21. Family Tree
Materials: paper, pencil, (optional: coloring materials, family photos)
Create a family tree showing all the generations of your family. This gives you a great opportunity to talk as a family about your origins and how your family is special. There are so many ways to make a family tree using any materials you have! It can just be names, you can include birthdays, pictures, doodles or drawings. Start with you! Do you have any brothers or sisters? They go next to you. Above you goes your parents. If you have a blended family you can include them too! There's no wrong way to make a family tree! Do you have aunts or uncles? They go next to your parents. The next level is grandparents. You can decide how many generations you want to include.
Create a family tree showing all the generations of your family. This gives you a great opportunity to talk as a family about your origins and how your family is special. There are so many ways to make a family tree using any materials you have! It can just be names, you can include birthdays, pictures, doodles or drawings. Start with you! Do you have any brothers or sisters? They go next to you. Above you goes your parents. If you have a blended family you can include them too! There's no wrong way to make a family tree! Do you have aunts or uncles? They go next to your parents. The next level is grandparents. You can decide how many generations you want to include.
22. Robot Collage
Materials: cardboard, scissors, white glue, foil, random scrap hardware pieces
Create a robot using cardboard shapes. Cut out different shapes from scrap cardboard and glue them together to be a robot. Make the different features using scrap hardware (screws, nuts, bolts, nails, picture hanging materials, etc.) and foil. |
I got the idea from this artist on Etsy. These are made with wood as the base but you could easily use cardboard!
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23. Botanical Illustrator
Materials: paper, pencil, eraser, (optional: your favorite coloring materials)
A botanical illustrator is someone who draws plants. Go out on a nature walk with paper and a pencil (and whatever other drawing/coloring materials you want). You will need a hard surface like a clipboard or a book. Draw any plants you find that you like. Start with the basic shapes you see and then add in details. When you get home, see if you can look up what the name of the plant is and label it. There are so many ways you can do this - just one plant or a combo of the plants you find all on one page. I love to look for spring flowers like tulips, daffodils, forsythia, and blossom trees. I also like to try drawing on different papers, especially brown paper bag material! |
24. Family Flag
Materials: paper, pencil, coloring materials
Every country and state have their own flags to represent them. This is your opportunity to design a flag to represent your family. Start by making a list of things that are important to your family. Next, think about how you could represent those things on a flag. Could you use the colors or shapes? How many people are in your family? Could you pick a symbol to use for each member of your family? There is no wrong way to do this! |
25. Endless Line
26. Photo back in time!
Materials: family photos (just for looking at!), digital camera or phone camera
I love looking back at old pictures from when I was growing up or when my daughter was younger. Use this time to look back at old pictures of either yourself (with or without siblings) or of your parents. I'm sure there are some fun stories that go along with them! Try to recreate one or some of your favorites! My example (coming soon) shows one of my favorite pictures of when I was a kid. I still remember my dad arranging my stuffed animals around me for this picture. I did a new version with my daughter and her stuffed animals.
I love looking back at old pictures from when I was growing up or when my daughter was younger. Use this time to look back at old pictures of either yourself (with or without siblings) or of your parents. I'm sure there are some fun stories that go along with them! Try to recreate one or some of your favorites! My example (coming soon) shows one of my favorite pictures of when I was a kid. I still remember my dad arranging my stuffed animals around me for this picture. I did a new version with my daughter and her stuffed animals.
27. Bookmark Design
Materials: paper (cardstock works best), pencil, coloring materials
Make bookmarks that are colorful and fun to mark your place for reading. There are many things that can inspire your bookmarks - favorite books, movies, animals, nature, designs and patterns, colors, etc. Mo Williams, known for the Don't Let the Pigeon and Knuffle Bunny series, has been doing daily doodle lessons. Consider doing these on a bookmark! Bookmarks can easily be mailed to family that may need a smile!
Make bookmarks that are colorful and fun to mark your place for reading. There are many things that can inspire your bookmarks - favorite books, movies, animals, nature, designs and patterns, colors, etc. Mo Williams, known for the Don't Let the Pigeon and Knuffle Bunny series, has been doing daily doodle lessons. Consider doing these on a bookmark! Bookmarks can easily be mailed to family that may need a smile!
28. Pete the Cat
Materials: paper, pencil, (optional: coloring materials, pen)
We are HUGE Pete the Cat fans in our house. I love the positive messages in the books and also the illustrations. James Dean, the author and illustrator of these beloved books is doing daily live drawings and stories on the @petethecatofficial Instagram page at noon. Consider creating an illustration to go along with one of your favorite quotes in a Pete the Cat book. Here is one of my favorites:
We are HUGE Pete the Cat fans in our house. I love the positive messages in the books and also the illustrations. James Dean, the author and illustrator of these beloved books is doing daily live drawings and stories on the @petethecatofficial Instagram page at noon. Consider creating an illustration to go along with one of your favorite quotes in a Pete the Cat book. Here is one of my favorites:
The birds are singing. The sky is bright. The sun is shining. I'm feeling ALRIGHT!
29. Chalk photoshoot!
Materials: sidewalk chalk, camera
Here's a great way to be creative with sidewalk chalk! Think of how you could draw something to pose with for a picture! There are endless possibilities! Here are some that I have saved over time to give me ideas. (sources linked)
Here's a great way to be creative with sidewalk chalk! Think of how you could draw something to pose with for a picture! There are endless possibilities! Here are some that I have saved over time to give me ideas. (sources linked)
30. Lego Challenge
Materials: legos (Duplo for younger kids)
Our awesome Mr. Floyd put together a lego challenge for students to be creative and use problem solving skills! You don't have to be a student at our school to participate - these are fun for anyone!
Pre-K Letters, Numbers, & Shapes: Build a letter, number, or shape with 25 Lego's
Kindergarten Animal: Build your favorite animal with up to 50 Lego's
1st Grade Car: Build a cool car with 50 Lego's
2nd Grade Transportation: Build any type of vehicle
with 100 Lego's
3rd Grade Robot: Build a robot with up to 100 Lego's
4th Grade Symbol of Maryland: Create a LEGO structure that symbolizes our state with up to 200 Lego's
5th Grade Architecture: Design a LEGO structure, depicting a particular style of architecture. You may want to research different cultures or time periods to aid in your design. Use up to 300 Lego's.
Share your creations! #BSESLegoChallenge2020
Our awesome Mr. Floyd put together a lego challenge for students to be creative and use problem solving skills! You don't have to be a student at our school to participate - these are fun for anyone!
Pre-K Letters, Numbers, & Shapes: Build a letter, number, or shape with 25 Lego's
Kindergarten Animal: Build your favorite animal with up to 50 Lego's
1st Grade Car: Build a cool car with 50 Lego's
2nd Grade Transportation: Build any type of vehicle
with 100 Lego's
3rd Grade Robot: Build a robot with up to 100 Lego's
4th Grade Symbol of Maryland: Create a LEGO structure that symbolizes our state with up to 200 Lego's
5th Grade Architecture: Design a LEGO structure, depicting a particular style of architecture. You may want to research different cultures or time periods to aid in your design. Use up to 300 Lego's.
Share your creations! #BSESLegoChallenge2020
31. Shadow pictures
Materials: paper, pencil, toys (like plastic dinosaurs or animals), (optional: your favorite coloring material), sunlight!
This has been an idea floating around on Facebook and it can be done a lot of different ways. Find some plastic toys and go outside when the sun in shining. Line up the toys on the end of the paper and trace their shadow. You can fill the inside however you want! I chose to do zentangles on my giraffe, but you could do whatever you want. You could also do this with real flowers growing by putting the paper next to the flower and tracing it's shadow.
This has been an idea floating around on Facebook and it can be done a lot of different ways. Find some plastic toys and go outside when the sun in shining. Line up the toys on the end of the paper and trace their shadow. You can fill the inside however you want! I chose to do zentangles on my giraffe, but you could do whatever you want. You could also do this with real flowers growing by putting the paper next to the flower and tracing it's shadow.
32. Origami
Materials: paper (cut to a square)
Here are 3 video ideas for some origami you can learn. If you are using paper that isn't a square, see my diagram below for how to turn an ordinary piece of paper into a square.
Here are 3 video ideas for some origami you can learn. If you are using paper that isn't a square, see my diagram below for how to turn an ordinary piece of paper into a square.
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33. Found object color wheel
Materials: misc. objects around your home
Collect objects around your house and arrange them into a color wheel! For younger kids you can stick with the basic colors of red, orange, yellow, green, blue, violet (purple) but older kids you can add in the tertiary colors which are when colors next to each other on the color wheel mix (red-orange, yellow-orange, yellow-green, blue-green, blue-violet, red-violet). I love to show video below that introduces tertiary colors. You can do this activity several ways: have each person in the family find 1-2 things in each color or each person gets a color and comes together to create the color wheel.
Collect objects around your house and arrange them into a color wheel! For younger kids you can stick with the basic colors of red, orange, yellow, green, blue, violet (purple) but older kids you can add in the tertiary colors which are when colors next to each other on the color wheel mix (red-orange, yellow-orange, yellow-green, blue-green, blue-violet, red-violet). I love to show video below that introduces tertiary colors. You can do this activity several ways: have each person in the family find 1-2 things in each color or each person gets a color and comes together to create the color wheel.
34. Scavenger Hunt Creator
Materials: paper, pencil, (optional: notecards)
Scavenger hunts are super fun! Create your own scavenger hunt that someone else in your family (or in the facebook group) could do! Ideas to consider:
Scavenger hunts are super fun! Create your own scavenger hunt that someone else in your family (or in the facebook group) could do! Ideas to consider:
- Is it for outside/nature?
- Will it be things in your home?
- Is it for someone younger/older in your home?
- You can put it on one list or put each thing that needs to be found on a notecard
- Can you add an action or activity to do when the item is found? Ex: Find a ball. Now bounce it 10 times.
35. Under the sea
Materials: paper, pencil, (optional: favorite coloring material)
Draw your favorite animal that lives under the sea! Try looking up pictures of it to draw it more realistically. Then do a little research about your animal to add words or phrases that tell facts or adjectives (describing words) about it. Here are some ideas of animals you could do:
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