Fun Art Projects

This Mandala bundle includes a ppt, video, classroom guide, lesson, and project rubric and self assessment. The ppt has a few slides regarding the history of Mandalas. It includes student work examples as well as daily warm ups related to Mandalas and principles of design. I used this project teaching Junior high and high school and the results were always great. It's a 3 part project beginning with graphite Mandalas, then Ink Mandalas, and lastly acrylic mandalas. I used chip board for the acry

This Mandala ppt has a few slides regarding the history of Mandalas. It includes student work examples as well as daily warm ups related to Mandalas and principles of design. I used this project teaching Junior high and high school and the results were always great. It's a 3 part project beginning with graphite Mandalas, then Ink Mandalas, and lastly acrylic mandalas. I used chip board for the acrylic paintings and had student cut it down to size. Students were quiet doing this project, it can b

This video provides a bit of history on Mandalas as well as general tips getting started painting the Mandala. I use chip board and acrylic paint in this video. It's okay quality, a bit older than my other videos, but shows how to mix color as well other student examples.

This video describes techniques used for attaching pieces onto the clay mask. Pinching, coiling, scratch, attach, slip, and score. This project is available as a different bundle product with a mask PowerPoint.

This video shows how to avoid pitfalls in finalizing the clay mask. It features examples of projects that are smooth and not smooth, holes that are not large enough for string to fit through and also the importance of the "wiggle test" to prevent pieces from falling off.

This is the project sheet that goes with a bundled Mandala project in my store.