Zentangles are an easy way to express yourself, it is a form of meditation using repetitive patterns and intertwining them together. By creating these you can increase your focus and creativity, as well as release stress and relax.
Materials:
3.5 x3.5-inch square paper
Black and colored pens
Construction paper
Zentangle example books
Timer
Big white paper for group
Vocabulary:
Zen
Zentangle
Patterns
Mounting
Group Exercise:
Have the kids trace their hand on big white paper
Lay out the zentangle books so they can have some references and inspiration.
Start the timer for 5 minutes.
Have them start zentangling inside their traced hand and see how much they can do in 5 minutes
You can continue this exercise with different time intervals if you please.
This could also be a warmup exercise at the beginning of class.
Individual Project:
Give each student four of the 3.5×3.5 pieces of paper
Traditionally, zentangling is done with black ink, but for our class we allowed the kids to use whatever colors they wanted.
Have them draw a different zentangle on each square.
Once all four zentangles are finished mount them on construction paper.
