Categories

Abe Lincoln Art – Easy Paper Plate Craftivity

February 20, 2014 1 min read

We did this fun, simple craftivity after reading the book, Abe Lincoln’s Hat. The only materials you need are items you probably already have in your classroom:
  • paper plates
  • black construction paper
  • black paint and painting supplies
  • popcicle sticks
  • hot glue gun
  • stapler



This year’s Lincoln project was super easy! I have found that over the years a little prep work ahead of time helps the art session to go smoother (especially if you or your paras might get interrupted by behavior issues).
1. Ahead of time I cut each paper plate into a U shape, and then used a glue gun to adhere a small popsicle stick to it. 
2. Kids painted the paper plates black and left them to dry.
3. After they dried, we stapled each plate to a black stovetop hat.  And that’s it!!

My students loved their Lincoln hat/masks!! 
Super easy and they turned out great!!!  Since I teach a self-contained (California calls it SDC) class of kids grades K-3, I end up teaching some kids for up to 4 years in a row! As a result, often I will come up with alternate art activities for a holiday, etc. so kids don’t make the same stuff each year.   Click here for last year’s Abe Lincoln craft.

No Comments

Please leave a comment below.

This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.

Sign up for my Teaching mailing list and get free math pages that you can use today to help your students move from counting objects to simple addition!

* indicates required
×