Ice Skate Art Projects

Everyday items can inspire exciting projects.

Incorporating art projects into your lesson plans is an excellent way to keep children engaged and to allow them to express themselves creatively. If you are reading a story about ice skating, studying ice, Olympic sports or learning about winter holidays, consider ice skates for an art project.

Ice Skate Cut-Outs

A simple tracing of an ice skate using an actual ice skate or some kind of stencil can be the basis for an extremely creative project. Students can express themselves by decorating the ice skates with markers, crayons, paint, glitter, glue or embellishments. Punch holes along the top slope so that students can thread yarn for a shoe lace. This can make a beautiful art display or winter border for a classroom.

Ice Skate Rink Collage

Piece together different cut out elements for a cute collage. Give students a sheet of paper. Aluminum foil makes an excellent layer of ice, so have students cut it into the shape of their frozen lake. Use paper dolls or coloring pages of ice skaters to make figures that children can color, cut and paste onto the ice. For further decorating, add some cotton as snow.

Ice Skate Ornaments

Air-drying clay is a great medium for tree ornaments. Roll the clay out to 1/8 inch thick and use an ice skate shaped cookie cutter to create the shape. While the clay is still soft you will need to make a hole near the top edge of the skate for an ornament hanger. After the clay dries, students can paint them or decorate them with glitter glue. These art projects are a cute way to decorate a class tree or send home as gifts.

Ice Skater Silhouettes

Ice skating is a beautiful, graceful sport to watch. If you collect an assortment of stencils, templates or coloring pages featuring ice skaters in graceful poses, you can use them to capture the beauty and grace. Have students trace the images of ice skaters that they like onto black construction paper or cardstock with chalk. Cut out the figures and paste them on white paper to create a collage or card.

References

• Best Kids Book Site; "Craft : Ice Skating Pictures"; 2011
• Holiday Kids Crafts: "Easy Christmas Crafts, Ornament Craft ";