
Let me set the scene first.... It is the day before the Christmas concert (3 days before winter break) and my kiddos are WILD. I needed some filler activities because there was no way they would retain any new information.
I search the internet for some interesting ideas and spotted a guided drawing activity for poinsettias. Perfect. Our class song for the Christmas concert is Don't Eat a Poinsettia. Connection made!!!!
I could have left it at that... do a quick drawing activity but NO I had to push them more (Why not? They can be focused at this time of year, right?) So I got thinking. How can I change it up a bit. I looked in my cupboards and saw my oil pastels. Hmmm.
After playing around a bit with them I discovered that if you outline the shape with an oil pastel color and drag the pastel to the middle of the shape it makes a nice variegated color. Perfect.
Here is how I had my class complete their poinsettias:
I precut the card stock to be an 8.5 x 8.5 square and did all the folding (so there are 4 sections - half then half again).
We practiced drawing the leaf shapes on scrap paper before starting the good copies. Because the leaves don't have rounded tips I anticipated this would be a big problem for the students and I was right. I HIGHLY recommend practicing this first.


I was very impressed with how their poinsettias turned out and I love how even though they all had the same instructions they were all different.
I quickly stapled them on the bulletin board outside the classroom and they admired their work.
I will definitely do this art project again (and may be more creative with the final display if time permits..lol)
Cheers and Happy New Years!
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