This lesson plan can be adapted to any grade level and it is fantastic a fantastic way to exercise focus and spatial thinking skills.
One class I brought real fruit for the students to sketch. I asked to take not on the imperfections and light as they drew, once outlined they colored with coloring pencils; this step is not needed to make a mosaic but I like to do projects focusing on different angles. Next class we outlined a fruit, could be the one we choose last class or another one; I asked them to make the fruit filling most of the paper in this case it was a A4 sized cardboard. Once all of the students have their fruit outlined, I explained the basics of mosaics, basically we work with squares the whole time until we come into a space where the square does not fit, in that space, we use a pencil to trace where exactly should we cut the paper to make it fit, then cut and stick. When the fruit was done, I asked them to use a contrasting color for the background and continue filling the space in the same manner.
This activity, be warned, demands a substantial amount of patience, which makes it a great activity for the students, have you noticed the more screen time, the less patience they have?
Here are some pictures, from my grade 3 students.
Enjoy!
1st Class Art 
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