100th Day of School Art Project: Fun Classroom Activity

Below you’ll find a fun, step-by-step 100th Day of School art project lesson and PDF. Getting creative with numbers has never been so easy!

Template pages for a 100th Day Art Project

100th Day of School Art Project Lesson

There are all kinds of ways to add numbers to your art class this time of year, to create a 100th Day of School art project. The trick though is to keep it fun and flexible, so it can possibly work for different grade levels too.

Well, if you combine the 3D numbers from my numbers tutorial, and my love of large scale art for classrooms, then you might come up with this art project. I’ve made a template that has numbers of 1 to 100, each is in its own box, ready to be filled in and then assembled back together. Rather than doing this one at a time though, teachers or students can work with strips of numbers. This will speed up the assembly process and offer some flexibility too. Instead of one large square, smaller or taller groups of numbers could be made, there are all kinds of options!

Here are a few ideas for how to modify this project:
• Give directions for coloring, as in warm colors for numbers and cool for the background, or patterns inside vs. outside.
• Students could also give some thought to the things they have learned in their first 100 days of school, and add that in writing or drawing form.
• Is your space for a display limited? Maybe students need to figure out another layout. Instead of a box of ten numbers by ten rows, maybe they need to make a display of 5 numbers by twenty rows. They can do the math!
• Want to make more of a statement? Increase the printing percentage and pring tabloid paper for an extra large display.

No matter what though, giving students the task of filling in their boxes themselves, in a way that will stand out when they art is assembled, will encourage creativity and self-expression. Then, just the matter of assembling all those numbers is bound to start all kinds of conversations about numbers too!

The Significance of the 100th Day of School

This celebration was created in 1979 by a California teacher who was trying to help her students understand the concrete lesson of the number 100. This tradition continues today by dressing as centurions, various counting activities, and reflectively thinking about the learning that has taken place so far. One hundred days is a significant amount of time, and by stopping to noting the growth, students have a chance to reflect on what they have learned and achieved.

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Materials List

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• Drawing Paper. Don’t substitute it with copy paper or construction paper. The surface will get fuzzy, erasing might cause holes, and the colors will generally not look as bright. *affiliate link

• Stabilo Markers. The large pack provides lots of fun color choices, several shades of each color, including a few choices for skin. The tips are perfect for coloring, and there’s even a promise that they will work after being uncapped for 8 weeks! *affiliate link

100th Day of School Art Project Step-by-Step Instructions