2nd Grade Egyptian Cats and Dogs

Kids love ancient Egypt. Don't even try to argue about that one. You know it's true. Of course they do. Pyramids, mummies, history, that cool 80's song by The Bangles. What's not to love? 

Of course this project is based on all things Egyptian. We start out by watching a little Reading Rainbow video about ancient Egyptian practices and culture. It's fun to have a discussion after to talk about all of the cool things we just learned. Next, it is just a matter of making some art. This project is split up into several steps. I have my students use rulers to make the border, then the draw their cat or dog. They also write their names using a simplified form of hieroglyphics. Next, they sponge paint over the entire paper to emulate the texture of stone in a pyramid. 

In the past, I've had the students paint their animals, but I had pretty mixed results. This year I tried oil pastels in an effort to cut the length of the project and also get better results overall. I found that they tend to rush with pastels, so I'm not sure if the change in media was entirely successful. Overall the kids really enjoy the project and that makes me pretty happy as well. 

The lesson plan is here!

2nd Grade Egyptian Cats & Dogs

 This project has become a favorite among 2nd grade students here at Thomas. We study ancient Egypt, which is always enthralling for the students. It is one of the ancient cultures that kids are more exposed to and therefor are more interested in. This year I allowed the kids to draw either cats or dogs.


The most favorite part of this project is writing their names in hieroglyphics. I have a (rough) letter by letter translation of the alphabet that the students use and they absolutely love it. I always have the kids who finish early write secret messages to their friends using hieroglyphics.


See the lesson plan for this project here!

2nd Grade Egyptian Cats

This has become a favorite project among 2nd grade students.  We study ancient Egyptian culture and artwork before creating these masterpieces.  Kids love anything to do with Egypt and also love using gold paint for the border of this artwork.  Each student draws and paints a cat and then writes their names in hieroglyphics.  These always come out great!

2nd Grade Egyptian Cats

2nd grade just finished a project based on Egyptian culture and design.  Each student made an Egyptian cat with many patterns.  In addition to the cat, each student wrote their names in hieroglyphics.  These projects came out very well and are currently on display in the commons.  

Egyptian Cats

Second grade students at Thomas recently finished creating Egyptian cat paintings. After learning all kinds of great facts about Egypt, students got to work on drawing and painting cats with Ancient Egyptian decoration. A favorite part of this project is that students got to write their names on their project using
Egyptian hieroglyphics.