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Shapegrams @shapegrams.bsky.social · 2d

Download the Shapes Sheet PDF and print. Use it to get students thinking before they get started on a Shapegram. #EduSky #EdTech

shapegrams.com/shapes-sheet/

Shapes Sheet

Get students thinking before they draw by having them predict the shapes in a Shapegram. They can mark their guesses on a printable PDF Shapes Sheet.

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Shapegrams @shapegrams.bsky.social · 9d

Shapegrams @shapegrams.bsky.social · 14d

Oh, deer! These are are coming along really whale! 🤩

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Shapegrams @shapegrams.bsky.social · 15d

Funny Friday!

No yolk... This egg-cellent comic was drawn with shapes in Google Slides!

Get the Barn Shapegrams template: shapegrams.com/barn

Level = Growing Green
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Comic of Tony looking at an egg on apex of a barn’s roof. He says, “A rooster lays an egg on a barn roof. Which way does it roll?” “Roosters don’t lay eggs. Hens do!”

Shapes outlined and shaded for the comic of Tony looking at an egg on apex of a barn’s roof.

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Shapegrams @shapegrams.bsky.social · 15d

The picture in the Ice Cream Cone Lesson is made with 35 shapes. #EduSky

Duplicating shapes saves a whole lot of time and keeps the sizes consistent.

🆓→ shapegrams.com/icecream

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Shapegrams @shapegrams.bsky.social · 15d

The picture in the Ice Cream Cone Lesson is made with 35 shapes. #EduSky

Duplicating shapes saves a whole lot of time and keeps the sizes consistent.

🆓→ shapegrams.com/icecream

Shapegrams @shapegrams.bsky.social · 16d

Hay there! 🧑🌾 We’ve got a Shapegrams digital art challenge for our members. Go hog wild recreating the red barn using shapes in Google Slides or Google Drawings.

Level = Growing Green
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shapegrams.com/barn

Barn

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shapegrams.com

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Shapegrams @shapegrams.bsky.social · 19d

Kandi posted something very sweet about Shapegrams. Our digital art lessons and challenges are great for libraries, maker spaces, and classrooms!

#TLchat #futurereadylibs #STEAM #makered #EduSky

Shapegrams has been my favorite lesson to include in the library this year! The kids are challenged and having fun while learning some much needed skills!

Shapegrams @shapegrams.bsky.social · 20d

The typical life span of a sperm whale is 70 years, but it won’t take you that long to draw one with shapes.

Members can make a copy of the Whale Zipper template in Google Slides: shapegrams.com/whale

Level = Growing Green
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Whale

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Shapegrams @shapegrams.bsky.social · 22d

Funny Friday! Tony is in a pickle! 🥒 #EduSky

Which comic is the more DILL-ightful?! Open this Google Form to read the comics and vote on your favorite pun.

Teachers, feel free to share this form with your students.

forms.gle/PmJKA2bNiaUE...

Pick a Pickle Comic

Tony is in a pickle! Which comic has the best pickle joke?

forms.gle

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Shapegrams @shapegrams.bsky.social · 22d

It might seem jarring to use 35 shapes to draw a picture. But the pickle can be made by grouping and duplicating lots of block arcs and circles.

Get the Dill Pickle template in Google Slides: shapegrams.com/pickle

Shapegrams @shapegrams.bsky.social · 23d

Teachers can RELISH that when students copy the Pickle Zipper template, they get everything they need in one file, including animations and space to draw their own pickle. #EduSky #GoogleSlides

shapegrams.com/pickle

Annotated screenshot of the Pickle Zipper in Google Slides showing 4 animated GIFs and space to draw a pickle

Shapegrams @shapegrams.bsky.social · 24d

We've got 3 digital art challenges that are fabulous for fall.

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shapegrams.com/barn

Sunflower ⬜️🟩⬜️⬜️⬜️
shapegrams.com/sunflower

Maple Leaf ⬜️⬜️🟪⬜️⬜️
shapegrams.com/leaf

Digital drawings of a barn, maple leaf, and sunflower

Shapegrams @shapegrams.bsky.social · 26d

The Backpack Shapegram introduces learners to the small and mighty adjustment handle. Tony shows how sliding the little yellow diamond changes a shape's feature. #EdTech

shapegrams.com/backpack

Level = Beginning Blue
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Photo of Tony looking at a digital drawing of a blue and yellow backpack

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Shapegrams @shapegrams.bsky.social · 27d

Your students can be dill-ustrators! Give them the Pickle Shapegram, which is a Google Slides doc with animated instructions.

shapegrams.com/pickle

Level = Growing Green
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Shapegrams @shapegrams.bsky.social · 28d

If you ask a teacher who is a Shapegrams member, they’ll tell you that membership is a really great DILL. $35/yr gets you access to all 120+ Shapegrams for your students and dozens of PDF posters.

Shapegrams @shapegrams.bsky.social · 29d

Funny Friday!

Someone told me that whales could squirt ink, then I realized they were just squidding. 🐋🦑🫟

PS: Draw a whale using shapes in Google Slides: shapegrams.com/whale

Comic of a whale and Tony under water having a conversations. Whale: What kind of hair does the ocean have? Tony: What kind? Whale: Wavy! Tony: I whale-y love your sense of humor!

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Shapegrams @shapegrams.bsky.social · 29d

This new Shapegram is dill-icous! GIFs show how to draw a rounded arc, which is the main shape of the pickle and its dimples. #EdTech

shapegrams.com/pickle

Level = Growing Green
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Shapegrams @shapegrams.bsky.social · 29d

This latest Shapegrams update is DILL-icous! Read about the newest Zipper digital art challenge, see which Shapegrams and fonts are awesome for autumn, and get the scoop on the Shapegrams Posters for Digital Fun (PDF).

birdsend.page/7854/BnaT5mX...

🥒 New Dill-ightful Shapegram → Dill Pickle Zipper

birdsend.page

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Shapegrams @shapegrams.bsky.social · Sep 10

It's getting to be that time of year when the fonts change for fall. 😉🍂 #EduSky

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Shapegrams @shapegrams.bsky.social · Sep 10

When it comes to Shapegrams, a “Zipper” is a snackable digital art challenge.

We’re debuting a fresh Zipper soon. Here’s a pixelated clue about the picture. Don’t keep your guess all bottled up! What might this be?!? #EduSky #EdTech

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Shapegrams @shapegrams.bsky.social · Sep 9

The 92-page Shapegrams PDF is packed with digital art tools & techniques. Freshly updated with the latest changes in Google Slides/Drawings!

You could say it’s Pretty Darn Fantastic, full of Playful Drawing Finds. These Posters for Digital Fun highlight Picture Design Features in a super PDFy way!

Shapegrams PDF

Members can download Shapegrams Posters about Drawing for Friends. It's a 65 page PDF with posters about shapes, shortcuts, tools, options, color, and techniques.

shapegrams.com

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Shapegrams @shapegrams.bsky.social · Sep 7

When it comes to Shapegrams, a “Zipper” is a snackable digital art challenge.

We’re debuting a fresh Zipper soon. Here’s a swirled clue about the picture. Don’t keep your guess all bottled up! What might this be?!?

Shapegrams @shapegrams.bsky.social · Sep 6

Funny Friday!

Why is the slowest traffic of the day called rush hour? 🤔

P.S. Draw a traffic signal with shapes: shapegrams.com/signal

A cartoon of Tony driving a red car with his hands covering his eyes. A nearby traffic light says, “Wouldn’t you be embarrassed changing in the middle of the street?” Tony’s speech bubble asks, “Mr. Traffic Signal, why did you ask me to cover my eyes?”

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Shapegrams @shapegrams.bsky.social · Sep 5

It might seem jarring to see these 35 shapes. But the picture in the next new Shapegram can be made by grouping and duplicating lots of block arcs and circles.

Multiple circle and block arc shapes with a single small trapezoid