STEAM Worksheets for Winter

STEAM Worksheets for Winter - Art Sub Lessons 

If you need great art and math activities and sub plans to use around Christmas, Hanukkah, December, and winter, here are some options from the shops Art Sub Lessons, Cool Classroom Stuff, and Centers and Early Finishers. You can click right on the images to go directly to those activities.

This is a brand new STEAM activity that can be used for subs, teachers, and centers. 

Feedback for this activity:  "This will make a great Art lesson for our unit on The Mitten. Thank you."

Here's one full of photos, student examples, and templates.

Feedback for this activity:  "Super fun! I used these as a pattern to make hanging stockings."

Feedback for this activity: "Such a fun lesson! I use this each year as a sub lesson. Def keeps kids engaged!"

Feedback for this activity: "My fourth graders are loving this! The sample robot shapes and details sheets are a great reference for helping them to draw."

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Feedback for this activity:  "My second lesson I have purchased and once again a winner! So nice and easy for any sub to follow. Also makes a great early finisher project. The kids love it!"

Feedback for this activity:  "My younger grades love this and the other products like it. They are so excited when I pull them out. "

Feedback for this activity:  "This one was flying off my counter during December!"

Feedback for this activity:  "Good activity for early finishers! Using this in my music class during my Nutcracker unit. Thank you!"

Feedback for this activity:  "My younger students love this one! I've seem some really cute finished products."

Feedback for this activity:  "Love these"

Halloween Art Lesson Plans for Elementary

Halloween Art Sub Lessons for Middle School and Elementary

Here are lessons your kids will love doing around Halloween. Some are full lessons in my TPT shop. Some are links to lessons on other blogs.  Some are ideas for great Halloween lessons. I thought they would be great for sub lessons, but an art teacher or classroom teacher could successfully teach them as well.

Here is a fun elementary art project for Cinco de Mayo, Halloween, or Day of the Dead. It can be set up as an art center; used as an early finishers project, or taught as an art sub lesson. There are templates, sample patterns, and examples of three different designs. See more about this set of worksheets at TPT Shop: Centers and Early Finishers

Here's a haunted house lesson that I created.  Find it here on TPT:  Art Sub Lessons - Halloween Haunted Houses or a  post about it here in this blog: Haunted House Lesson.

Here's a worksheet for early finishers at TPT.

"Create a Silly Monster"  This would be great for subs, art teachers, and classroom teachers.

Here's another one.  Yippee!!!  Creating Silly Monsters

Here's an extra goodie of my own.  Subs will love if you leave a worksheet for those early finishers!!!  This worksheet has an assortment of details for decorating their jack o' lantern. It also has a lightly drawn-in pumpkin for them to use as a base.  As a complete lesson, students could draw on another sheet, their own pumpkin shapes and use the worksheet as a reference.  There is also a sheet with 3 sample decorated pumpkins.  $.99 at my TeachersPayTeachers shop:  Art Sub Lessons.

This STEAM art activity would be fun to do around a Mexican holiday like Day of the Dead. If your students have seen the animated movie, “Coco,” they will be familiar with Día de Los Muertos. It would work perfectly as an art sub lesson. This lesson plan is by TPT Shop: Cool Classroom Stuff

This may be set up as a classroom learning center; an activity for early finishers; or as a teacher led lesson.

I found the most wonderful Halloween lessons that could be turned into art sub lessons.  Check these out!!!

Amy, at Makes and Takes, gives step-by-step instructions and many visuals for this lesson. She used black paper and oil pastel, but this could easily be done with crayons on lighter paper.

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At Panicked Teacher, Susie gives you step by step instructions on how to make this patterned pumpkin.  I believe she is a classroom teacher who has to supplement art instruction in her class for most of the school year.

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This lesson, at ArtfulNest, was written for middle school.  You could write it up as a fifth-grade lesson or a sixth-grade one.  You could also bring it down to the upper primary grades with a change of media.  Leave your subs some good visuals.  They could teach this!             

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Monster lesson.  There are lots of wonderful visuals and complete details here.  It is taught with paint and gadget prints, but you could so easily adapt it with crayons for your sub lesson. Visit Line FrØslev. There are wonderful things over there.

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Here's one done for you already.  Step-by-step instructions were written here by Ms. Crisco over at Crisco Art. Always a good type of lesson to leave for a sub.  

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Art Sub Plan - Op Lines 

 The blog, Kids Art Market, has written up directions for a lesson that could be used by an art sub. Don't you love it when someone else has already done the work and shared it???

Winter Art Sub Lessons for Elementary

Here are some elementary art lessons that would make great sub lessons for winter and the new year. Some have directions and visuals included and some you will need to tweak a little.

"Winter landscapes by 1st grade - one day project" by Mrs. Knight's Smartest Artists. One day lessons can make great sub lessons.  This one makes such a gorgeous work of art. Paint isn't a great medium for subs, but can be substituted with crayons or markers.  If you will let your sub use markers, make sure you  leave lots of instruction about how the students should use them.

"Snowman Directed Drawing Art Activity," by Proud to Be Primary. This blog post includes both written directions and plenty of visuals.  Crayons or markers can easily replace the paint used in the blog post.

"A Cup of Fantasy," at Arteascuola.  These painted cups are so colorful.  I am sure they can be recreated in crayon or marker.  You could make step-by-step visuals pretty easily for this one.

"How to Draw Penguins," by Cassie Stephens.  In this blog post, Cassie gives visuals, including a step-by-step one for how to draw the simple penguin shapes.  Students add whatever details they think up, so these can all be individualized.

Oh, boy. Teachers are wondering what to do with their antsy art classes this last week before winter break. Don’t give up and give them over to videos. Fun art lessons for that last week before Christmas vacation can be had at this TPT shop: Centers and Early Finishers.

This is a complete lesson at TPT. 

This is a doodle activity at TPT. 

This is another doodle activity at TPT.

This one is a freeby at TPT.

This is a fun activity over at TPT.

"Patterns for the New Year," by Strong Rock Elementary Art Gallery blog.  This teacher gives an overview of this lesson about goals for the new year.  You could provide your sub with simple visuals and directions to go along with this lesson.

Here is another complete lesson about Chinese New Year.

Here is an updated blog post with more ideas for the week before winter break.More ideas for the week before winter break.

Art Worksheets Printables - Block Characters

Art Worksheet for Block Characters

This is from my TPT shop: Art Sub Lessons.  It is a quick art project for early finishers but it would work well for a sub. There are three worksheets included. One worksheet has a figure lightly drawn in and students create their own characteristics over it. Another is the same worksheet but the character is drawn darkly. The last worksheet is a full-page character with nothing else. Students may create characters from stories, movies, sports, hobbies, or their own imaginations. There are sample body features that they may use or they may invent those too. There are teacher samples included so that you don't have to spend the time to do it yourself! 

Some teachers have told me that it works well as a jumping-off place for a writing assignment.

6 Art Sub Lessons for Winter and the Holidays

Art Sub Plans for Winter

Oh, boy. Teachers are wondering what to do with their antsy art classes this last week before winter break. Don’t give up and give them over to videos. Fun art lessons for that last week before Christmas vacation can be had at this TPT shop: Centers and Early Finishers.

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Here are some updated entries to lessons you would benefit from before the break.

Click here for more winter/Christmas/break lessons and worksheets:  Ugly Christmas Sweaters and more!

Create a Block Character - Art Worksheets Printables

Create a Character - Art Sub Plan and Early Finishers 

 This drawing worksheet includes directions; sample details; and a lightly drawn in character. All you need to do is print and distribute. Great for centers, early finishers, and art sub plans worksheets too!

Here is feedback from a middle school teacher: "My Middle School Art students enjoyed this assignment. It allows for a range of art supplies at home- so they all felt successful !"

Worksheets for Early Finishers are the perfect tools to engage students with time on their hands. Your art subs will adore you for leaving worksheets for those empty minutes, but you will appreciate them just as much.This is a quick art project for early finishers. There are three worksheets included. One worksheet has a figure lightly drawn in and students create their own characteristics over it. Another is the same worksheet but the character is drawn darkly. The last worksheet is a full page character with nothing else. Students may create characters from stories, movies, sports, hobbies or their own imaginations. There are sample body features that they may use or they may invent those too. There are teacher samples included so that you don't have to spend the time to do it yourself! 

This may also be an inspiration for a writing assignment.

St. Patrick’s Day Leprechaun - Art Sub Plans Worksheets

Elementary Art Worksheet for Early Finishers and Art Subs

St. Patrick's Day - Leprechaun worksheet...For those early finishers who finish their work a little early and need a little positive engagement to fill their time.

Here's a new worksheet in my TeachersPayTeachers shop.

Need an art activity for an independent work packet? This drawing worksheet includes directions; sample details; and a lightly drawn in leprechaun. All you need to do is print and distribute. Great for centers, subs and early finishers too.

Worksheets for Early Finishers are the perfect tools to engage students with time on their hands. Your art subs will adore you for leaving worksheets for those empty minutes, but you will appreciate them just as much.St. Patrick's Day elementary worksheet. This worksheet is a creative time filler for students who need to occupy themselves when their classwork is complete. The worksheet inclues a lightly drawn outline of a leprechaun, as well as a full sheet drawing of a leprechaun. You may use either. There are also sample details given that the student may wish to include or they may invent their own. A sheet of examples is included so that you do not have to do it yourself. This could be part of a station or center. It could be used in the classroom or art room. All the student will need to provide is pencil, crayons and their imagination.

Groundhog’s Day - Art Worksheets Printables

Groundhog Day Art Worksheet for Early Finishers

As someone who subbed a little bit after retirement, I can tell you that subbing can be HARD!!!  You didn't need convincing of that though, did you?

One of the toughest times is when kids have finished their assignments and need something else to do. There's that "I'm done. What next?" thing that happens.  And you had better have something for them to do to fill in that time or you are asking for trouble.

Groundhog's Day Worksheet 

I created early finisher cartoon worksheets just for that reason. They feature lightly drawn figures surrounded by options for noses, hair, objects to hold, and a variety of other things, for the student to choose from. They create a disguise for their character. This one is a groundhog. They may use the items that I have drawn or just use them for inspiration. 

These are not just for subs. Teachers appreciate having them on hand as well.

Reviews

Here are what some people have said about my early finishers worksheets:

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"My students loved creating their own images with the ideas presented. They were able to use multiple different ideas to create the best fit for them. These worked great for a variety of my students with disabilities. I adapted them as necessary.

Students used with

4th, 7th grades

Primarily students with mild to severe disabilities"

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"I will usually tie these doodles into a story, but I love how they can create their own!

Students used with

1st grade

Students were engaged"

Where to Find These

A single worksheet is only $.99, though I sell a bundle of different ones at a discounted price. You may find the one for Groundhog's Day here:  Groundhog's Day Worksheet for Early Finishers

Click here if you are interested in the bundle:  Early Finishers Art Worksheets Bundle

Enjoy!