Stop Motion Animation Lesson in Elementary Art

Introduce your elementary art or middle school art students to the art of stop motion animation with this fun, easy magic moving objects stop motion art project. Designed for 3rd grade and older art students, teach your students about the process of creating through a stop-motion movie that needs almost no prep.

This stop motion animation project is the perfect way to introduce the art of animation and filmmaking. It's easier than you think to bring technology and digital art into your classroom. Learn alongside your students with this stop motion animation lesson pack.

All you need for this project is an iPad or smartphone. Students work in small groups to develop a storyboard, ideas for objects to star in their movie, and a design for the background. Together they put their stop motion animation together in 3-4 classes.

This elementary art or middle school art lesson is easy, fun, and a perfect way to bring technology and animation into your art class.

All in all this stop motion animation lesson pack includes:

• Lesson plan (big idea, objectives, US national standards, instructions, and more, 10 pages)
• Teacher notes (2 pages)
• Quick reference for creating and editing stop motion movies (3 pages)
• Storyboard and brainstorming guide (2 pages)
• 3 PowerPoint presentations (32 slides)
• Project guide on using the free app, Stop Motion Studio (4 pages)
• Title and end frame art activity (2 pages)
• Willis O'Brien artist to know fast finisher activity (3 pages)
• Flip book activity (2 pages)
• Art project checklist (1 page)
• Rubric (for older students) 1 page

kindergarten elementary art students through middle school art students walk through all of the steps of creating a stop motion animation clip with this project pack. Adapt for students all the way to 8th grade