Snowman Draw Game!

 My returning students were very excited to play this On Demand Writing Game (think Monster Draw a few months back!) where they get instant feedback on the importance of descriptive language and adjectives!  Here's how you play:

Step #1: Draw a snowman, complete with background and plenty of colors.

Step #2: Describe your snowman and scenery with adjectives that tell size, shape, color, and number.  Make sure your writing can be read!  Don't leave out a single detail, because....

Step #3: Trade papers, and draw your partner's snowman as they try to draw yours!

Winners were voted on by the class.  Enjoy this set of amazing artwork and writing!

Marlo's Snowbird (5th grade)

        My snowbird has a round white belly with a light cloudy blue head that slowly fades into white. On its belly, it has 20 short thin lines about as long as the nail on your pinky finger. The lines are dark blue.

        My snowbird has a long, dark green, thin leaf for a wing, with lots of thin veins. 

        It has a little orange carrot for a beak and a tiny sesame seed that is brown for the eye. On the back of the head, there are three ovals poking out of the head. The ovals are horizontal and the middle oval is longer than the others.  They are light green and a tiny yellow flower is poking out of the top of the middle oval.

        The tail is a long-stemmed flower with two leaves, one on each side. The stem and leaves are light green with a tiny white flower on the end. 

        There is a wiggly light blue line behind the bird at the height of the neck. There are two more short light blue lines in front of the bird. In the sky, there are eight dark blue snowflakes evenly distributed.

    * It's facing your left.

    * The whole thing is outlined in black.

    * The whole bird is about the size of your hand.

I love how Marlo wrote so carefully, and then when she reread her work, she added in details with * to help Aria (6th grade), get it just right!

Jilly's Snowman (5th grade)

        Body- My snowman is in the middle but is more near the left side. He has a circle head on top of a bigger circle body. Like the rest of the body, it is outlined in black. It has three buttons about a thumb nail away from the head. He has two little legs sticking out underneath him. (He's sitting down). He has two arm triangle hands on his hip. Everything on the body is outlined in black. Yes, the arms are black.

        Face and Head- His face is like the snowman version of the angry emoji face. He has two eyebrows pointing down, and black eyes. He has a yellow-orange nose with four lines. The hat is at the top of the head and is leaning toward the left.  The hat is a normal top hat outlined in black.

        Background- The background has dark green grass a pinky from the bottom of the page. There are two flowers. The one on the right side is pink with five petals and no center. It has the same dark green stem with two petals not colored in. The one on the left has the same stem but five red petals. The flowers are small. There is a dark light blue as Crayola calls it sky, but it is pretty medium. Shade lightly. The sun is a circle in the upper right corner. It has 19 lines coming out that are black. The sun is outlined in black, but colored yellow. The shading goes a whole pinky below the top of the paper. The sky does not go tightly to the sun. Do not color the space between the lines. Good luck!

Wow! Jilly got her partner Diba (5th grade) to draw this snowman twin! I love the grumpy faces!

Vianna's Snowman (3rd grade)

        My snowman is very cute. It looks like a cat and is colorful. My snowman only has two snowballs. The bottom snowball is round on the top, but ends like a square. The two corners at the end are found. The top snowball is smaller than the bottom one, but it is a normal kid-drawn circle. Her eyes are black colored. Just draw an oval, then a little circle a little far away. The nose is triangle shaped with the mouth in an upside down V. The ears are a triangle shape with a little triangle inside.

        My snowman has a rainbow-colored scarf and two mittens with cat shaped paws. There is a happy sun. Sorry I am out of time!

Vianna took a little longer than she wanted to to write her description, so Ina (2nd grade) ran out of time. But the class STILL voted them the winners because they were so close with so much potential!

                                                            Cora's Snowman (4th grade)

        My snowman is really simple. Start by drawing two circles: the bottom one is big and the top one is small. Then, add three circular buttons on the top one, about the size of a pinky nail, so really small. This 2/3 of a snowman is kind a on the RIGHT side of the paper. It has two stick arms coming from the middle (top) circle. Do not fill in! Two twigs are coming from the sticks at the ends. Add a line for the ground right under your big snowball. 

        Next, draw the poor head on the ground about an inch away fro the 2/3 snowman. The head is an inch around. It has two eyes, same shape and size as the buttons. Add a small frown in the appropriate place. Add seven circles in the sky, same shape and size (scattered). Now, trace everything in black pencil. Add shadows on everything on the right side. Color the buttons red, the arms brown. Add six PINK snowflakes like this * in between the circles in the sky.

Wow! Cora gave very explicit "how to" directions! Kylie (4th grade) was a great reader and produced this match!

                                                        Annabelle's Snowman (5th grade)

        Draw a small-medium circle at the top of your page, but leave enough space for the Santa hat. Draw the Santa hat curving the "right" way in a red color. Next, connect the fist-sized medium circle with the upper one. Leave enough space for the base, big circle. Draw the big circle connected to the medium circle. Below that, draw two elf shoes pointing sideways. Color them dark green, and add one little yellow circle on both the shoes.

        Now, draw a scarf connected between the most top circle with the Santa hat and the medium circle. Make two parts of the scarf hanging down on the right side. Color the sarf in the pattern of a peppermint candy cane. Red, white, red, white. Draw two little circles on the second circle for the buttons and then two more on the third. Now, draw two brown sticks poking out of the middle circle. Add three fingers on each stick in brown. In the left and right hands, draw a candy cane, white, red, white, red. For the face, draw two cutie eyes only 1-2 inches apart from each other. An orange carrot nose with three lines sticks out in the middle. Draw eight dots in gray for the mouth (smile)! For the background, draw eight sky blue snowflakes around the page. Finally, outline the snowman in sky blue. You're done!

How cute!! Annabelle gave such clear drawing directions that Aubrey (6th grade) drew a very festive twin! Both girls are such talented artists!

Congratulations to our winners! These students have really improved in their adjective use, and are becoming very thorough writers. I'm proud of them!