Art Worksheets for December

Early Finishers Art Worksheets for Winter, Christmas, and December

Art worksheets for early finishers are always a relief for subs and teachers alike. As hyper as kids seem to be this year, they need help occupying themselves when they are finished their work.

The shop, Centers and Early Finishers, caters to that need. Here are activities and worksheets that cater to Christmas, and winter. 

These are from the TPT Shop: Centers and Early Finishers.

Doodle a Christmas Stocking

"Doodle a Christmas Stocking" has a stocking template; lots of sample patterns; and samples of finished artwork. These could make a nice display on a bulletin board.

Doodle Art Nutcrackers

"Doodle Art Nutcrackers" includes two templates of nutcrackers, one male and one female, to doodle and decorate; four examples of finished artwork; directions for students; directions for the teacher; and a sheet of sample patterns for doodling. 

Draw Your Own Gingerbread House

Students may draw their own house shape or use the template house shape. There is a sheet with sample candies and treats from which the kids may get ideas, and there are multiple sheets of gingerbread house designs.

Doodle Art - Fancy Decorated Trees

It includes two templates of tree shapes to doodle and decorate; three examples of finished artwork; directions for students; directions for the teacher; and a sheet of sample patterns for doodling. 

Art Lesson - Robots in Winter

It was created so that a teacher only needs to print out the slides and hang them if they are to be used as a center activity. There is also a script with directions for if the teacher or sub is going to use this as a lesson plan.

How Would You Design a Winter Mitten

This elementary art activity may be used in a center; as a short art lesson; as a sub lesson; or for early finishers. Students look at sample mitten designs and then create their own mitten design. A page of directions for the activity is provided so you may print it out and hang it in the center. Also, a sheet with questions to help stimulate ideas is provided. The teacher only has to print out the slides and hang them in their center area or use them as teaching visuals. A line drawing of a blank mitten is provided as a place for the students to design their own mitten.

If you would like to see a fun Christmas worksheet from another TPT shop, check out this blog post about the activity, "Ugly Christmas Sweaters."

Doodle Monsters in Winter - Art Sub Plans

Doodle Monsters in Winter, Christmas, or December

This time of year, kids will beg to do holiday art lessons. That's a tough one, since there are multiple holidays celebrated in December, and there are those who are not allowed to celebrate any of them.  I contemplated how to do a fun holiday-ISH lesson while leaving it open ended enough to not be related to a holiday at all. 

And since I am all about creating lessons that subs can teach, it would need to be a lesson easy enough to be taught by anyone.

I found lots of videos about doodling by kids and adults alike. The kids' art was every bit as fun to look at as the grown ups' art. 

Doodle monsters were what I settled on. 

I had so much fun drawing and coloring them, I contemplated continuing doing them long after my art sub lesson was finished.

In the lesson, after kids learn how to draw the shapes of the doodle monsters, they have options to choose from for all the details: eyes and mouths. Then there are sheets of options for winter and holiday symbols. 

There is art history info about doodling, (daVinci and the Queen of Prussia from the 1700's); info about overlapping; and a bit about shading.

As always, I write my lessons to be easy enough to be taught by anyone. 

Go check out this lesson at my TPT store here:  Art Sub Lessons

Art Sub Lesson - Winter Drawing with VanGogh Sky

 Winter Art Lesson

This lesson plan was at the site, Art to Remember. It is a basic but complete lesson plan. There were a variety of landscapes in there visuals. The winter scene was just one of them.

If I was teaching the lesson, I might provide visuals of winter scenery; photos of snow covered structures, trees, etc. I’d probably also add a visual reminding students about horizon lines and such. 

If you live some place where snow covered scenery is not the norm, you can use some of their other visuals of landscapes and do a variation on the theme.  

There are written instructions for this lesson, which is a plus. 

Check it out and see if this would work for you and your students.

If you are looking for more ideas for winter art sub lessons, check out this post:

Winter Art Sub Lessons

Art Sub Plan - Thanksgiving Lesson

Create a Turkey in Disguise

Here is a classic art lesson for November. I put it together as a complete art sub lesson this week.  Its for those of you who need a sub plan ASAP or those who just need an easy and fun lesson. 

Instead of you having to recreate the wheel by adding your own visuals and sub instructions, here it is already done for you. Directions; sample finished art work; visuals by professional illustrators from the past; and visuals with details for inspiration, all are provided for you. All you have to do is print it and hand it to your sub or school office.  The only supplies you need are pencil, paper, and crayons.

You can take a look at it here:  TPT Shop: Art Sub Lessons - Create a Turkey in Disguise.