ANZAC - larger poppies for foreground and smaller for background

Second grade studied perspective to create these stunning poppy paintings. They first drew a horizon line on either light blue or light gray paper. Next, they painted red "lips" starting at the bottom with the largest and ending at the horizon line with the smallest. Once dry, they used black oil pastel to add the black centers. Using light green and dark green oil pastel, they drew lines to represent the grass and stems. To add just a small amount of detail, they painted (or drew with oil…

Have your kids make these beautiful fingerprint poppies! All you need is paint and fingers! These would be great on homemade cards or just for a spring art project.

Grade Three Remembrance Day Poppies Black glue and watercolour

WW2 medals made from clay with a paperclip attached for ribbon. Used QRvoice to create a code which links to child's voice talking about their medal.

Charcoal WW1 silhouettes

Our Remembrance Day art started with reading the book A Poppy is to Remember. We talked about the importance of November 11th and about th...

Erin Walker - A brief and succinct overview of ANZAC Day. Could be used as poster in the classroom.

Anzac Day art, craft and cooking ideas to help your children learn the importance of April 25th, as they remember and honour all the fallen soldiers.

ANZAC Day – 25 April – is probably Australia’s most important national occasion. It marks the anniversary of the first major military action fought by Australian and New Zealand forces during…

Celebrate Anzac Day with meaningful and educational activities using our free Anzac Day Printables. Great craft activity for kids to learn about Anzac Day.

Well this is the Remembrance Day project I have come up with for this year "Mixed Media Poppies". Tape off your watercolor or white sketch paper for that nice finished edge and then paint in your background color with disc tempera. While the paint is still wet cover with a layer of plastic wrap and smoosh it slightly. Leave in place until dry. While your background is drying work on your poppy papers. You want a few types. In this one I'm using thicker liquid tempera and patting it in with…

A great poem to allow students to understand the meaning of Anzac Day. Could be used as a whole class recital.

ANZAC day slouch hat art and craft