ORANGE you happy that it’s fall? October really is a GOURD month for drawing with shapes. We’ve got four Shapegrams that are faBOOlous any time of year, especially in October.
- Learn to draw a fancy house at sunset in the Mansion Shapegram.
- Learn to draw a black cat, ghost, jack-o-lantern, and bats in the Spooky Things Shapegram.
- Learn to draw a posable human skeleton in the Skeleton Shapegram.
- Learn to draw a spider web and a Black Widow in the Spider Web Shapegram.
- Learn to draw illustrations for the homophone pair which and witch.
Each Shapegram is packaged inside Google Slides and Google Drawings documents. The documents contains pictures to recreate, space to draw, tutorial videos, drawing tips, and a side activities. Teachers simply copy the Shapegram’s link and send it to students. Students click and make a copy. Everything a student needs is inside their copy of the document.
Since Shapegrams build upon the skills in previous Shapegrams, it’s a good idea to begin with the House Shapegram if your students are new to Google’s drawing tools. After drawing the simple house, students may need some practice by drawing the Face and Lion before attempting the Mansion. The Mansion Shapegram is the easiest of the four October-themed Shapegrams. Then the Spooky Things, Skeleton, and Spider Web each get a little more complicated as they introduce new shapes, tools, and techniques. Teachers might even provide students a choice of which Shapegram to draw based on their skill levels.
A $35 membership gets you access to all four of the October-themed Shapegrams. That’s a BONEafide deal! But it gets better. Membership gets you access to all Shapegrams. There are enough Shapegrams so that teachers can offer their students at least one Shapegram every week of the year!
See how the pictures are constructed with shapes by viewing the animations below.
More Digital Activities
If you’re looking for more digital activities for October, check out these free ones from some of our friends.
@tonyvincent More spooky @shapegrams inspiration! #smmaschool pic.twitter.com/hozvaGYUqx
— Debbie Fucoloro, PhD (@debbiefuco) October 30, 2020
Today we worked independently or with a buddy on a spooky @shapegrams challenge. @tonyvincent my students are amazed at how much they have grown as Google Drawings experts. #engagedlearning @BearCreekEtown @etownPAschools pic.twitter.com/C1xUhMbUTi
— imatowsen (@imatowsen) October 16, 2019
I love to see creative minds at work! 4th graders recreated this drawing, and added their own flair! 🤩 @shapegrams pic.twitter.com/giDq4WdzCK
— Ms. Torpey (@TechTorpey) March 2, 2021
Using @shapegrams today to work on our Digital Art skills, learn Google Drawings, and create spooky houses and other fun things! @TheBatchBulldog pic.twitter.com/bZZoKkpDyc
— Heather Koleszar (@HKoleszar) October 26, 2020
Hey @Tony vincent! Look at this spooky @shapegrams mashup created by my awesome 5th grade student at @HTSD_Wilson ! He used his design skills to make this spooktacular custom creation! 👻🎃#Shapegrams #googledraw #creativity pic.twitter.com/sTC9e344vj
— Jessica Belardo (@BelardoJessica) October 23, 2020
Hanging out with some awesome 2nd graders via @zoom_us creating some spooooky @shapegrams! Thank you @tonyvincent for such a fun and creative activity! @CrowIslandD36 @winnetka36 #we36 #cipride36 pic.twitter.com/FnB664GSwj
— Amy Banas (@abanasTIS) October 28, 2020
This week, #SACP11 @SACTVDSB tackled the "Mansion at Sunset" on @shapegrams
— Marc Hodgkinson (@Mr_H_Teacher) December 12, 2020
Some exceptional work & we learned more Google Draw tips.
Here are a few examples, but the full class set is at this linkhttps://t.co/ejhbVePxWJ pic.twitter.com/VxunKaA2Oy
We’re getting spooky with @shapegrams in ALPS this week! Students enjoyed learning some cool design techniques to create Halloween images with Google shapes 👻🎃 @HTSD_Yardville pic.twitter.com/nvc4nPD094
— Jessica Belardo (@BelardoJessica) October 5, 2020
I used the spiders my kids made this week using @shapegrams for my weekly newsletter! 🕷️🕸️ pic.twitter.com/w3cfRbouE4
— Allison McCutcheon (@alliemccutch) October 10, 2020