring pages to keep kids inspired by the history of making pysanky eggs outside of the art room
Ways to Use This Pysanky Eggs Art Project for Elementary
This Ukrainian art history project is flexible and can be used in many ways throughout your art room and beyond. It’s great for maternity or emergency art sub plans, early finisher activities, and even for virtual art class or an after-school art club.
You Will Receive
- 1 Non-Editable Printable PDF (Pysanky Eggs 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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My class loved this art project! It was a great way to integrate art and social studies, as we used this project as a jumping off point to discuss different cultural traditions in Europe. Thank you!
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My middle schoolers learned about the art of “pysanka” and then loved creating their own on paper using markers and colored pencils. We displayed them in our hallway around a “We Stand with Ukraine” collaborative mural along with a description of “pysanka.”
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My students loved learning about and designing their Ukrainian Pysanky Eggs. All student were engaged and the choice to have a blank egg or pre-divided egg made it easy to differentiate to the abilities of each individual student.
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Julie P. –
This was a wonderful art activity. My students had a lot of fun making these.
Ashley M. –
Great addition to my passport around the world unit. Thank you!
Mercedes B. –
We used this to compliment RechenskaÕs Egg. This was great!
Constance S. –
Thank you! This was such a great idea. My first graders learned so much about the art of the pysanky eggs. The eggs look great on my bulletin board.
Jennifer S. –
I love this resource. It is wonderful. The students’ final projects love amazing because of it!
Danielle G. –
Used as an intro to egg-dying. Learned some new things. Kids were very interested.
Heather Bisschop –
My students loved creating their eggs individually. It was nice to have a guide to use that had different patterns for them to incorporate. It made the process come much quicker.
Lori H. –
My students were very engaged in this activity! I loved the tie in with the Ukraine and learning about the history of the art helped their artwork become very relevant. They really loved the symbolism used and the product of their work was amazing. Loved the reflection to pull it all together. Highly recommend!
Allison G. –
Highly engaging activity for art! Students loved creating their Pysanky designs. We completed the task using water colour.
Marlee H. –
IÕve used the resource for a fun art project. ItÕs been updated since, so I canÕt wait to explore it more next spring!
Fun in the Sun (Teacher-Author) –
My students were engaged in the activities and enjoyed working on it!
Elaina B. –
I love all of these resources. They are so easy to prep.
Catherine H. –
This is a fantastic resource-good template. I paired it with online videos and the kids were amazed at the process.
DANIELLE Y. –
Always love the short and sweet history lesson that comes with these roll an artwork games! Ukranian heritage is big in my town and it was great to find a not so church themed art project I could sneak in for my non-christian students.
Jenna L. –
This was a really helpful resource, thank you! Would buy again
Alice G. –
My students really enjoyed the visual art lesson that went with this unit.
cara E. –
My students loved this resource and the finished products were amazing.
Christina Byrd –
My students used this for fine motor skills practice. We tried to keep the colors within the lines, and then worked on cutting them out. this worked out great for us.
Wendy R. –
This was an excellent activity to keep in my emergency/sub folder. The kids really enjoyed being able to come up with their own spin on the different patterns.
Amber W. –
If there was a writing piece with this, we did not do that. It was fun for them to choose their design.
Chelsey Corcoran –
Thanks for sharing this awesome resource! My students loved this activity and it fit perfect with our Social Unit learning about Ukrainian traditions and celebrations!
Jennifer Weales –
I used this in class last week as I got a student from the Ukraine. This was the perfect touch to give him a little taste of home and doing this fun art activity and to give the rest of the students so introduction to his culture.
Carley’s Cute Creations (Teacher-Author) –
I used this as a fun activity to connect with our upcoming Easter holiday. My students loved being creative with their eggs!
Stephanie B. –
My students enjoyed learning about and designing these eggs! Thank you for this quick and easy-to-use resource!
Jessica M. –
Love this resource! Great activity for students in grade 3!
Trina S. –
I used this strictly as an art project where we explored the Ukrainian links we have in our province. The kids were very engaged & I will use this resource again.
Mary Lou H. –
My students enjoyed this activity. I found that it was helpful to have cardboard templates for them to trace the eggs rather than try to draw them, as it takes a lot of time to do that first step and they felt happier having a good egg to start with.
Teacher Winkle (Teacher-Author) –
These Easter Eggs turned out really well and made a beautiful bulletin board display! Thank you:)
Heather Switlik –
I used this resource across grade levels to help assist with multiple projects. Great resource or stand-alone activity.
Carrie G. –
A great resource for Easter. My students loved making their own Easter eggs.
Christina D. –
My students enjoyed this activity. I would use it again.
Patricia W. –
We used this resource to show our support and to talk about Ukraine.
The Fantasy Classroom (Teacher-Author) –
Thank you
Kathleen Ward –
Great resource!
Katherine E. –
My class loved this art project! It was a great way to integrate art and social studies, as we used this project as a jumping off point to discuss different cultural traditions in Europe. Thank you!
Stephanie B. –
This project happened to time with the Russian invasion of Ukraine. It gave us an opportunity to discuss world affairs and how art can sustain people in times of crisis. The projects turned out beautiful and unique. We watched videos on how the eggs are decorated for added enrichment as well. Great project!
jennifer B. –
So helpful – for kids and teachers!
Natasha P. –
Used this for my summer school students after reading Rechenka’s Eggs. They really loved it, thank you!
Karla M. –
My students loved learning about and designing their Ukrainian Pysanky Eggs. All student were engaged and the choice to have a blank egg or pre-divided egg made it easy to differentiate to the abilities of each individual student.
SquareDoodles (Teacher-Author) –
My students really enjoy roll and draw activities! My students thoroughly enjoyed this activity. They also loved linking it to Easter and the Ukraine, it really gave them context on some of their traditions and culture.
Catherine C. –
Beautiful art resource for Easter. My students loved making! Looking forward to using again!
Michelle K. –
We used this resource while learning about the war between Russia and Ukraine, we added it to our class mural in support of Ukraine.
Hayley Thomas –
This was a perfect Easter art project for my students to work on. I found an kid friendly video on You Tube that talked more about Pysanky Eggs and it paired perfect with the project. They look great in my hallway now that they are completed.
Leslie Gracia –
Used this product with our buddies! They loved learning about Pysanky eggs and creating their own.
Leah S. –
Love these types of project. I appreciated how easily adaptable this project was for my distance learners. Thank you for creating a high quality resource!
Katie E. –
This was a great activity for Easter this year!
Hanna G. –
Thank you for this resource! 🙂
Charity Layton –
Thank you for sharing this fun resource!
Wendy R. –
Timely and fun resource to use for the kids around Easter time. They loved it, and we were able to create writing pieces to go along with our own eggs!
Kurious Kinder –
Fun easter themed art project! Thanks
Seema G. –
Great resource
Jennifer C. –
My students greatly enjoyed this resource during my Story Hour with little kids and my Doodle Club with my middle school students. The enjoyed learning what the symbols meant and even created a few of their own.
Gloria M. –
Thank you!
Kristy O. –
We all enjoyed this lesson. Good job and Thank you!
Kathleen K. –
My middle schoolers learned about the art of “pysanka” and then loved creating their own on paper using markers and colored pencils. We displayed them in our hallway around a “We Stand with Ukraine” collaborative mural along with a description of “pysanka”.
Krista O. –
Great resource, thanks!
megastep (Teacher-Author) –
So much fun!!!
Amy Baughman –
Prefect easter craft
Jessica H. –
This is awesome!
linda S. –
Fantastic Resource!
Laurine Dane –
The template was so helpful for my students to create their pysanka designs!
Hillary P. –
This was the perfect activity to tie in with our unit study on Ukraine!
Harrison Hub (Teacher-Author) –
My class enjoyed creating their own eggs and we tied them into transformational geometry for each of the pieces.