Activity Description: Scouts explore shapes and forms through cutting, tracing, observing, and creating artwork.
- Fulfills Step 3 of GSUSA Brownie Art and Design badge requirements.
- Fulfills Step 3 of GSUSA Junior Art and Design badge requirements.
Info Needed: Shape refers to 2D objects, like circles, squares, and triangles. These shapes are flat and only have height and width. Artists use shapes to create pictures and designs on a flat surface, like paper or canvas. Form refers to 3D objects, like spheres, cubes, and pyramids. These forms have height, width, and depth, making them look more like real-life objects. Artists use forms to create sculptures or 3D models that you can see from different angles.
Items Needed:
- Paper (at least two sheets per scout)
- Pencil and scissors
- Drawing of a circle and rectangle (optional reference)
- A ball and box (or photo examples)
- Chosen art medium (crayons, markers, collage, etc.)
Instructions (Estimated Total Time: 20–30 minutes):
- Heart Cutout & Symmetry (5–7 min)
- Scouts fold a piece of paper in half.
- Draw half a heart along the fold, cut it out, and unfold it.
- Look at both the cut-out and the paper it came from.
- Talk about symmetry (both sides match) and identify positive (heart) and negative space (hole left behind).
- Pattern Practice (3–5 min)
- Trace the heart shape on a second piece of paper multiple times to create a repeating shape pattern.
- 2-D vs. 3-D Shape Hunt (5 min)
- Show examples of flat shapes (circle, rectangle) and forms (ball, box).
- Scouts look around the room to find real-life objects that are flat shapes or 3D forms.
- Shape & Form Artwork (10–12 min)
- Scouts create a drawing, design, or collage using three or more different shapes or forms.
- Encourage them to explore symmetry, patterns, positive/negative space, and different sizes or colors.
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