Art Project

Paper Plate Snake Art

Standard/Rationale

0.2.1.5.1 Create original two- and three- dimensional artworks to express ideas, experiences or stories.

Students will be able to create snakes out of paper plates. They will be using bubble wrap to create a print on a paper plate. They will be using different media to print and will also work on their fine motor skills when it comes to cutting out the snake.

Materials

• Paint
• Paint Brushes
• Bubble Wrap
• Paper Plate
• Scissors
• Googly Eyes
• Glue
• Red Paper
• Plastic cups/paint trays

Motivation

Hello my friends! Today, we are going to make our own versions of snakes. We have been learning a lot about them, but now we are going to create our own. We are going to be using paint, so we need to be extra careful! How many of you like to play with bubble wrap? I know it is satisfying to pop them, but today we are going to be using them as our paint brushes! Let me show you how!

Steps:

1. Each student needs to gather materials. 1 paper plate, 1 piece of bubble wrap, 1 paint brush.
2. Students can choose 1-4 colors of paint, teachers will need to put pain on the paint tray for that student.
3. Using the paint brush and bubble wrap, put paint on the bubble wrap. Make sure that there is enough paint on the bubble wrap that it prints the design and texture onto the plate.
4. Continue printing paint on the paper plate until the desired color and design is complete.
5. Let the paint dry, then cut the plate into a spiral to create the snake look. Make sure to stop once you get to the middle of the plate to create the head of the snake.
6. Once the snake is cut, cut out the snakes tongue.
7. Glue the tongue and the 2 googly eyes on the snakes head.

This idea was found on pinterest.