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Drawing and craft for classes 3 to 5

5 lessons, each with worked examples, a try-at-home activity and a practice sheet. The practice sheets are together after the lessons, and the answer keys are at the very back.

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  • Classes 3-5
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  • 50 practice questions
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Contents

What is in this book

  1. 1Symmetry and rangoli patternsDiscover lines of symmetry in shapes, letters and rangoli, and learn to draw a pattern whose two halves match.4 min
  2. 2Crafts from waste paperTurn clean old newspaper and paper into pen stands and paper beads, and learn why reusing paper helps the Earth.3 min
  3. 3The colour wheel: mixing coloursLearn primary and secondary colours, mix new colours with paint or crayons, and make your own colour wheel.3 min
  4. 4Paper folding: boat and fanLearn neat folds, then make a paper boat and a pleated fan using only a sheet of paper.3 min
  5. 5Making repeating patternsCreate border and block patterns by repeating shapes and colours, and find the part that repeats.3 min

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Lesson 1 of 5

Symmetry and rangoli patterns

Discover lines of symmetry in shapes, letters and rangoli, and learn to draw a pattern whose two halves match.

Open this lesson on its own page · Practice sheet · Answer key · Contents

Let us begin

The big idea

Look at a butterfly. Its left wing and right wing match like a mirror. This is called symmetry. Rangoli artists use symmetry to make beautiful patterns for festivals.

A shape is symmetrical when you can draw a line through it so that both halves match exactly, like a mirror. This line is called a line of symmetry or mirror line.

If you fold the shape along its line of symmetry, the two halves fit exactly on top of each other.

Some shapes have more than one line of symmetry. A square has 4. A rectangle that is not a square has 2. An equilateral triangle (all sides equal) has 3. A circle has many, because every line through its centre works.

Rangoli is a floor pattern made at festivals and celebrations. In Tamil Nadu it is called kolam and in West Bengal it is called alpana. Many rangoli and kolam patterns are symmetrical, so they are drawn on a grid of dots with the same design on both sides.

To copy a point to the other side of a mirror line, keep the same height and the same distance from the line, but on the opposite side.

A pattern with a mirror lineA diamond-shaped pattern split down the middle by a dashed vertical mirror line. The left half and the right half match exactly, each with one small circle, and a small circle sits on the mirror line. Mirror line Left half Right half
The dashed line is the mirror line. Both halves match.

Worked examples

See how it works

  1. Lines of symmetry of a square

    A square has 4 lines of symmetry: 1 line joining the middle points of the top and bottom sides, 1 line joining the middle points of the left and right sides, and 2 diagonals. So the answer is 4.

  2. Letters

    The letter A has 1 vertical line of symmetry. The letter H has 2 lines: one up and down, and one across. The letter F has no line of symmetry.

  3. Finishing a pattern

    On the left of the mirror line there is a dot 3 cm away from the line and 2 cm above the bottom. On the right side, draw a dot 3 cm away from the line, also 2 cm above the bottom. Now the two sides match.

Try it at home

Draw my own rangoli

You will need

  • A sheet of paper
  • A pencil and a ruler
  • Crayons or colour pencils

What to do

  1. Draw a dotted grid of 5 rows and 5 dots in each row, with equal gaps.
  2. Draw a dashed vertical line down the middle dot column. This is your mirror line.
  3. On the left side only, join some dots with straight lines or curves to make a pattern.
  4. Copy the same pattern on the right side, like a mirror.
  5. Colour both halves with the same colours in the same places.

Ask a grown-up: An adult can help you rule the dashed line and check that both halves match.

Lesson 2 of 5

Crafts from waste paper

Turn clean old newspaper and paper into pen stands and paper beads, and learn why reusing paper helps the Earth.

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Let us begin

The big idea

Paper that we throw away can become something lovely. A clean old newspaper can turn into a pen stand or a necklace. Reusing things is good for the Earth and fun too.

We can follow the three Rs: Reduce, Reuse and Recycle. Reduce means to use less. Reuse means to use again. Recycle means to turn old things into new things.

Clean, dry paper is best for crafts: old newspaper, magazine pages, used wrapping paper and the clean back of old sheets. Do not use paper that is wet, oily or has food on it.

Paper can be rolled into tubes or beads. Tubes can be glued together to make a pen stand. Beads can be threaded on a string.

Keep your craft table tidy. Put the small scraps in the dry-waste bin when you finish.

Worked examples

See how it works

  1. Counting tubes for a pen stand

    Put 1 tube in the middle and 6 tubes around it. 1 + 6 = 7 tubes in all.

  2. Paper bead necklace

    A necklace needs 24 beads. One sheet gives 6 strips, and each strip makes 1 bead. Sheets needed = 24 ÷ 6 = 4 sheets.

  3. Which paper can I reuse?

    Clean old newspaper: yes, reuse it. Paper plate with curry on it: no, it is dirty and oily. Dry magazine page: yes.

Try it at home

A rolled-paper pen stand

You will need

  • Old clean newspaper
  • A pencil
  • School glue or paste
  • A rubber band
  • A piece of old thick cardboard for the base
  • Crayons to decorate

What to do

  1. Fold a sheet of newspaper in half and roll it tightly around a pencil, starting at one corner.
  2. Put a dab of glue on the last corner and stick it down. Slide the pencil out. You have a paper tube.
  3. Make 7 tubes in the same way.
  4. Stand one tube in the middle and 6 tubes around it. Hold them with a rubber band while the glue dries.
  5. Glue the bundle onto the cardboard base. Colour or decorate your pen stand.

Ask a grown-up: An adult should cut the thick cardboard base into a square or circle (child-safe scissors only, with adult help). Keep glue away from eyes and mouth.

Lesson 3 of 5

The colour wheel: mixing colours

Learn primary and secondary colours, mix new colours with paint or crayons, and make your own colour wheel.

Open this lesson on its own page · Practice sheet · Answer key · Contents

Let us begin

The big idea

With only three paints, you can make many colours. It feels like magic! Let us find out which colours to mix to make orange, green and purple.

The three primary colours are red, yellow and blue. We cannot make them by mixing other colours. Every other paint colour comes from these three.

When we mix two primary colours, we get a secondary colour. Red and yellow make orange. Yellow and blue make green. Blue and red make purple.

A colour wheel puts the colours in a circle. Each secondary colour sits between the two primaries that make it.

Adding white makes a colour lighter. Adding a tiny bit of a dark colour makes it darker. Always add the dark colour a little at a time, because it is strong.

A simple colour wheelA circle divided into six sections: red, orange, yellow, green, blue and purple in order around the wheel. red orange yellow green blue purple
Secondary colours sit between the primary colours that make them.

Worked examples

See how it works

  1. Making orange

    Put a blob of red and a blob of yellow on a plate. Mix them with a brush. You get orange. More yellow makes a lighter, sunny orange. More red makes a deeper orange.

  2. Making green

    Mix yellow and blue. If you add more yellow, the green looks fresh like new leaves. If you add more blue, it looks darker like a deep forest.

  3. Making light colours

    Mix a little red with a lot of white and you get pink. Mix blue with white and you get a light sky blue.

Try it at home

Paper colour wheel

You will need

  • A sheet of paper
  • Red, yellow and blue paint or crayons
  • A plate or old lid
  • A brush
  • A round lid to trace

What to do

  1. Trace a circle on the paper and divide it into six equal slices like a pizza.
  2. Colour the three primary colours in alternate slices: red, yellow and blue.
  3. Mix red and yellow on the plate and paint the slice between them orange.
  4. Mix yellow and blue for the green slice, and blue and red for the purple slice.
  5. Label each slice with its colour name.

Ask a grown-up: An adult can supply washable paints and cover the table with old newspaper.

Lesson 4 of 5

Paper folding: boat and fan

Learn neat folds, then make a paper boat and a pleated fan using only a sheet of paper.

Open this lesson on its own page · Practice sheet · Answer key · Contents

Let us begin

The big idea

A flat sheet of paper can become a boat, a fan or a hat. All it takes is careful folding. Let us learn the folds and make two things you can use.

A good fold starts with a good crease. Match the edges or corners exactly, then press down with your thumb and slide it along the fold.

A valley fold bends the paper towards you, like the inside of a book. A mountain fold bends it away from you, like a roof.

A square sheet is the easiest to start with. To make a square from a rectangle, fold one corner over to the opposite side and cut off the extra strip.

Work slowly. If a fold is not neat, open the paper and fold it again. A smooth crease makes a better model.

Valley fold and mountain foldTwo small drawings. One shows a valley fold with the paper dipping down in the middle, and one shows a mountain fold with the paper rising up in the middle. Valley fold Mountain fold Fold towards you Fold away from you
A valley fold dips down. A mountain fold points up.

Worked examples

See how it works

  1. A paper boat

    Fold a rectangle in half. Fold the top corners down to the middle to make a roof shape. Fold the bottom strips up on both sides. Open the middle and press flat into a diamond. Fold the bottom corners up, then open again to make the boat.

  2. A pleated fan

    Fold a long strip of paper back and forth like a zigzag, with each fold about 2 cm wide. Pinch the paper at one end and fan out the other end.

  3. A simple hat

    Fold a big sheet of paper in half. Fold the two top corners down to the middle. Fold the bottom strips up on each side. It becomes a hat to wear.

Try it at home

Make a paper boat

You will need

  • One sheet of old newspaper or plain paper
  • A bowl of water (optional)

What to do

  1. Fold the sheet in half from top to bottom, then open it and fold it in half again to make a crease down the middle.
  2. Fold the top two corners down to the centre line so the paper looks like a house with a roof.
  3. Fold the strip at the bottom up in front, then turn the paper over and fold the other strip up.
  4. Open the middle and flatten into a diamond. Fold the bottom corners up, then open again.
  5. Pull the two top tips apart gently to open the boat. Float it in a bowl of water.

Ask a grown-up: An adult can help with the harder folds and watch near water.

Lesson 5 of 5

Making repeating patterns

Create border and block patterns by repeating shapes and colours, and find the part that repeats.

Open this lesson on its own page · Practice sheet · Answer key · Contents

Let us begin

The big idea

Patterns are everywhere: on a sari border, a tiled floor and a zebra. A pattern is something that repeats again and again. Let us learn to make our own.

A pattern repeats in the same order. If we draw a circle, a square, a circle, a square, the pattern is circle then square. The part that repeats is called the unit.

We can make a pattern with shapes, colours, sizes or lines. A red, blue, red, blue border is a colour pattern. Big, small, big, small is a size pattern.

A pattern can have a longer unit. For example, red, red, blue repeats as red, red, blue, red, red, blue. The unit has three parts.

To find the next part of a pattern, find the unit and then continue it. A border pattern repeats along a line. A block pattern repeats across the whole page like a tile design.

A border patternA row of alternating squares and circles with a bracket showing the unit that repeats: a square then a circle. Unit Square, circle, square, circle... The unit repeats to make the pattern.
The unit repeats again and again to make the pattern.

Worked examples

See how it works

  1. A shape pattern

    Triangle, circle, triangle, circle, triangle, circle. The unit is triangle then circle. After the last circle, the next shape is a triangle.

  2. A colour pattern

    Red, red, blue, red, red, blue, red, red. The unit is red, red, blue. The next colour is blue.

  3. A growing pattern

    Draw 1 dot, then 2 dots, then 3 dots, then 4 dots. The pattern grows by one dot each time. The next group has 5 dots.

Try it at home

My border pattern

You will need

  • A strip of paper
  • A ruler
  • Crayons or colour pencils

What to do

  1. Draw a straight line along the middle of the strip with a ruler.
  2. Pick two shapes and two colours, for example a red triangle and a blue circle.
  3. Draw the first unit at the left end.
  4. Repeat the unit all the way to the right end of the strip.
  5. Show your pattern and ask someone to tell you the unit and the next shape.

Ask a grown-up: An adult can look for patterns with you on clothes, floors and curtains at home.

Part two

Practice sheets

One sheet for each of the 5 lessons. Write your name and the date at the top, answer in the spaces, then check with the answer keys at the back.

Practice sheet

Symmetry and rangoli patterns

Practice sheet: Symmetry and rangoli patterns (Classes 3-5, Drawing and craft)

  1. What is a line of symmetry?
  2. How many lines of symmetry does a square have?
  3. How many lines of symmetry does a rectangle (that is not a square) have?
  4. How many lines of symmetry does an equilateral triangle have?
  5. How many lines of symmetry does the capital letter A have?
  6. How many lines of symmetry does a circle have?
  7. How many lines of symmetry does the capital letter H have?
  8. Does the capital letter F have a line of symmetry?
  9. The left half of a pattern has a flower at the top left. Where will the matching flower be on the right half?
  10. Name one thing in nature that shows symmetry.

Practice sheet

Crafts from waste paper

Practice sheet: Crafts from waste paper (Classes 3-5, Drawing and craft)

  1. What are the three Rs?
  2. Which paper can you reuse for crafts: clean old newspaper or paper with food on it?
  3. Why is it good to reuse paper?
  4. Who should cut thick cardboard?
  5. A pen stand has 1 tube in the middle and 6 around it. How many tubes is that?
  6. One sheet of newspaper gives 6 paper beads. How many beads will 4 sheets give?
  7. A necklace needs 30 beads. One sheet gives 6 beads. How many sheets do you need?
  8. What should you do with small paper scraps when your craft is done?
  9. Name three things you can make from waste paper.
  10. Tell one way you can use less paper at school or at home.

Practice sheet

The colour wheel: mixing colours

Practice sheet: The colour wheel: mixing colours (Classes 3-5, Drawing and craft)

  1. Name the three primary colours.
  2. Which two colours make orange?
  3. Which two colours make green?
  4. Which two colours make purple?
  5. What do we call colours made by mixing two primary colours?
  6. What do you add to make a colour lighter?
  7. Which secondary colour sits between red and yellow on the wheel?
  8. What happens if you add more blue to green?
  9. Can you make red by mixing other colours?
  10. You mix a lot of white with a little red. What colour do you get?

Practice sheet

Paper folding: boat and fan

Practice sheet: Paper folding: boat and fan (Classes 3-5, Drawing and craft)

  1. What is a crease?
  2. Which fold bends the paper towards you?
  3. Which fold bends the paper away from you?
  4. Which shape of paper is easiest to start with?
  5. What can you do if a fold is not neat?
  6. What do we fold paper into to make a fan?
  7. Name two things you can make by folding paper.
  8. Why should you press the crease with your thumb?
  9. Why should an adult help when you float your boat in water?
  10. You fold a strip back and forth 8 times. How many folds is that?

Practice sheet

Making repeating patterns

Practice sheet: Making repeating patterns (Classes 3-5, Drawing and craft)

  1. What is a pattern?
  2. What do we call the part that repeats?
  3. Circle, square, circle, square. What comes next?
  4. Red, red, blue, red, red, blue, red. What colour comes next?
  5. Big, small, big, small, big. What comes next?
  6. What is the unit of: triangle, circle, circle, triangle, circle, circle?
  7. Name one place where you see a pattern at home.
  8. A pattern grows: 1 dot, 2 dots, 3 dots. How many dots come next?
  9. Can a pattern be made with colours only?
  10. Make your own pattern with three parts, and name the unit.

Part three

Answer keys

The answers to every practice sheet, in the same order as the lessons. Parents and teachers may like to keep these pages separately.

Answer key

Answers: Symmetry and rangoli patterns

  1. A line that cuts a shape into two halves that match exactly, like a mirror.
  2. 4.
  3. 2.
  4. 3.
  5. 1 (a vertical line).
  6. Many. Every line through the centre is a line of symmetry.
  7. 2 (one up and down, one across).
  8. No.
  9. At the top right, at the same distance from the mirror line.
  10. Sample answers: a butterfly, a leaf, a flower or a face.

Answer key

Answers: Crafts from waste paper

  1. Reduce, Reuse and Recycle.
  2. Clean old newspaper.
  3. It saves trees and makes less waste.
  4. An adult.
  5. 7 tubes (1 + 6).
  6. 24 beads (4 × 6).
  7. 5 sheets (30 ÷ 6).
  8. Put them in the dry-waste bin (or keep them for another craft).
  9. Sample answers: a pen stand, paper beads, a paper boat, a card, a bookmark.
  10. Sample answer: write on both sides of the page, or use the back of old paper for rough work.

Answer key

Answers: The colour wheel: mixing colours

  1. Red, yellow and blue.
  2. Red and yellow.
  3. Yellow and blue.
  4. Blue and red.
  5. Secondary colours.
  6. White.
  7. Orange.
  8. The green becomes darker and bluer.
  9. No. Red is a primary colour.
  10. Pink.

Answer key

Answers: Paper folding: boat and fan

  1. The sharp line on the paper where it is folded.
  2. A valley fold.
  3. A mountain fold.
  4. A square.
  5. Open it and fold it again.
  6. A zigzag (pleats).
  7. Sample answers: a boat, a hat, a fan.
  8. To make the fold flat and neat.
  9. To keep you safe near water.
  10. 8 folds.

Answer key

Answers: Making repeating patterns

  1. Something that repeats again and again in the same order.
  2. The unit.
  3. Circle.
  4. Red.
  5. Small.
  6. Triangle, circle, circle.
  7. Sample answers: a curtain, a floor tile, a sari border, a blanket.
  8. 4 dots.
  9. Yes, for example red, blue, red, blue.
  10. Sample answer: star, moon, moon, star, moon, moon. The unit is star, moon, moon.

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