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I was struggling with what to do with my 3rd graders this year for the holiday, and then stumbled upon this lesson on drawing a nutcracker.
It was a HIT.
The kids loved it...and I LOVED the results!!
My students used rulers, and did not use tracers. This way, all the results were varied.