Quilled Snowflake


Minnesota K-3 Visual Art Standards Used in This Lesson:

  • 1. Identify the elements of visual art including Color, line, shape, Form, Value, texture and space.

  • 2. Identify the tools, materials and techniques from a variety of two- and three-dimensional media such as drawing, printmaking, ceramics or sculpture.

  • 3. Identify the characteristics of visual artworks from a variety of cultures including the contributions of Minnesota American Indian tribes and communities.

  • 4. Create original two- and three- dimensional artworks to express ideas, experiences or stories.


    • Additional Tie-ins

  • Science, snowflake creation
  • Symmetry
  • Quilling techniques

    • After practice with the Quilled City, students will use their quilling skills to create a picture out of quilled paper. This picture happens to be a snowflake since it's winter in Minnesota and we have alot of snowflakes to model our little piece of art after.

    Students study snowflakes first as inspiration. Then after a quick demonstration of quilling shapes, students make a 6-pointed "x" on their paper to use as a guideline for their quilled snowflake parts.

    Symmetry is discussed and demonstrated with the teacher's snowflake example.