Friday, October 19, 2012

More Spooky Silhouettes!

I LOVE this lesson. They are so whimsical and so much fun!!!! (And my kiddos really enjoy doing seasonal things, too....I used to be SO anti-seasonal art, but somewhere in the midst of it all I found that it's possible to do seasonal art that ties in with a curricular standard..YAY!)

I give the students a 9x12" sheet of paper and a black marker, along with some ideas and choices in which to consider. I have them draw everything in silhouette, no details, etc. The only two things we draw together are the spooky house and the "Y" tree. Students then use a hole punch to punch out the white eyes. They draw black dots inside the circles and glue them on to make glowing eyes :)
I did this project last year using a 6 x 18 sheet of paper and they turned out great, too. This year we just decided to add in a spooky house, hence the change in paper size.
If you would like a PDF of template drawings for this project, please visit my Teachers Pay Teachers site for a FREE download. Thanks so much and have SPOOKY day!

14 comments:

  1. I love these! Definitely very fun drawings! I especially love how you had them create the eyes! I'd love to see your PDF templates for future use!

    artroom104@gmail.com

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  2. I would love to see the templates also, they are precious :)

    lea.oglesby@lowndes.k12.ms.us

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  3. I did a version of this a couple of years ago - the kids loved it!!! I really like your spooky haunted house addition! :)

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  4. This is a fantastic idea. Please send me your PDF templates. Thank you!

    khutchinson@parktudor.org

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  5. I would love a copy of the PDF template for this project! Thanks !

    Rieneal@ymail.com

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  6. I would love your pdf template for this drawing! This is the perfect lesson for the week Halloween! Thanks for sharing!
    susan_ rdlph@yahoo.com

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  7. Love this art project!!! Thank you for sharing! I would love your pdf template for this project.
    ~Lesley
    maris529@frontiernet.net

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  8. Super fun and spooky. I would love the PDF template. Thank you for sharing!
    Joscho29@gmail.com

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  9. What a coincidence....we did this on the weekend! I loved how it turned out so much I blogged about it.
    http://madebyjoey.blogspot.ca/2012/10/halloween-crafting-spooky-silhouettes.html
    Thanks so much for inspiring us, you have an excellent blog!
    ~ joey ~

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  10. Ohhh, I want one! I am just getting ready to do this! Thanks!
    ktencza123@gmail.com

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  11. I would love the pdf template! Thanks!
    carajohnson15@gmail.com

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  12. Your ideas are so wonderful! I taught art for a brief time and wish I had your blog then for ideas. :) This Spooky Silhouette inspired our Lights of Christmas scene!
    http://brainstorminbloom.blogspot.com/2012/12/the-lights-of-christmas-single-stem-idea.html
    Thanks,
    Sara

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  13. Love love love! Thanks for the idea.

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  14. Thank you for the free download. I have done a similar lesson using the Ed Emberley Big Orange drawing book. I gave up trying to teach or regular lessons on Halloween. I usually do this type of lesson on the day of.

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