Fine Arts: Theater

K-4 Standard 2: Acting by assuming roles and interacting in improvisations

• Students imagine and clearly describe characters, their relationships and their environments.
• Students use variations of locomotor and nonlocomotor movement and vocal pitch, tempo and tone for different characters.

Fine Arts: Visual Arts

K-4 Standard 1: Understanding and Applying Media, Techniques and Processes

• Students use different media, techniques and processes to communicate ideas, experiences and stories.

K-4 Standard 3: Choosing and Evaluating a Range of Subject Matter, Symbols and Ideas

• Students select and use subject matter, symbols and ideas to communicate meaning.

Source: National Standards for Arts Education

Celebrate the story of Noah with creative standing characters. Students may create short stories or play to accompany the characters. Consider creating a diorama scene with these fun figures. Students may share their artwork with friends and family at Open House or Back-to-School Night.

Figure A

Figure B

Figure C

Figure D

Supplies Used: Cardstock, Colored Pencils, Colored Pens, Crayons, Glue, Paper Wood, Scissors

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

Note: There are two ways to make a stand-up shape:

1. Fold a 9" x 12" sheet of paper in half. Place the fold just below the topcutting edge of the die. When cut, the top will form a hinge, allowing the shape to stand up (Figure A).
2. Fold a 9" x 12" sheet of paper in half. Fold back again 1/2", making a lip. Place the fold just above the bottomcutting edge of the die. Open the die-cut shape. Use glue or double-sided tape to adhere at the top edges and the inside bottom will form a platform, allowing the shape to stand up (Figure B).
   

Noah

1. Using one of the above folding techniques, die-cut a folded LG Noah using beige cardstock or construction paper.
2. Die-cut LG Noah using white and dark blue paper. Die-cut Noah's hands and sleeves using light blue paper.
3. Leave the folded beige Noah whole. Cut along perforations from the white and blue papers to embellish. Adhere the highlights to the beige Noah (Figure C).
   

Noah's Ark Animals

1. Using one of the folding techniques in Step 1 or Step 2, die-cut the folded LG Noah's Ark Animals and the folded LG Noah's Ark Animals #2 using appropriate colored cardstock or construction paper for each Animal.
2. Die-cut each Animal again with a contrasting color for highlights. Adhere the highlights to each Animal.
   
3. Crayons, colored pens or pencils may also be used for highlights (see Main Photo).

Noah's Ark

1. Using one of the folding techniques in Step 1 or Step 2, die-cut the folded XL Noah's Ark using 12" x 18" light brown cardstock or construction paper.
2. Die-cut the Ark using light PaperWood for the bottom of the Ark and darker PaperWood for the windows and ramp. Adhere the PaperWood to the light brown Ark (Figure D).
3. Crayons, colored pens or pencils may also be used to create highlights on the Ark (see Main Photo).
   

Waves

1. Using one of the folding techniques in Step 1or Step 2, die-cut the DC Wave Border from light blue cardstock or construction paper (see Main Photo).