We are EMBRACING the dumpling trend! Your students will go crazy over our latest art lesson. It’s the perfect seasonal activity and can be completed just in time for Halloween to send home with your students. This project can be done in both an Art classroom or a gen-ed classroom! The materials are easy to acquire and anyone can do it.
Let your students create the CUTEST Halloween squishy dumpling art with this resource. This project is simple to implement with your elementary school students and even includes a writing component. Trust us, jump on this trend – the results will be worth it! Check it out below.

Halloween Squishy Dumpling Art & Writing | Drawing Guides & Marker Water Color
This resource includes:
- Art project starting lines
- Stencils
- Halloween character drawing guides
- Various reference pages with inspiration guides
- Lesson direction pages
- Differentiated lined writing pages
Student will love the opportunity to make their own Halloween dumpling. They can rotate and arrange the dumpling, container, and lid stencils to fit their idea, then choose a character drawing guide to add their own spooky details.
After outlining their drawing with permanent marker, students add color with regular markers and use a damp brush to spread the ink across watercolor paper. They work one section at a time to keep neighboring colors from blending, then create a colorful background. Send them home or hang them up for the spookiest seasonal hallway display or bulletin board.
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