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Third Grade Silhouettes

Silhouette of a tall figure holding hands with a shorter figure, resembling child and adult figures, against a white background.Black cat silhouette on white starburst background, the name "Lucille" written above.

Silhouette of a dinosaur with spikes along its back, displayed on a white background.

Silhouette of a jet fighter plane on a light background, capturing the essence of classic silhouettes.
Silhouette of a rabbit against a white background with black shapes at the top and bottom edges, ideal for third grade art projects.

We looked at the silhouette portraits of the early Americans as well as the paper cuttings of Hans Christian Anderson.  The students drew with white colored pencil on their black paper, and then cut out their designs.  Then, they flipped these over and glued them onto white paper (thus hiding any remaining white pencil lines.)  This book below is a must-see for this project!  We also looked at a book by Dr. Suess which features awesome silhouettes!!  I happened to stumble across this book in a thrift store when I was looking for books for my baby.  The copy I have is a tiny book, so I enlarged the pictures on a color copier to show my students.


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About Marcia Beckett

Marcia is an elementary art teacher and loves painting, drawing, sculpture, art journaling and clay. Her blog, Art is Basic, features many exciting art projects for kids.

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