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Thinking sheet · Art and artists
Design a Logo
Design a logo for a club, team or business you invent. Keep it simple enough to draw in five seconds.
- Grades
- 2–5
- Time
- about 25 minutes
- Topic
- Art and artists
- Kids practice
- graphic design, simplifying, choosing the best idea
What kids do
“A great logo is simple and easy to remember. Make one for something you invent!”
- My club, team or business is called:
- Idea 1
- Idea 2
- Idea 3
- My final logo
- The colors mean…
How to run it
- Look at a few famous logos: most use one or two shapes.
- Three quick ideas first, then pick one to make neat.
- Test it: can a partner draw it from memory?
Talk about it
- Why do logos need to be simple?
- Which of your ideas did you pick? Why?
- Where would your logo go?
Take it further
Design a T-shirt or poster with your logo on it.
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