Kindergarten About Me Art Lesson Self Portrait Favorite Things Art Project BTS
Looking for a Kindergarten About Me art lesson that helps students create a self-portrait and share their favorite things in a meaningful way? This Kindergarten About Me Art Lesson is a creative, personal, and classroom-friendly art project where students make an About Me Favorite Things Mobile Art Project with a self-portrait and drawings of their favorite things. It is perfect for helping young artists explore identity, creativity, portrait drawing, fine motor skills, and self-expression while creating an artwork that is all about them.
Students will learn that “about me” means sharing things that make them special. They can share their name, what they look like, what they like, and what makes them feel happy. In this lesson, students create a self-portrait, draw favorite things like a favorite food, color, animal, toy, place, or activity, and combine everything into a fun artwork that shows who they are. It is sweet, meaningful, and very Kindergarten in the best possible way.
This ready-to-teach Kindergarten art activity is perfect for Back to School, All About Me units, self-portrait lessons, identity art projects, classroom community building, elementary art, homeschool art, fine motor practice, and substitute art plans.
THIS RESOURCE INCLUDES (Non-Editable PDF and PPT)
- Kindergarten About Me Artwork lesson plan
- Suggested visual art standards
- Teacher directions for preparing and using the resource
- Critical-thinking questions
- About Me anchor chart
- My Favorite Things drawing handout
- Trace Lines fine motor portrait practice page
- Favorite Things template
- Trace, Cut & Glue portrait fine motor practice page
- Portrait templates
- Build-a-Portrait creative choice page
- About Me artwork page
- About Self-Portraits student reading page
- Visual step-by-step tutorial page
- Fast-finisher portrait coloring activity
- Art rubric
- Bulletin-board display sign
- KWL chart for favorite things
- Read & Respond passage about About Me
- Read & Respond questions
- Read & Respond answer key
- Sight word tracking list
- Word bank of tricky words
- Spelling word list
- Spelling test
- Reflection pages
- Art Talk reflection page
- Gray scale exploration page
- Make Line Art activity
- Shapes and Forms activity
- About Me Write & Draw activity
- Favorite Food writing activity
- The Message reflection page
- Artwork reflection page
- Artist statement pages
- Postcard extension activity
- Finished artwork example
- Introductory slides about About Me, self-portraits, and favorite things
- Step-by-step slideshow for creating the About Me art project
- Bonus link/QR code to a video demonstration
