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This St. Patrick's Day Art Activity Book is a low-prep, 39-page art booklet for elementary students that teaches the Elements of Art and Principles of Design through St. Patrick's Day themes. It is not a set of coloring pages: students practice real art vocabulary, creative thinking and skills while drawing shamrocks, leprechauns, rainbows and lucky themes.

It is made for K to 5 art teachers, classroom teachers integrating seasonal art, homeschool educators and substitute teachers. Activities include directed drawing, Roll and Draw dice games, symmetry, mandalas, complementary colors, monochromatic value, grid drawing, movement, repetition, emphasis and creative drawing prompts, all in one St. Patrick's Day workbook.

WHAT TEACHERS ARE SAYING

★★★★ “I feel like that as an art teacher, I need to teach the elements and principles every year! I am always looking for different wasy to teach them. This helped, as we were right around St. Patrick's day when it fell in my lesson plans! Creates a great little book!” Allie T.

WHAT'S INCLUDED (NON-EDITABLE PDF, 39 PAGES)

• Teacher pages: ARTivity Book cover, teacher overview and prep guide, National Art Standards page, lesson plan pages (Big Ideas, Competencies, Learning Outcomes), teacher step-by-step instruction page, and a student rubric (creative thinking, craftsmanship, effort, criteria)
• Warm-up creative thinking page and shamrock directed drawing
• Color: secondary color practice and a complementary color activity (red/green, yellow/purple, blue/orange)
• Line: Zen Doodle patterns and a Zen Doodle shamrock artwork, plus a pattern mosaic pot of gold
• Value: monochromatic green artwork
• Space: overlapping shamrocks landscape
• Texture: fluffy shamrock line practice
• Games and prompts: Roll and Draw Clover Dice Game, Roll and Draw Silly Portrait, Build a Landscape, and a Build-an-Artwork prompt generator (shamrock, four-leaf clover and leprechaun themes)
• Symmetry: symmetry drawing and a radial symmetry mandala
• Principles of Design: movement and repetition lessons with drawing pages, and an emphasis lesson
• Grid drawing replication page
• Reflection page (learning, challenges, success) and a Color Me Artastic page

HOW TO USE IT

Print it as a full March art unit booklet, use single pages for targeted lessons, glue pages into sketchbooks, or use it for early finishers, art centers, sub plans, homeschool art or mixed-grade classrooms. Students can use crayons, colored pencils, markers, watercolor, tempera paint, oil pastels or soft pastels.

The workbook includes suggested National Art Standards for creating, experimenting, craftsmanship and artistic reflection.

FAQ

Who can use this resource?

Elementary art teachers, classroom teachers, homeschool families and substitute teachers. It works well in grades K to 5 and can be adjusted by complexity and chosen medium.

How can I use it?

As a full St. Patrick's Day booklet for a structured seasonal unit, or page by page to focus on specific Elements of Art or Principles of Design, as sketchbook glue-ins, whole-class instruction, centers or independent work.

How long will this take?

Individual lessons usually span 2 to 3 class periods, depending on grade level, student skill, behavior and pacing. As a full booklet, it can support 3 to 5 weeks of March art instruction.

ALL TEACHER REVIEWS (4)

★★★ “This was great for a quick sub plan that had more than enough to keep my students busy the entire class period” Mary E.

★★★★ “This booklet has been very popular this week with my 2nd-4h graders. The various options hold their interest and they are very proud to show me what they've done.” karen L.

★★★★ “My students really liked both the templates and the step by step drawing instructions. Thank you!” Susan K.

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ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Kathleen McGiveron (Ms Artastic) is an artist who has been featured on NBC LX News and designs art lessons for kids and educational resources for teachers. She is the founder of Ms Artastic and hosts the Ms Artastic YouTube Channel and Podcast.

TERMS OF USE

Images and lessons are copyright products.

YOU MAY: use this in creative ways and have as much fun with it as you like. For clip art, you may use the images as clip art, website graphics, binder covers or bulletin board decorations. Additional licenses are available for school use.

YOU MAY NOT: use this on OutSchool, put it on your blog, share it with other teachers, administration or districts (admin can buy additional licenses), sell it, give it out for free or photocopy it for others.

Sincerely,

Ms Artastic