Seasons and holidays
Fall Leaf Portrait
Find a real fall leaf, look closely and draw its portrait: the veins, the edges and every color.
Thinking sheet · Seasons and holidays
Not-Scary Costume Designer
Design a costume for yourself, a pet or a monster. Label the parts and how you would make them.
- Grades
- K–5
- Time
- about 25 minutes
- Topic
- Seasons and holidays
- Kids practice
- design, labeling, planning with materials
What kids do
“Design a costume! Show the front and label what it’s made of.”
- My costume
- Made from…
- The best part of my costume is…
How to run it
- Costumes can be anything: a pizza, a planet, a robot.
- Encourage materials from home: boxes, paper plates, socks.
- A fun Halloween or book-character day sheet.
Talk about it
- What would be hardest to make?
- Could you move and see in it?
- What costume would you make for a pet?
Take it further
Design a matching costume for a friend or a pet.
Pairs well with
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