Summer is almost here. For our last project of the year, second graders made sea creature sand art. Allow two 40-minute sessions.
Materials:
- white glue in squeeze bottles
- colored sand (I used four different colors) in shallow trays
- bamboo skewers
- black construction paper, 9″x12″
- pencils and sketch paper
- reference photos of sea creatures for sketching
Day 1:
Students sketch various sea creatures using pencil and paper.
Day 2:
Each student picks a favorite sketch and draws it on black construction paper. Encourage kids to make simpler, larger designs.
Trace pencil lines with glue.
If kids make a glue mistake, they can try moving the glue around with a skewer.
Sprinkle on one color of sand at a time.
Then tap excess sand back into the tray.
When kids spill sand on the table….a house paint brush makes clean up easy.
Kids love to clean up sand with a large paintbrush.
Completed work:
Clean up:
I store leftover sand in old apple juice jugs. At the end of class, I put a funnel in each jug and let the kids pour in their sand.
Seriously fun! This would also be a fun summer camp or vacation art project.
