Draw
Something Sweet
Draw your favorite desert! A juicy apple? A chocolate ice cream cone? A chocolate apple in an ice cream cone?
Recycled
You will need glue!
Find things you would normally throw away! Milk jugs, cardboard boxes or empty toilet paper rolls! Assemble these pieces to create a robot! Your robot should have a purpose. For example, cleans your room? Does your homework?
Portraits
Family Portraits! Follow this link to explore some famous family portraits
https://www.tate.org.uk/kids/explore/top-5/top-5-family-portraits
Bonus points if you can get family members to help recreate one of the famous paintings: act out the painting and take a picture using your phone!
QUICK! Draw
Go to this site
https://quickdraw.withgoogle.com/
Play until the computer can guess all of your drawings correctly!
Google Doc
Use google docs to create your own March Art Madness list! Pick 16 of your favorite famous art pieces such as paintings or sculptures. In a google doc: create a numbered list 1 through 16. Next to each number insert a picture of a famous piece of art! Your favorite piece should be numbered 1, your least favorite should be number 16.
Lego Inventions
You will need: Legos
Create a machine that will help a superhero protect a city! In your FLIPGRID video tell us 3 things your machine does!
Quiz Me
Take this quiz:
https://www.tate.org.uk/kids/games-quizzes/quiz-which-artist-should-design-your-bedroom
Share your results! Bonus points if you share 3 interesting facts about your Artist.
Fluffy Slime
Make your own DIY tutorial video sharing how you made fluffy slime!
Documentary
Check out the artwork on this site:
https://www.tate.org.uk/kids/explore/whos-who
Pick your favorite artist, upload a video about that artist on flipgrid! Include 3 facts about your artist.
aMaze me
Draw a maze! Look at mazes online for inspiration. Challenge your family members!
DIY Play Dough
You Will Need:
• Flour - 1 cup • Salt - 1/2 cup • Water - 1/2 cup • Food color or washable paint (optional)
Follow this link to learn how to make your own Play Dough!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=38&v=oAIAm6BF0fs&feature=emb_logo
Make your own DIY tutorial video sharing how you made play doh!
Virtual 360 Tour
Since we cannot go on a field trip together, enjoy this virtual 360 video of Tate Modern!
Face Plate
This activity does not need to be glued, it is just an exercise.
Borrow a plate from the kitchen! Using objects from around your house, create a face on your plate! Bottle cap eyes? Maybe a quarter for the nose! A phone charger might make a good mouth, or a mustache! Be creative!
Something Nice to Say
Create a reaction video on flipgrid. Share a complement or kind word of encouragement for another STEM artist on flipgrid.
Be Still
Find 5 (or more) objects from around your house. Arrange them in an interesting way. Pro Tip: Arrange your objects near a window, lamp, or other strong light source! Draw your items on your paper. Add shading and values to make your drawing interesting!
Trash Totems
Watch this short video about totem poles:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FP-eV_-yWuo
Find 3 or more empty jugs. Turn each jug into a totem. Build the totems into one solid totem pole.
Duchamp
Go to this website and look at the picture of the blue door
https://www.tate.org.uk/kids/explore/who-is/who-marcel-duchamp
Do you think it is art? Does it belong in an art gallery? Look around your house and find interesting objects you could sell to an art gallery!
Bad Lip Reading Famous Painting Edition
Use this website to look at famous paintings!
https://www.tate.org.uk/kids/explore/top-5/top-5-sports
With a family member, or by yourself, act out or write funny captions for famous paintings! Role-play as if you are one of the characters in the painting. What are they thinking? If they could speak what would they say? Record yourself role-playing or share your images with captions in our google classroom.
Google Slides
Create a virtual art gallery on google slides. Your art gallery should have at least 10 slides. Artwork in your slides must be school appropriate. Each slide should have a picture AND information about the artwork!
Email your slides to me!
Times up!
Set a timer for 10 minutes. Can you draw one item for every letter of the alphabet in 10 minutes? A family member should be able to identify each drawing! No Scribbling!
Fly Fly Fly
You Will need:
Paper
Ruler or Measuring tape
Build 3 different types of paper airplanes. Each paper airplane must fly at least 5 straight feet to be considered successful.
Bonus points if your plane designs can fly 10 feet!
Be Inspired
Be inspired by Pablo Picasso! Follow this link to learn about Pablo Picasso
https://www.tate.org.uk/kids/explore/who-is/who-pablo-picasso
Create a portrait of your best friend or a family member inspired by Cubism, just like Pablo Picasso!
Color Wheels
Go on a color hunt! The basic color wheel is made up of 12 colors: Red, blue, yellow, purple, green, orange, Red-violet, Blue-violet, Red-Orange, Yellow-Orange, Yellow-Green, Blue-Green.
Go around the house and collect 3 objects for each of the 12 colors on the color wheel! Arrange your objects in a circle and take a picture.
Read and Write
Read about an artist from this site
https://www.tate.org.uk/kids/explore/whos-who
Type a 1 paragraph summary about the artist and email it to me!