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Let's Hang! Popsicle Wall Craft

 

Project: 
For this lesson, we learned about pattern design. 
Warmup: To get in the pattern making mood, we made multiple practice patterns on scratch paper. 

Students were instructed to think about where they would like to hang their craft, do help with color and design choice. 

We then chose our favorite eight patterns to use on our craft, along with three different colored sharpie markers and two colors of yarn. 

The sticks were then tied together using the yarn to create a wall fun wall hanging. 

Extension: 
A fun social emotional extension that would work with this project would be to add goals or motivational words to the hanging for student's rooms. Students could create fun patterns on one side and add their goals to the other. 

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