Teacher author, Roisín O Rourke, has used the story of The Nutcracker as a lovely stimulus for these Christmas Art and Shapes & Geometry activity ideas.
![Nutrcracker character](https://teacherscorner.folens.ie/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/shutterstock_725177257.jpg)
A striking side profile Nutcracker character is easily sketched and works as the basis of a calming guided drawing and painting lesson.
You will need:
- A3 paper,
- pencils,
- green, blue, black and a variety of skin coloured paints,
- gold paint, PVA glue & glitter or glitter glue,
- black marker.
Begin by sketching the Nutcracker’s side profile with the children paying special attention to dimensions, proportions and positioning of features.
If you need a profile picture to help children draw an outline of the nutcracker character, you can download one to print here.
![](https://teacherscorner.folens.ie/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/profile.png)
Once drawn, allow the children to choose the colours for their nutcracker. Tip: I find that green works well as a background for other primary colours to stand out against. The children can use PVA glue to add glitter for buttons, stripes or any additional features they wish to add.
![Nutrcracker images](https://teacherscorner.folens.ie/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/Nutrcrackers.png)
You can also revise some ideas about shapes in mathematics by creating Christmas Quadrilateral Nutcracker characters.
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