Easy art accents are highly motivating to writers and reward them for the work! In addition, they add color and charm to each child’s story. Like most of our easy art accents, this lion’s mane can be completed in less than 5 minutes and added to any writing piece about lions.
My summer writing campers wrote a persuasive speech about lions written in first person, spoken by the lions! Then, they finished the border of their speech with this lion’s mane art accent.
Bordered Paper
The campers wrote on lined paper with a border. Here’s a printout of the lined paper I use for Grades 2-7 and Grades K-2. Here’s a printout of a border with no lines to use with very early writers.
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First, the campers completed their speech. Then, they used a yellow marker to color the border.
Students have the choice to fill in the top as well, or leave it blank to write the title with marker or ABC stickers*.
Next, they used a q-tip and brown acrylic paint* to make lines for the lion’s mane.
Done!
Here’s a sample for you to print out and hang.
NOTE: the paint causes the paper to curl a bit so we always put our dried finished work in plastic page protectors*.
Facts About Lions
Take this lesson a step further. Have your students read facts about lions here!
You may also be interested in the following wildcat art accents:
This art accent accompanied an A Leopard–A to Z Leopard Poem. It can be used to go along with any writing prompt about leopards.
This art accent accompanied our humorous personal narrative about a serval. The serval tells its story! This art accent can also go along with any writing prompt about servals.
This art accent accompanied a fictional story about two a tiger rescue. This art accent can go along with any writing prompt about tigers.
