Fine Arts: Visual Arts

Standard 1: Understanding and Applying Media, Techniques and Processes

• K-4 - Students use different media, techniques and processes to communicate ideas, experiences and stories.
• 5-8 - Students intentionally take advantage of the qualities and characteristics of art media, techniques and processes to enhance communication of their experiences and ideas.

Standard 3: Choosing and Evaluating a Range of Subject Matter, Symbols and Ideas

• K-4 - Students select and use subject matter, symbols and ideas to communicate meaning.
• 5-8 - Students integrate visual, spatial and temporal concepts with content to communicate intended meaning in their artworks.

Source: National Standards for Arts Education

Layering, or embellishing, is not as complicated as it might look. It is just a matter of leaving one die-cut whole and trimming away parts of other die-cuts and adhering them on top of the whole die-cut. Decorate this adorable Finger Puppet Frog for animated fun!

Figure A

Supplies Used: Cardstock, Colored Markers, Crayons, Glue, Hand Punch, Scissors

The teacher will die-cut the materials for student use prior to the lesson.

1. Die-cut Finger Puppet Frog (or any Ellison Finger Puppet) from multiple colors of cardstock or construction paper.
2. Decorate and layer Frog using glue. To layer, leave one shape whole and cut highlights from other colors (Figure A).