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Thinking sheet · Art and artists
Artist Trading Cards
Make four tiny artworks, cut them out and trade them with friends, like real artists do.
- Grades
- 1–5
- Time
- about 30 minutes
- Topic
- Art and artists
- Kids practice
- small-scale art, sharing, signing your work
What kids do
“Make tiny art, then trade! Sign the bottom of every card.”
- Four tiny artworks to cut out and trade
- I traded with:
How to run it
- Copy onto card stock if you can.
- Each card can be a different theme or the same character four ways.
- Set up a trading table at the end of class.
Talk about it
- Which card was hardest to give away?
- What did you get in the trade?
- Why do you think artists trade art?
Take it further
Start a class collection binder for traded cards.
Pairs well with
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