PAPIER-MÂCHÉ Set-up Guide for Independent Art Station or Early Finishers Center
Do you run exploratory art stations or fast fishers art centers in your classroom or art room? Then you need these sets of art station guides for students to use independently. Created for my classroom and suitable for students in 2nd - 5th grades. This art station guide was created for your Papier-mâché art center, and includes 10x square shaped slides for:
- The guide cover
- What is Papier-mâché
- Famous papier-mâché artists
- Materials list
- Making a papier-mâché sculpture
- Can you make a papier-mâché fish - instruction card
- Papier-mâché clean-up guide
- Teacher Information x2
- Teacher instructions
- Blanks slides for you to add your own instructions x2
And a bonus slide with a recommended lesson for your next whole class papier-mâché project, with links.
Praise for What Is PAPIER-MÂCHÉ (from my TPT store):
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ "This was a great help, and my ECA students enjoyed this."
❤️ If you would like more topic cards added to these guides, or a guide created for a specific center, please email me through the Contact Us tab. Then register as a site member so that you don't miss new additions.
Praise from teachers (TPT) who have already used:
→ CLAY, COLLAGE and PAPIER-MÂCHÉ BUNDLE 1
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ "Thank you for creating this art lesson, my students were engaged in this project and the outcomes were great"
✅ Use to build independent prior knowledge before starting a whole class Papier-mâché project.
✅ Guides new learning for students who have not experienced Papier-mâché before
✅ Consolidates knowledge for students who have used Papier-mâché in the past.
More Art station guide cards are available for your art centers HERE, more being added all the time:
→ What is Collage
→ What is Papier-mâché
→ What is Clay
→ What is Wax Resist
→ What is Sculpture
→ What is Paint
→ What is Drawing
Each station also has companion Visual Guides added all the time. These scaffold students through independent exploration of each medium.
❤️ Why should I run art centers in my classroom? Isn't that just for art teachers?
The short answer is NO.
We can no longer omit art explorations from our classrooms.
Art can make a powerful contribution to our students' mental health.
In addition to helping students develop a number of important skills, free expression (like using art stations or art centers) is also good for overall health and well-being. Giving young children a creative outlet can help relieve stress and work through things happening in their lives. By encouraging artistic expression, you can help facilitate further learning and engagement. Making art can help children to deal with a wide range of mental health issues and psychological stress, like anxiety. View further information on this topic from Michigan State University HERE
✅ With these Art station guides, you can either print and file into clear sleeves - with blank spaces on either side of the images where you can also add your own notes, or...
print 2/page, laminate and add cards to a jump ring for students to use.
View the previews to fully understand the potential of this art station guide for your early finishers art center.
✅ Introduce the art station guide to you students by sharing the PDF slides on your large screen, talking through your expectations and answering their questions. Then leave them to it and watch them grow in responsibility and self management. You can even put some students in charge of the clean up section on a rotation basis.
Select VIEW > enter full screen for presentation mode. Then use the arrow keys on your keyboard to drive a smooth slideshow experience, like a pro :)
❤️ Take the stress out of prepping art stations,
❤️ Avoid endless hours of research and resource creation
❤️ Avoid possible frustrations for students working on your guided art projects, because they have not had time to explore this art medium or technique beforehand. Build that crucial prior knowledge and confidence with this art center.
❤️ why should you trust my lessons?
I am both a general ed. classroom teacher and currently practising as a Visual Art and Digital Media specialist educator, teaching students from ages 4-12, at a primary school. I do this every day, just like you! I’ve done it all for you and trialed these art station guides in my own fast finishers art centers.
❤️ How will this resource help busy teachers, who are nervous about teaching art?
No worries - I’ve got you covered.
This guide comes with illustrated cards & teacher information, giving you the confidence to run art centers in your own classrooms.
⏰ How long should I run an art station for?
If you are an art teacher, then you can make that call based on your programme. For classroom teachers, I recommend that a this art center stays open for at least a week, prior to starting a whole class guided project.
Then for another week after completing that project, so students can further experiment independently.
View the previews above, then add to cart and smile, knowing you can set up & run your art station with confidence.
❤️ So what is special about this resource?
This art station guide introduces students to the medium and techniques of creating with Papier-mâché. It introduces famous artists that have created with this medium and lists the materials that students can use. and lists the materials that students can use. A starter project is included, to foster further independence. The clean-up card will encourage responsibility and blanks cards have been included for you to add further resources or personalise for your own needs. Teacher information cards will up-skill your knowledge about Papier-mâché so that you can wow your students. Further scaffolded activities also available.
Students get to express their unique ideas through personal choices and modifications, while working at the Papier-mâché art centers, bringing personal creative ideas to the activity.
Looking for a whole class papier-mâché lesson plan?
Try this newly added, guided lesson for creating floating sculptures that will wow everyone that sees them:
→ POLLINATION Art lesson plan birds, bees and butterfly Sculpture 2nd - 5th grade
View the Previews above, then add to cart and smile, knowing you have just saved yourself heaps of time and effort!
✅ Where can I find more art lessons like this one on this site?
Click the links in the description above, or...
→ You can browse all my Art Stations / Early Finishers / Sub support resources HERE
→ Browse all my comprehensive art lessons provided as PDF presentation lesson HERE: VISUAL ART STORE
→ If you would prefer the added support of guided video tutorials, browse my growing collection in this custom category HERE: ART LESSONS WITH VIDEO TUTORIALS
→ For my Elements of Art lessons, click HERE: ART ELEMENTS
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Every care is taken with editing this resource and at times, errors can still sneak through. If you have any questions, contact me first, and be specific in your request so that I can make those improvements and give you, and others the best quality lesson plans.
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