Donut Drawing

Donut drawing is a fun end of the year activity to add to your classroom. Drawing a donut can be used in a media art lesson, lesson on pop art, product design, art lesson or more. You can use my donut drawing templates to get students to draw and design donuts if they finish their work early or to decorate a donut that is themed around the holidays.


Donut drawing is a fun activity for middle school students! I don’t know about you but my students sure do have a sweet tooth! 

Donut Drawing

Here are some ways to use it in your classroom:

  • If students finish their work early

  • To design their own flavour and then write a paragraph about it

  • To design their own flavour and create an advertisement like a poster or commercial

  • To design their own donut themed around a prompt like the holidays or animals

  • To draw a donut with different materials like watercolour or pastels 

  • To draw a donut after interviewing a local bakery

  • To draw a donut after learning about the artist Andy Warhol and the pop art style

  • To draw a donut to celebrate a birthday in the classroom


And so much more! 

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Another great end of the year activity is Drawing a Popsicle. Drawing a Popsicle includes templates to be used in the same way as Donut Drawing.

Students can decorate their own popsicles and then have a nice popsicle treat outside to celebrate the end of the school year! 


You can check out my popsicle drawing templates here!  


Donut Drawing and Popsicle Drawing is a great end of year activity for middle school.

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Painting With Kids - 5 Tips for How to Reduce the Mess and the Stress!

Painting with kids can be difficult and stressful! Here are 5 tips for painting with kids and how to reduce the mess and the stress! I have worn many hats including working as a teacher, a daycare provider, an art instructor, a camp counsellor among others. I have spent over 10 years of working with kids of all ages and teaching them art! During these experiences I have learned a lot of lessons for to keep art making/painting fun for everyone and not a messy disaster with hours spent cleaning up afterwards! Read my tips for painting with kids -5 tips for how to reduce the mess and the stress below!

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Here are some tips for painting with kids! How you can reduce the mess and the stress!

  1. Reusable plastic tablecloth- protect your tables and floors! - I like getting thick reusable table cloths from the dollar store

  2. Plastic aprons and wear old clothes

  3. Take messy art outside - I have a whole bunch of art ideas on my Pinterest

  4. Teach kids how to clean up by breaking down tasks and showing them how

  5. Making cleaning easy - washable paint, tubs of soapy water


Helpful Links to Reduce the Mess when painting with kids

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Symmetry in Art


Symmetry in art is a great way to teach realistic drawing skills and math to your students. Or provide extra drawing practice to your kids. Symmetry drawing is fun and easy to do with symmetry drawing worksheets. Symmetry art can help refine art and drawing skills by completing a symmetry line drawing. 


Symmetry in art is everywhere and is a part of nature. Trees, flowers, insects and so much more are symmetrical. Kids can learn about botany and anatomy while drawing the other half of a symmetry in art worksheet. 


All you need is printed or photocopied page of my symmetry worksheets, a pencil and eraser. It’s that easy!


Kids love grabbing a worksheet when they finish their work early. Completing these handouts have helped them to improve their drawing skills and it provides them with a nice quiet and calm activity to do. They are very popular at the end of day or to help students settle after recess!

Benefits of Symmetry Drawing in Art

  • improve drawing skills

  • improve fine motor skills

  • students can learn patience and practice their sketching skills

  • rainy day/down time activity

  • can teach math through symmetry

  • students can learn about botany and insects through different themed symmetry sheets!

  • easy math, art or sub lesson plans

Who are symmetry drawing worksheets for?

I recommend using these worksheets with students in grades 4-8. I also have portrait symmetry drawing worksheets for high school.


In a free version of my best-selling insect symmetry worksheets you can download a sample of the product to test it out before you purchase. The insect symmetry handouts are great to incorporate in an insect unit, earth day activity, spring activity, early finisher activity, art or math lesson.


You can download the FREE Insect symmetry worksheets here! 


I have also made an 88 page insect symmetry line drawing package that includes 44 different insects that are on gridlines and some without gridlines. The gridlines make it easier for students to draw because they can count the squares as they draw to make sure their side matches up. These gridline sheets incorporate math and measuring nicely! The pages without the gridlines are a bit more challenging. 


You can check out the 88 page insect symmetry worksheets here! 


To learn about botany I have made an 88 page symmetry trees/leaves drawing pages and an 88 page flower/plants drawing pages.

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I recommend students in grade 4-8 using these symmetry worksheets. If you like all three (the leaves/trees, insects, and flowers/plants) you can save 30% by buying the bundle - You can check out the bundle here!  



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