2nd Grade Back to School Cartoon Portrait Art Lesson Self Portrait Art Project
Looking for a Grade 2 cartoon portrait art lesson that helps students create playful self-portraits while learning real art skills? This 2nd Grade Cartoon Portrait Art Lesson is a fun, creative, and ready-to-teach self-portrait project where students explore cartooning, portraits, self-expression, line, shape, color, facial features, expressions, patterns, and personal details. Students will create a cartoon self-portrait that shows who they are in a playful and expressive way.
In this Grade 2 art lesson, students learn that a portrait is an artwork that shows a person, and that a cartoon portrait can use bold lines, bright colors, simple shapes, big eyes, fun expressions, and exaggerated details. They will plan their cartoon facial features, choose portrait parts, draw their self-portrait, create a patterned background, and assemble a finished artwork that is perfect for classroom displays.
This 2nd Grade art project is a great choice for Back to School, Meet the Teacher, All About Me activities, self-portrait lessons, portrait units, classroom community building, homeschool art, elementary art, and substitute teacher art plans. It gives students a creative way to introduce themselves while practicing drawing, coloring, painting, cutting, gluing, reflection, writing, and art vocabulary.
Because cartoon self-portraits let students say, “This is me!” with big eyes, bold lines, and just the right amount of personality.
THIS RESOURCE INCLUDES (Non-Editable PDF & PPT)
- Grade 2 Cartoon Portrait art lesson plan
- Suggested visual art standards
- Teacher directions for preparing and using the resource
- Critical-thinking questions
- Portraits anchor chart
- Cartoon Portrait planning handout
- Trace Lines fine motor practice page
- Portrait templates
- Pick-a-Pattern choice page
- Build-a-Portrait creative choice page
- Portrait artwork page
- Cartoon Portraits student reading page
- Visual step-by-step tutorial page
- Fast-finisher portrait coloring activity
- Art rubric
- Bulletin-board display sign
- Draw and Design activity
- KWL chart for cartoons
- Read & Respond passage about cartooning
- Read & Respond questions
- Read & Respond answer key
- Spelling word list about cartooning
- Spelling test
- Top 3 reflection page
- Feelings reflection page
- Artwork Reflection page
- Star it! reflection page
- Value: Gray Scale Drawing activity
- Shapes and Forms activity
- Mandala Design activity
- Big Feelings Write & Draw activity
- New Things writing activity
- The Message reflection page
- Goal-setting page
- Look at Mediums reflection page
- Artwork Reflection page
- Peer Feedback page
- 3 Stars & a Wish reflection page
- Artist statement pages
- Finished artwork example
- Introductory slideshow about cartooning, portraits, expressions, lines, shapes, and cartoon self-portraits
- Step-by-step slideshow for creating the cartoon portrait art project
- Bonus link/QR code to a video demonstration
