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Mix and Match Menagerie | Animal Art Lesson

$4.00

Encourage creativity and student choice with this engaging animal art project! Students choose four different animals and combine their features to make a timeless “Mix and Match Menagerie” keepsake sculpture. By rotating the sections, kids can invent endless creature combinations and take home a playful artwork that doubles as a game that they can arrange again and again! This open-ended activity supports critical thinking, creativity and problem-solving while giving students the freedom to design and describe their unique animals.

Perfect for art classrooms, camps, after-school clubs, and homeschool groups, this hands-on project is sure to keep students actively engaged. The imaginative and often hilarious animal combinations make this a fun and memorable activity your students will love!

What’s included?

  • 23 page ready-to-use Google Slide presentation with detailed step-by-step photo instructions

  • PDF printer-friendly instructions

  • PDF animal idea cards

  • Vocabulary list

  • Supply list

  • Helpful tips & tricks

  • Student examples

Why Teachers Love It

  • Multiple applications for this idea from individual and collaborative paintings, to ice breaker drawings, to sculptural games and more!

  • Art room tested lesson that is kid approved

    • Used with rising 1st and 2nd graders, but would be great for older kids!

  • Simple visual instructions that are easy to follow

  • Engaging process

  • Encourages creative expression, creative problem-solving and imagination

  • Aesthetically pleasing and unique results from every artist that can be reimagined time and again

  • Cross-curricular connections to animals

  • Adaptable for a wide age range

All sales are final. For more information on our policy, see our FAQ page.

When purchasing a digital product, you’ll be sent a download link to the email provided, in addition to a receipt email. The link expires 24 hours after the purchase, so be sure to check your email after checkout.

Encourage creativity and student choice with this engaging animal art project! Students choose four different animals and combine their features to make a timeless “Mix and Match Menagerie” keepsake sculpture. By rotating the sections, kids can invent endless creature combinations and take home a playful artwork that doubles as a game that they can arrange again and again! This open-ended activity supports critical thinking, creativity and problem-solving while giving students the freedom to design and describe their unique animals.

Perfect for art classrooms, camps, after-school clubs, and homeschool groups, this hands-on project is sure to keep students actively engaged. The imaginative and often hilarious animal combinations make this a fun and memorable activity your students will love!

What’s included?

  • 23 page ready-to-use Google Slide presentation with detailed step-by-step photo instructions

  • PDF printer-friendly instructions

  • PDF animal idea cards

  • Vocabulary list

  • Supply list

  • Helpful tips & tricks

  • Student examples

Why Teachers Love It

  • Multiple applications for this idea from individual and collaborative paintings, to ice breaker drawings, to sculptural games and more!

  • Art room tested lesson that is kid approved

    • Used with rising 1st and 2nd graders, but would be great for older kids!

  • Simple visual instructions that are easy to follow

  • Engaging process

  • Encourages creative expression, creative problem-solving and imagination

  • Aesthetically pleasing and unique results from every artist that can be reimagined time and again

  • Cross-curricular connections to animals

  • Adaptable for a wide age range

All sales are final. For more information on our policy, see our FAQ page.

When purchasing a digital product, you’ll be sent a download link to the email provided, in addition to a receipt email. The link expires 24 hours after the purchase, so be sure to check your email after checkout.

SUGGESTED SUPPLIES

  • Pencils and erasers

  • Rulers

  • Post for wooden blocks

  • Dowel rods

  • Wooden dowel toppers

  • Wooden circle base

  • Paint sticks (or liquid paint with brushes) 

  • Acrylic paint markers

  • Black and/or colored permanent markers

SPECIAL EQUIPMENT

  • Table saw

  • Drill press

OPTIONAL

  • Blank wooden dice 

  • Sandpaper

  • Fan or blow dryer 

Terms & Use

By making this purchase, you acknowledge that the contents are the exclusive property of Studio Art Club and are licensed for your individual classroom or personal use only. The copyright and associated rights for all contents within this product, including written and video instructions, photographs, designs, matrices, and files, remains with me.

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  • Use this product with your own classroom students, or for your own personal use

  • Purchase additional licenses at a discounted rate for other teachers

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  • Claim ownership of this work as your own

  • Modify the files in any manner

  • Remove copyright notices, logos, or watermarks

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