Week of April 13th, PK-5th Grade

Creative Cakes!

I know many of you are celebrating your birthdays while you are learning from home, so this project is especially for you!  We are creating cakes this week!  Your cake can be a birthday cake or you can celebrate anything.  I can't wait to see all of your beautiful cakes!

Assignment:  Create a cake
Medium:  Artist's choice!

We will go step by step with pictures so that you can create your own cake!  Scroll through all of the pictures before you start so that you know what to expect.

Remember, draw your cake nice and BIG!  It should fill your whole paper!

You may want to draw with marker, like I did, or use pencil first and trace with marker.   It's always okay to practice on scrap paper first, but don't be afraid of making mistakes!  Mistakes may turn into something even better that what you had imagined.

Project inspired by Deep Space Sparkle.

Draw a long, flat oval. Try to make it almost touch the edges of your paper.

Add a rectangle underneath in the middle.

Draw a smaller flat oval. This is your cake stand!

Make two parallel lines near the edge of your cake stand.

Put a wavy line on top. Younger grades may want to put a straight line on top.

Make two parallel lines near the edge of the first layer of cake.

Add the top with the wavy line and flat line.

Add the table, which looks like a horizon line.

Curve the edges of your wavy line up and then put a flat line on top.

Do the same steps to make the icing on top. Remember the wavy line and then the flat line on top. Begin the next layer with two more parallel lines.

Decorate your cake! Can you make each layer different and special? Don't forget to decorate your cake stand. Be creative!

Decorate the table and the wall. I added wallpaper and a pattered table cloth. You can create patterns or be even more creative!

Pick your art supplies for coloring! Be careful if you use paint! Remember that wet paint next to wet paint will run together and mix.

I chose colored pencils and markers. Trace your lines with black marker to make the picture show up better. Erase any extra lines.

A few things to think about: Who is the cake for? What colors and shapes make sense together? What will the background look like? What details can you add to make your cake special?