Metallic Mosaic

Learn about geometric shapes and practice drawing sensational squares, terrific triangles, and other perfect polygons!

• 1.

  How many different geometric shapes can you name? Using scraps of gift wrap paper and Crayola® Erasable Colored Pencils, draw lots of small images of your favorite geometric shapes. Cut out the shapes with Crayola Scissors.

• 2.

  On construction paper, lay your shapes in a pleasing mosaic pattern, leaving spaces between the pieces. Attach with Crayola School Glue. Dry.

• 3.

  With Crayola Gel Markers, draw lines and designs in between the geometric shapes for a quilt-like effect.

Benefits

• Students identify the names of geometric designs and draw them.
• Students create an original mosaic design using geometric shapes, recycled gift wrap, and metallic colored pencils.

Adaptations

• Assess children's ability to observe closely and identify geometric shapes. Post their mosaics, number them, and ask students to identify all the shapes used in each one.
• Children with physical challenges and younger children refine their small-muscle and eye-hand coordination when they do this project. Children might construct large geometric shapes to label and hang on a bulletin board before making their mosaics.
• Ask families to donate gift-wrap scraps for this project. Children mat their designs and present them as gifts to families or others in the community. Or glue the designs on boxes for Boxing Day.