A Box of Crayons

     The purpose of this lesson is to introduce specific elements of design that will be used for their crayon project created for 1st grade.  Students at this age need to be interested in their projects and they also desire the approval of classmates and teachers.  This project will allow them to share what they have made to their classmates.  
     The first example below is how students will draw one part of the body (head, middle/arms, legs/feet), then pass it on and see what your creation turned out to be.  The picture on the right shows how students can be creative with crayons, drawing things about themselves such as music notes, school colors, favorite season, and more. 

 
Extension Activity:
     Again, this project could be used to show diversity.  It will take students a while to realize that no one is the exact same.  The project on the left is a great example because the students weren't able to see the drawer before's work, so it gave the next drawer the chance to be unique.  All of the little "monsters" students create will show that none of the same.  Even though each person drew on 3 different monsters, they were still very distinctively diverse.  The crayon is also a good project to do with younger students because they will make it individualized to match their personality; it's kind of like a mirrored image of themselves.