Art Lesson Halloween Zentangle Pumpkins

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This quick, easy Halloween art lesson is perfect for anytime during Autumn. Students draw a simple pumpkin and add Zentangle lines, patterns, or designs, using a variety of line patterns to fill in the shape.

This is a simple and engaging activity that is a perfect addition to any Halloween or Fall unit of study. Student work can be used to decorate the classroom during October.

Because anyone can draw lines, and because there is no preconceived “correct” way to proceed, students can be as intricate or as simple as they desire, and everyone can be successful.

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This lesson is bundled with two more resources in Halloween Art Lesson Bundle.

This lesson includes the following:

– national visual arts standards information
– list of art concepts and skills addressed
– a list of materials needed
– targeted art and related vocabulary
– detailed steps for introducing the lesson
– directions for art-making
– ideas for extending or varying the lesson
– ideas for looking at and discussing student art
– suggestions for writing extensions
– photographs of student art work for reference

Also included in this resource:
• tips and steps for drawing the pumpkin
• suggestions for patterns to use
• an art reflection worksheet designed to help students assess their own art work

This art lesson is designed to teach art appreciation, artist behavior, and art analysis, and to foster authentic art-making and art education.

National Core Visual Arts Standards are listed at the beginning of the lesson.

Listed grade levels are suggestions only; any of these lessons can be simplified or made more complex to work for any elementary grade.

Related art lessons:
Drawing on Halloween
Harvest Moon Tree Silhouette
Drawing Patterns from Nature

More Art Lessons:

Start With Art – overview of the Elements of Art
Four Quick Art Lessons Bundle — great for substitutes

Art Task Cards — for early finishers or art centers

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I am a retired elementary classroom teacher, a former art teacher, an artist and a writer. I have a Multiple Subjects credential, a Single Subject credential for Art and English, LDS/ESL certification, a Master’s Degree in Elementary Education with a Mathematics focus, and Montessori certification. I have worked with all elementary grades, and with special groups including ELL, GATE, and At-Risk students. Creating Art With Kids and Share2Learn lessons and resources are designed to foster student creativity, choice, and independence, and to encourage authentic art-making. Consideration is given to developmental appropriateness, differentiation possibilities, and teacher individuality. For this reason, directions are general, expectations are open-ended, and clip art on student pages is kept to a minimum.

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