Warm and Cool Hands

Warm and Cool Hands.

3rd Grade

Found this lesson idea from Pinterest (you gotta love Pinterest).  Before I start the kids on this lesson, I like to talk about the different colors.  How does each color make us feel?  What does each color remind us of?  

Step 1.  Pick a shape and draw it in the top, right corner.  Keep outlining it until the entire page if full.

Step 2.  Trace your hand and part of your arm on the page.

Step 3.  Decide whether you want the hand warm or cool colors (with the background being the opposite one) and trace each section of the hand with the appropriate colors making sure you are following a pattern with the colors (i.e. red, orange, yellow, red, orange, yellow...)  I found outlining helps with the kids because then they remember to stay inside the space they outlined when coloring.  If they didn't, I saw a common mistake on coloring outside the hand outline.

Step 4:  Color the background with the opposite set of colors.

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