Give each student: 1 glove, 1 elastic band Give each table : 1.Metallic Sharpies 2.Colored Sharpies 3.Fine point Sharpies 4.Radial Point design handout 5.Brown tone markers 6.Paper (optional) Docent Material & Setup List: Docent Clean up List: Make sure names are on glove base Place completed on the drying racks Wipe down tables, refill any items and return handouts and materials to bins as you found them – thanks for doing this and leading the lesson! Mehndi Art Gloves

Lesson 7 – 2nd Grade Mehndi Art Gloves

Today’s Lesson Today is a multicultural art lesson and you will create a 3D art piece using radial point designs. Skill Development: An opportunity to practice an Indian art form – Mehndi, the artistic application of henna to hands and feet. This lesson plan leads the way through creating radial point designs in permanent marker while the glove is being worn. The sense of touch as the design is being created is an important part of the process

What is Mehndi? Originating in ancient India, Mehndi is the artistic application of henna to the hands and feet. This tradition is usually part of a wedding ceremony, special occasion or festival as a means of personal adornment. Intricate designs are applied from a cone-shaped tube with a tiny opening for the henna. Repeating patterns, paisley, sun shapes, animals and plants are traditionally used for designs, but Mehndi artists enjoy using their personal creativity and vision and we shall see yours today!

Examples of Mehndi and Hindu Art

Mehndi Applied on Hands Practiced mainly in India and Pakistan, mehndi or henna is the application of a temporary form of skin decoration. Botanists believe the henna plant, Lawsonia inermis, originated in Egypt and was carried regularly to India where it has been used since at least 700AD.

Mehndi designs

Let’s get started.. Supplies Needed : Glove Elastic band Permanent Markers: Black Colored Metallic Brown tone markers

Process: Mark nine points, as equally spaced as possible, on the front and back side of the hand area of the glove. Choose one point and begin a simple radial design, based on 4, 6 or 8 radius (see handout).

Repeat the same design on another point on the other side of the glove. Choose another point and create a simple radial design different from the first. Repeat on the other side of the glove. On the last two points, create a radial design different from the first two.

Return to the first design, add another radial design onto it. It could be another layer of the design, or completely different from the first. Continue to the next set of points and add to those designs. Repeat this process until the radial designs touch one another. Keep filling spaces until the entire glove is designed.

LESSON PLAN ADAPTED FROM DICKBLICK.COM By Tara Button January 2016