Special Topics : Wizard’s Beard

This art and design teaching pack for all year groups gets the children to shape and combine paper and other materials to produce a picture decoration of a Halloween character. The class can describe some of the special techniques that they can use when working creatively with different materials.
Download this teaching pack including a lesson plan, classroom activities and an interactive presentation to teach the children to shape and combine paper and other materials to produce a picture decoration of a Halloween character
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Learning Objectives
Use a range of materials creatively to design and make products. Develop art and design techniques in using form and space.
Learning Outcomes
I can combine and shape materials to make a decoration on a specific theme. I can select effective techniques to create the form and shape of an object.

Shaping Materials
Display posters to help the children explain how to shape and combine a range of different materials when producing artwork on a specific theme

Wizard’s Beard Instructions
Shared reading text to help the children follow a set of instructions about how to shape and combine a range of different materials when producing artwork on a specific theme

Wizard’s Beard Shape
Template to help the children practise cutting and shaping paper and other materials to produce a picture of a Halloween character [enlarge to A3]

Wizard’s Beard Shapes
Templates to help the children practise cutting and shaping paper and other materials to produce a picture of a Halloween character [enlarge to A3]

Wizard’s Beard
Interactive activity to help the children shape and combine paper and other materials to produce a picture decoration of a Halloween character
Download this teaching pack including a lesson plan, classroom activities and an interactive presentation to teach the children to shape and combine paper and other materials to produce a picture decoration of a Halloween character
Available for
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