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Elementary Sewing Project, Weaving in Elementary Art
$6.00
This elementary sewing project introduces students to fiber arts and weaving using burlap, ribbon, and string as the base for a unique sewing design.
Introduce your elementary art students to the art technique weaving with this elementary sewing project. Designed for second-grade art students but perfect through early middle school, teach your students about the art of weaving by reverse weaving and adding ribbon and string into burlap.
Students are introduced to artwork by artist, El Anatsui, before removing strings from the weft of the burlap and sewing ribbon, string, and similar into the warp of the burlap. This elementary sewing project is the perfect intro to fiber arts because it is quick and teaches important techniques. 4 weaving styles are taught in this lesson.
All in all this elementary sewing project pack includes:
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Lesson plan (big idea, objectives, US national standards, instructions, and more, 7 pages)
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Teacher notes (1 page)
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2 PowerPoint presentations (32 slides)
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Demo video (13 minutes)
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Project guide (2 pages)
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Burlap bookmark art activity (2 pages)
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Needle threading hack (1 page)
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Art project checklist (1 page)
Second grade elementary art students through early middle school art students walk through all of the steps of creating a work of art from learning about weaving and sewing in art, about the artist, El Anatsui, creating their own ribbon weaving design, and mounting it on construction paper to display it.
This elementary sewing proejct pack is fun, engaging, and adaptable to a wide range of art students. Get everything you need to teach this lesson even if you have no experience. Grab another great weaving lesson here to introduce elementary art students to weaving.
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