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Engaging printable art activities for 7-13 year olds. Helping busy classroom teachers and homeschoolers deliver high-quality art projects with minimal stress and prep! Kids can learn more about themselves and the world around them through art.

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Engaging printable art activities for 7-13 year olds. Helping busy classroom teachers and homeschoolers deliver high-quality art projects with minimal stress and prep! Kids can learn more about themselves and the world around them through art.
Growth Mindset Coloring Pages and Motivational Posters
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Growth Mindset Coloring Pages and Motivational Posters

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Create a positive, inspiring and respectful learning environment in your classroom with these imaginative, fun growth mindset posters, colouring pages, garlands and bookmarks. Contents: Growth Mindset Poster Positive affirmations, including, ‘I love a challenge, I am determined to succeed’ Fixed Mindset Poster Encourage an awareness that this doesn’t help us move forward ’I’m just not good enough, there’s no point in trying’ Questionnaire to encourage creative problem solving and personal growth: ‘3 ways I can’… be more imaginative, be an explorer, find inspiration… Ten colorful posters to decorate your classroom: Create Art, Dream Big, Get inspired, Be an Explorer, Be Awesome, Be Kind, Just Imagine, Try Again, Respect others, Just Be You All ten posters are included as outline colouring page templates Each poster is included as ‘4 to a page’ postcard size ‘affirmation cards’ A coloured garland to decorate the classroom Garland outline colouring template for students to decorate Photographed examples of 4 finished poster artworks to inspire your students. Ten ‘motivational words’ for the bulletin board or to use as student bookmarks: Solve, Design, Invent, Inspire, Create, Dream, Imagine, Enjoy, Explore, Smile! Ideal classroom decor to wow your students during the first week back!
All About Me Back to School Pop Art Box & Task Cards
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All About Me Back to School Pop Art Box & Task Cards

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This ‘Pop Art Box About Me’ art and getting to know you resource, is a fun, first week back to school ice breaker for both girls and boys. It is a really creative way for teachers and students to learn more about each other. Invite students to create a unique ‘All About Me Box’, following the template prompts using Pop Art style doodles and words. Box prompts include: Age, name, grade, self portrait, favorite colors, favorite fruit, my top goal, I love… Students can then fill their boxes with a selection of question cards and work in pairs or small groups to explore their learning goals, aspirations, likes and dislikes. 36 question cards are included, along with blanks for students to have some fun and invent their own questions and games, for example, ‘Would you rather…’ Another task is to make a ‘card to myself’ with a message or goal, or a kind note for a friend. For example, students can give these to their teacher to open at the end of the year. The coloured, finished example included features a girl’s face. However the actual face template has a ‘generic bald head’ so both boys and girls can create a self portrait from this outline. Classroom Decor includes Pop Art inspired garlands and posters to colour and display. There are doodle pages to keep early finishers occupied. UK/Aus/Can spelling options of favourite and colour are included in the templates. Boxes measure 2.6 x 2.6 x 2.6 inches / 6.6 x 6.6 x 6.6cm when finished. The entire box template is designed to fit one sheet of US Letter or A4 sized paper. A larger box template is also included if you have access to an 11x14 or A3 printer. The finished boxes make a fabulous display, on the bulletin board, pegged up on a line as a garland or suspended from the ceiling with clear thread. Photographs of completed examples are included in the pack.
All About Me Cell Phone Art and Writing Activity for Back to School
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All About Me Cell Phone Art and Writing Activity for Back to School

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This cell phone all about me art and writing activity is ideal for the first week back to school. It’s a fun way for you to connect with your new students. They love their phones and respond enthusiastically to this ‘cool’ activity. Invite them to construct a fold-out booklet-style ‘art-phone’, and respond to image-making prompts on the front cover and the written elements inside. Ideal for use as a back-to-school icebreaker and community-building activity. 1. The front cover of the cell phone activity: Invite students to respond to and illustrate the 9 questions or prompts, with thumbnail doodles or drawings: • Age • My family • Best food • Favorite animal • Favorite colour • Best subject • Dream destination • I love… • I don’t like… 2. The fold-out inside pages: This section is designed in a text message style, and asks more investigative questions and prompts: • How will you achieve your goals? • What support do you need? • What do you like most about school? • What do you like least about school? • My top 3 goals • 5 fascinating facts about me • People like me because • Open-ended questions to complete, I aim to… I wonder if…I imagine that…. I feel…. Please note this activity includes 2 sizes of art-phone templates to choose from: Smartphone size 3.7x7.3 inches Tablet size 5 x 10 inches Students can also opt to do the one-dimensional cover or the full fold-out option with written responses, depending on time available, age, and ability. Templates with UK/CAN/NZ/AUS spellings for ‘favourite and colour’ templates are included in the pack along with US spellings. What materials are needed? • Use card stock for best results - the phones will be more robust! • Scissors and a glue stick • Pens/pencils/felt tips for the artwork and written work • These templates are designed to print on US letter/A4 size paper Considerations and how to use this activity: • Encourage students to move beyond words, and ‘draw their answers’ • Consider the space around the images they draw • How do the 9 images look collectively? • Is there an emerging theme, style, or colour? • What colours do we associate with words? eg carrot: orange and green • How do students feel about the first week back to school? • It’s OK to express dislikes as well as likes, our fears, along with our hopes The completed phones slip comfortably into a back pocket for play. Peg them up collectively as a classroom banner or decorate a wall, door, or your bulletin board Further activities included in the packet: All About Us display banner Abstract colouring activity, exploring warm and cool colors Please contact me if you have any questions regarding this resource, I am always keen to help, Thanks! Diane 51ºÚÁÏ Â©The ImaginationBox/Diane Pagan 2025 All rights reserved by the author. Permission to copy for single classroom use only