This article will provide more of the top 10 ideas for Father's Day gifts that art easy art projects for use in grades 2 to 8. Father's Day is just around the corner and here are some excellent Father's Day Art and Craft ideas. Materials, procedures, hints and tips are given in these art projects.
Top 10 Father's Day Art Projects
These top 10 Father's Day art projects continue with more projects to use in grades 2 - 8. Each of the projects are simple and can be adapted for younger children. The projects are easy to follow and create.
Project 5: Father’s Day Creature Face Painting
Materials: Acrylic paint (white, red, yellow and brown or black), manilla tag paper, small stiff paintbrush
Procedure:
Fold a piece of 9 x 12 manilla tag or thick paper in half lengthwise and open it again.
Mix a skin colored acrylic paint (white with red, yellow, brown added).
Place paint in center fold of paper, then fold paper in half and press together to squish paint out from the center fold.
Open paper to dry.
When paint is dry add details to create a face such as a darker skin color for cheeks and nose, and a hair color for eyebrows, eyelashes, mustaches and hair.
Hints and Tips:
Try to make the face color realistic.
The face shape will be equal on both sides. Try to add realistic brush strokes for eyebrows and eyelashes by painting the eyes closed and using brush strokes in the direction in which eyebrows and lashes grow.
If painting shape is more odd looking, then create a creature from the paint. Use the lesson to teach or to show an example of a Picasso painting which purposely creates a unique face.
Add a statement to the art such as "Dad, you are one in a million."
Project 6: Father’s Day Acrylic Painting
Materials: Acrylic paint (silver), poster or photo of a car or bright object, paintbrush, paper.
Procedure:
Using a large 12 x 18 paper, paint a copy of car or object their father likes, paying attention to the bright silver areas or areas where light creates white spots. Paint the color as close to the original photo as possible.
Hints and Tips:
Use a photo or poster of an animal so brush strokes can resemble hairs.
Use a large poster rather than an enhanced photo from a magazine as the silver and light colors are hard to reproduce.
You can cut the poster in half and have the student paint the other half as close to the original as possible. You can teach the concept of symmetry in art for this project.
Use a picture of a bright tattoo for a challenging project.
Use a poster of Ironman or a current superhero that dresses in bright colors for the painting, such as superman, Mr. Incredible or Spiderman.
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Project 7: Larger Than Life Drawing
Materials: Life Magazine, 12 x 18 cartridge drawing paper, 4B pencil, gel pens or fine markers.
Procedure:
Using a large paper, draw the word LIFE in block letters near the bottom edge of the paper. Outline these neatly in gel pens or markers. If you have a LIFE magazine, cut out the cover and paste it on the paper.
Then draw a large figure at least 4 times the size of the letters or magazine cover.
On the bottom of the paper, write the comment, “Dad, You are Larger than Life”.
Hints and Tips:
Use a muscled man as a body for the drawing of the father.
Cut out the face on the Life Magazine and replace it with the father’s face.
Draw the father standing on top of the block letters with arms outstretched, to look very large compared to the word.
Father's Day: Top 10 Father's Day Art Projects
These articles will cover the top 10 Father's Day ideas for projects to use in grades 4-8 for Father’s Day art projects. Most are easy to do and follow. This is a series which will explain simple steps and materials for each project and provide hints and tips to help in Father's Day gifts of art.
