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Wednesday, December 11, 2024

How to Draw a Gingerbread Man - Free Directed Drawing Art Lesson

Let's create a festive gingerbread man! Grab your paper and drawing materials, and follow these steps:



1.  Head - Draw a large oval or circle for the head. Make sure it's centered at the top of your paper.


2.  Body - Just below the head, draw a slightly elongated oval or rectangle for the body. It should be about twice the height of the head. 



3. Arms - From the top sides of the body, draw two curved lines extending outward and s lightly upward to form the arms. They should be about the same length as the body. You can erase the top of the oval inside the body.



4. Legs  - From the bottom of the body, draw two slightly curved lines extending downward for the legs. They should be a little longer than the arms.



5. Face  - Add two small circles for the eyes and a larger circle or oval for the mouth. You can add a small dot in each eye for the pupils. Draw a curved line or small oval for the nose





6. Buttons - Draw three small circles down the center of the body for buttons. You can make them different colors to add some fun detail. Also, erase the bottom curve of the circle head.



7. Details - Add wavy lines around the edges of the arms, legs, and head to represent the icing.

   - You can add more decorations like a bow tie, stripes, or patterns on the gingerbread man's body.



8. Coloring - Color the gingerbread man brown to represent the cookie.

   - Use bright colors for the icing, buttons, and other decorations.



And there you have it—a delightful gingerbread man ready for the holidays! 🎄🍪


Enjoy your drawing, and feel free to add any additional details to make it even more festive! 




For fun holiday early finishers worksheets, visit my TPT SHOP: Art Sub Lessons.

Saturday, April 30, 2022

Free Art Worksheets for Elementary and Middle School

 Free Art Worksheets

Who doesn't like free stuff? Especially when you are in a pinch. A lot of the time when you need a sub, that is exactly what you are in. A pinch for time.

I found some free doodle sheets that you can download immediately. The blog, "Artful Kids" has a set of 6, ready for you to grab right now. Here's one. 

Free art worksheets for art sub plans with a knight and castle

They'd be great to keep in your sub tub or your files for early finishers.

If you'd like an art sub lesson that you can also download immediately and email right to your school office, here's a new one I made.  "Doodle Monsters in Spring."

Cover of a lesson on doodle monsters for an art sub plan

For $4 you get all of the directions; the script; photos; examples; rubric; and ways to end the lesson right there. Subs love these lessons and kids do too. Go here to check out this lesson and others at my TeachersPayTeachers shop:  Art Sub Lessons.

If you are interested in more free art worksheets, check out this blog post:  Circle Worksheets

Monday, August 18, 2014

Circle Drawing Game - Art Worksheets Printables

Circles Games - Art Worksheets Printables - Free


Teachers love art games and worksheets. I have created a free one for you called "Circle Drawing Game."
Circle Drawing Game - Art Worksheets Printables

Art Worksheets for Free

You can go download this worksheet at my TPT Shop: Art Sub Lessons and it is FREEEEEEEEEEEEE!


The next one is another worksheet that I just added  and it is FREE TOO!  Click here to get this one: What Can You Draw from Circles?
The instructions are simply "What can you make from circles." There are circles of various sizes. Feel free to use these as you like. 

Art Sub Plans Worksheets Circle Drawing Game

Art Sub Plans Worksheets Circle Drawing Game
Art Sub Plans Worksheets Circle Drawing Games



Here's another idea for circle drawing on a worksheet. Click here to see the YouTube video titled, "How to Draw different things using Circle Shapes." It is more of a step-by-step activity.

Here are a variety of places where you can find circle worksheets.