First Peoples Cliff Dwelling 3rd grade

My 3rd grade artists have been doing a unit with several First Peoples/Native American art projects.  We made a clay project, watched a video about Maria Martinez, learned about cliff dwellings and adobe houses, looked at photos of Native American weavers, drew a picture of Native American blankets and are now weaving on our own small looms.

This is the cliff dwelling or adobe house project which was done with just construction paper and crayons.

Here is the three blanket picture we drew. I found this project on Pinterest and loved it!  I asked the students what their favorite part of the project was and many said it was designing the three blankets. Other kids really enjoyed blending the chalk in the background to make a beautiful sunset.

 
 

 

Great job third graders!