Here's a super sweet and short video that kids would enjoy watching during a Dia de Los Muertos lesson and would help for an art sub lesson. Day of the Dead Video
There are plenty of lessons around that you could teach with this. Here are a couple.
The first one is a STEAM activity for drawing a symmetrical sugar skull. Click here to see it at the TPT Shop: Cool Classroom Stuff.
The second one includes three doodle worksheets for sugar skulls, piñatas, and sombreros. Click here to find it at the TPT Shop: Centers and Early Finishers
Cinco de Mayo is in a few days. Drawing sugar skulls would be a fun elementary activity for distance learning or classroom learning and they could be tied into the holiday.
Here is a YouTube tutorial that you could send your students to that is easy to follow.
If you need something in paper form, check out this set of worksheets from the TPT Shop: Centers and Early Finishers. It can also 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. TPT Shop: Centers and Early Finishers
Sugar Skulls, Piñatas, and Sombreros - Art Worksheets
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
This STEM/STEAM art activity would be fun to do around a Mexican holiday like Day of the Dead or Cinco de Mayo. 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. This PowerPoint includes: -Three drawing templates featuring sugar skulls. One has a center guideline; one does not, and one small one has a guideline and folds lines to be utilized as a greeting card. -Six sample drawings, showing a variety of media. They may be hung in the class as visuals for a lesson or hung in a learning center. -One sheet with a composite of these may be hung in a learning center. -One sheet of sample designs you might see on sugar skulls. -Five sheets of information about sugar skulls; directions on how to draw one; and information about symmetry. The designs may be created with a pen, crayon, or marker.
Here is a preview of what you would get.
Click here to find out more: Cool Classroom Stuff.
Did you see “Coco”? Oh my gosh! That was a cute movie! And I cried!
If you have been looking for a lesson or sub lesson to go with Dia de Muertos, here is one by TPT Shop: Cool Classroom Stuff.
This art activity would be fun to do around a Mexican holiday like Day of the Dead or Cinco de Mayo. If your students have seen the animated movie, “Coco,” they will be familiar with Día de Los Muertos. Great as an art sub lesson; learning center; or activity for early finishers.
This PowerPoint includes:
-Three drawing templates featuring sugar skulls. One has a center guideline; one does not, and one small one has a guideline and fold lines to be utilized as a greeting card.
-Six sample drawings, showing a variety of media. They may be hung in the class as visuals for a lesson or hung in a learning center.
-One sheet with a composite of these that may be hung in a learning center.
-One sheet of sample designs you might see on sugar skulls.
-Five sheets of information about sugar skulls; directions on how to draw one; and information about symmetry.
-Four bonus sugar skull coloring sheets. May be used for students who need a little help or just for fun.
The designs may be created with pen, crayon or marker.
