Lesson Class #: 2 sock snowmen and winter

Course 3-4 Art

Title/Focus scenes (2:35-3:40)

PROGRAM OF STUDY OUTCOMES

• Create 2D and 3D works of art

LEARNING OBJECTIVES
Students will
1. Build a 3D snowmen using a variety of materials to personalize their design
2. Create a 2D winter scene
MATERIALS AND EQUIPMENT
• Socks x18
• Eyes
• Felt
• Pins
• string
• Pom poms
• Rice
• Paper plates
• Cotton balls
• Glue and glue guns
• markers
PREPARATION AND LOGISTICAL CONSIDERATIONS
• Buy all the materials
• Create exemplar—add colour to the toque and give the snowmen strips?
• Video demonstrations and pictures of student work
PROCEDURE
Introduction Time
1) Review with students the different between 2D and 3D.
2) Introduce the art project for the day: Sock Snowmen and a winter
3-5 min
scene (if students have time)
3) See if students have made a sock snowman before.
Body Time
Socks and rice 1) Distribute one sock to each student, keeping one
to demonstrate with.
-instruct students to cut along the seam in the heel
straight across.
-then they will line up at the rice bowls to fill up their
socks: 1.5 cups in the bottom ball-then use white string min
to tie it off tight,
-.5 cup in top ball, then tie it off tight.

2) Make sure most/all students have completed the

snowman building before decorating.
 decorate 1) Go through the materials students build: discuss
expectations with pins

2) We have felt fabric for scarves-this will need to be

shared so only take what you need and then
return to the

3) Face: pins, eyes, felt nose, drawn

4) Go through different techniques for the toque:

min
turning the sock inside out and pom pom, cutting
the top and colouring it,

Arms: pom poms, none, drawn, pipe cleaners?

5) Colour the body, give them clothes with the felt-

any other details you want to add

6) Teachers will run hot glue guns if students

need them

Decorate the 1) If students finish, they will receive a paper plate

paper plates to decorate into a winter scene: trees, cotton balls
for snow, snowflakes: anything winter like for
min
their snowmen to sit in.
2)

Art hub 1) If students finish everything, they can create

ornaments using art hub
min
2)

Conclusion Time
• Have students help tidy stations up and clean up their scraps.

Assessment
• Students will be observed for completion of creating a 2D and 3D art project.
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Additional Notes:
Ernie may need additional support when building the snowmen