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KinderArt® Lesson/Activity

DRAGONFLY DRAGONFLY

Grade: K
Age: 4-6

Submitted by Karen, an artist-instructor-parent from Miss Karen's Art Class in Knoxville TN.

Objectives:

Students will interact with objects they have created.

What You Need:

  • poster board
  • paints (tempera or watercolors)
  • brushes
  • glue
  • foam-core
  • black marker
  • exacto knife (with adult supervision)

What You Do:

  1. Cut poster board into four even sections.

  2. Using one section, draw out 2 pairs of thin narrow wings and a long skinny body with small circles tapering off for the tail.

  3. Outline the wings and body with marker and add detailing of sections to the wings.

  4. Have students color the sections and the body of the dragon-fly.

  5. Let dry.

  6. Cut foam-core in strips of 2"x 18".

  7. Have students glue the dragon-fly (body only, wings are free to flap on either side) on the end of the foam-core strip.

  8. Allow to dry.

  9. Now students can wave the sculpture in the air and watch the dragon-fly fly!
Note: Older students may wish to help with preparations.

Recommended Products:

Beaded Dragonfly (pk/12)

Beaded Dragonfly (pk/12)

Chenille stem and pearlescent beads make this enjoyable insect craft come alive in their skilled hands and playful imaginations! 5 -1/2" x 4".


Biography:

Karen is an artist and has been instructing painting to adults for 16 years. She has recently ventured out to toddlers (she is also a parent of a 2 1/2 yr. old) and elementary age children. She has been actively painting as a fine-arts artist for over 20 years. Karen has a Bachelor of Art degree in fine-arts from Carson-Newman College in 1983. She graduated with the "Out-Standing Graduate in Art" award.

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