Living in Michigan, we have decorate Evergreen trees in our yards for the holidays so my 3rd graders were intrigued with the photos I showed them of decorated cacti plants! I asked them why someone might put lights on a cactus instead of a fir tree. They quickly problem solved that it was because they didn't have the same trees where they live as we do.
We had a lesson on drawing cacti plants of various types and they filled a pot with cacti. Students then had the option of decorating the pot with southwest type designs or Christmas designs. They could also add things to the cacti like lights or small Santa hats.
I gave them this idea sheet to get them started on southwest designs if that was their choice. Some chose to do a combination pot of southwest and Christmas.
small details were colored with colored markers and then large areas were colored with chalks rubbed with paper towel. These turned out lovely!
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