Earth Day is April 22. How about DRAWING some attention to the planet we call home? Read about Shapegrams that fit naturally this time of year: updates.shapegrams.com/p/earthday
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6 drawings of plants and animals
Earth Day is Wednesday 🌎
Shapegrams has ready-to-use Lesson and Zipper templates in Google Slides to help learners draw plants and animals. Levels range from Beginning Blue to Outstanding Orange.
updates.shapegrams.com/p/earthday
Earth Day is April 22. How about DRAWING some attention to the planet we call home? Read about Shapegrams that fit naturally this time of year in the latest update.
The latest Shapegrams update features 3 challenging lessons....
🐣 Spring Scene ⬜️⬜️⬜️🟥⬜️
🌈 Rainbow ⬜️⬜️🟪⬜️⬜️
🦍 Dr. Jane Goodall ⬜️⬜️⬜️⬜️🟧
A graphic titled "SPRING FONTS" features a list of nine decorative font names written in their respective styles: Over the Rainbow, Irish Grover, Mystery Quest, Arima Madurai, Ruge Boogie, Spicy Rice, Indie Flower, Bonbon, and Boogaloo. The design uses a blue and white color scheme and includes an illustration of a gray bunny popping out of a blue Easter egg.
Celebrate with these fonts—available for free in Google Workspace and downloadable at fonts.google.com.
An infographic titled "Pastel Color Codes" featuring 12 circular swatches of soft, calming colors on a pastel gradient background. Each swatch displays its unique hex code (e.g., #B9F4D7 for mint, #FFA0C1 for pink). The image includes a brief description of pastel colors and the Shape Grams logo.
Pastel colors are soft and calming, like baby blue, pale yellow, pastel pink, peach, and periwinkle.
Pastels are often associated with spring. Perhaps because spring brings us flowers and ice cream?
A colorful illustration of a man standing next to an ironing board, delivering a pun. On the ironing board sits a green four-leaf clover and a blue iron. Two speech bubbles appear above the man; the first asks, "Why is it a bad idea to iron a four-leaf clover?" and the second answers, "Because you would be pressing your luck!" The man is wearing a dark blue t-shirt with a "Shapegrams" logo and light blue pants, set against a striped green wallpaper background.
Q: What's the difference between wisdom and luck?
A: One is clever. The other is clover.
P.S. Draw a clover in this Zipper digital art challenge: shapegrams.com/clover
"Irish" you good luck in drawing a clover using shapes.
Get the Shapegrams Zipper template in #GoogleSlides or #GoogleDrawings:
🍀 Fun Fact: There are about 5,000 three-leaf clovers for every four-leaf clover.
☘️ Another Fun Fact: You can draw a clover with heart shapes.
🆓 Get the Zipper: shapegrams.com/clover
#DigitalArt #EdTech #EduSky
A collection of various black geometric silhouettes on a white background, including hearts, circles, ovals, and a crescent. The arrangement looks like a set of building blocks for a character or graphic.
What animal might Tony draw using these shapes? Find out if it’s animal you’ll want to kiss by clicking this link: shapegrams.com/animal-guess
Level = Progressing Purple
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An educational infographic titled "Change the Zoom" by Shape Grams. It explains how to adjust zoom settings using toolbar icons, manual percentage entries (25% to 1600%), and touchpad gestures like pinching or stretching fingers.
Zooming can make it easier to draw with shapes. There are multiple ways to zoom in and zoom out in Google Slides and Google Drawings. #EduSky #EdTech
Drawing of a basketball and screenshot of a PDF with instructions for drawing a basketball with shapes.
The Basketball Zipper digital art challenge comes with a PDF showing how to draw a basketball. These same instructions are also included inside the #GoogleSlides template.
🏀 shapegrams.com/basketball
DIY felt animal projects arranged in two rows. Each animal—an owl, dog, mouse, frog, fish, penguin, crab, and bee—is assembled using cut-out felt hearts to create faces, wings, fins, and feet. The bright colors stand out against a clean white surface.
Tony actually cut shapes from felt so he could demonstrate layering shapes in his tutorial video for the "Heartfelt Animals" Shapegram.
You could get yourself a membership today and share it with your students tomorrow! Great for Grades 2 and up. shapegrams.com/heartanimals
Q: What did the envelope say to the stamp?
A: “Stick with me, and we will go places!”
Learn to draw envelope, bear, and arrow pictures in the Hearts lesson:
Here's a very condensed preview of the video in the new "Heartfelt Animals" Shapegram. The video uses felt to demonstrate layers, rotation, and drop shadows.
Become a member and get instant access for you and your students! #EdTech
shapegrams.com/heartanimals
Shapegrams logo with digital drawings of animals, hearts, cupcakes, and more.
There’s no substit-CUTE for a sweet Shapegrams lesson! February may be short, but it’s packed with chances for students to create, experiment, and share something kind.
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The land in the Island Zipper is drawn with the Curve tool.
shapegrams.com/island
Each time you click with the Curve tool, it leaves an anchor point. Anchor points are connected with curved lines.
Cartoon of a groundhog with crazy hair poking out of one hole. A photo of Tony poking out of another hole, looking at the groundhog.
🗓 Happy Groundhog Day!
😁 Hoping you're having a good LAIR day.
LEAF it to Tony to draw a desert island with shapes! The Google Slides template includes animations showing how to draw it. WATER you waiting for? Give this to your students: shapegrams.com/island
Level = Growing Green
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#EduSky #EdTech #GoogleEdu
Screenshot of YouTube playlist
Sink your teeth into this YouTube playlist from Sarah Wood with 21 short videos for kids about Groundhog Day. #EduSky #Teaching
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💥 3 Fun Facts 💥
1️⃣ Groundhogs are also known as woodchucks.
2️⃣ Groundhog Day is February 2.
3️⃣ We've got an adorable groundhog digital art lesson:
Q: What animal takes up the most land?
A: A ground hog! 😉
P.S. The picture in the Groundhog Lesson is drawn with 56 shapes and 18 lines.
shapegrams.com/groundhog
Your students can trace a photograph to make a silhouette in Google Slides! That's the challenge in the Dr. King Silhouette lesson: shapegrams.com/mlk
Tony standing next to a silhouette of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
Tony shows you how to trace a photo with the Curve tool to make a silhouette in the Dr. King Silhouette lesson: shapegrams.com/mlk
**All lessons are included with a Shapegrams membership.
Comic of Tony holding a tree in his hand. He says, “What do you call a tree that fits in your hand? A palm tree!”
Funny Friday! #DadJoke
Missed the latest Shapegrams email? No need to feel stranded. 🏝️
Here's where you can check out the latest update and see how the Curve tool helps create smooth, organic shapes. #EduSky #EdTech
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Small island with a palm tree
It may be wintery where you are, but you can dream of a tropical getaway! #EdTech
The new Shapegram is a desert island. The sand is drawn with the curve tool and the tree is drawn with moon, trapezoid, and oval shapes. For just a few shapes, the island SHORE looks good!
shapegrams.com/island
7 shapes spread out: 4 moons, 1 trapezoid, one oval, and one organic shape.
👀 Seven shapes make one picture. “Sea” if you can guess what the next Shapegram will be.
Email subscribers get the first look. Sign up at the bottom of any page on shapegrams.com.