Art Lesson Plan: Bad Hair Day

Grade: Fifth Grade

by Suzanne Thomas

Materials:

· Black fine line markers

· 12” x 15” white paper or larger

· Colored markers and/or crayons

Key Words:

· Patterns

· Value

· Variety

Procedure:

· Have students draw a head with facial details and a neck

· They will then draw their names to do the beginning of Bad Hair.

· They will either do fat letters or cursive writing around the hairline (like a rainbow) or out from the hairline like rays of the sun.

· Using the fine line black markers create different patterns in the spaces created from the repeated names.

· They can use crayons and/or markers to add color to their work (optional).