A craft lesson plan that links drawing instruction with an enjoyable Halloween Mask Making Activity. Create enthusiasm for drawing lessons by combining them with craft.
This Lesson Plan about Halloween masks is a good one. They are fun to make and would keep the class happy on a Friday Afternoon before the Halloween Festivities. The Lesson Plan comes from Hobby Craft.co.uk. Craft lessons are fun and they are a great way to engage the children especially when they are tired or 'revved up' awaiting a celebration.Craft lessons are worthwhile and easy to link to desired curriculum outcomes. When making masks teach the Seven Elements of Design as you go.
This lesson about How To Draw and Paint Bats will explain ways to talk to the students about texture and present ways to work with positive and negative shapes. While learning about these important aspects of design the students will also create images that can be turned into craft projects.
Method
To make the Halloween Masks teach this lesson and then use the Bats created to develop them into eye masks.
Tell the students to
- Take the bat they have designed and paste it to card
- Once it is dry - cut it out
- Attache tabs or punch holes and insert elastic
- Cut out the eyes. You may need to help younger students with this as they will need to make a little nick in the card and then once they are able to force the scissors through, they can cut around the eye holes
- Have the students place the mask on their head and ask them to adjust their friends tabs or elastic so that the mask sits and fits snugly
This is an effective way to teach Design because if the students know that their designal efforts are to be developed into a fun craft project. They are likely to approach the task with enthusiasm.
