This week, Grade 3 painted these poppy landscapes in honour of Remembrance Day. They were inspired by a lesson I saw on Artsonia here . ...

This lesson requires careful cutting out for the silhouette soldiers for it to look effective. I printed out pictures of ANZAC soldiers from the internet that would be suitable as silhouettes (on A3 paper). Students cut out the 'positive' shapes of the soldiers to be left with the 'negative' background to use like a stencil

Chalk pastel ANZAC poppies

This soldier template comes in 5 different sizes - from the smallest pictured below, to an XL soldier that spreads over 4 pages. We've kept the outline as simple as possible while still providing the traditional "Tommy soldier" silhouette.

By Bornei Lesson Background: To commemorate ANZAC Day this year, my class looked at some WW1 trench silhouette images off Google. We watched a BTN episode on what ANZAC Day is about, and talked about why we commemorate ANZAC Day. I found this activity on Pinterest at https://www.pinterest.com.au/pin/230035493445813874 Lesson Materials: Images of WW1 soldier/trench silhouettes Charcoal A4 art paper Lead pencil Lesson Steps: 1. I demonstrated how to measure up their paper and draw in the…

Bottle cap painted field of poppies art - to observe the symbol of the red poppy flower to help kids learn about and commemorate Anzac Day, Remembrance Day or Veterans' Day.

Remembrance Day Art! There is something so beautiful about these ripped art mosaics. #remembranceday #artprojects #grade3 #yegteacher | Instagram