Crayons

The picture shown above is from a lesson with the focus of crayons. Before we made the crayon drawing, we made did an activity that involved making a monster or funny character. We divided our paper into three sections and drew the face of the character. After we drew the face, we folded the paper so the face was hidden and the middle of the paper showed. We then passed our paper to another person and they made the body of the character. We then repeated this process for the legs of the character. Students got a kick out of how the characters turned out. 
The characters are a great way to get the students imaginations going. They have to come up with something from their imagination and this can get them focused in. This activity would be perfect for sometime when the students aren't able to go outside for recess due to poor weather. 
The picture above is from the main crayon activity of the lesson. We cut out the crayon shape and drew a scene in the middle of the crayon. I drew a swimmer swimming. 
This activity would be a fun activity in the classroom for the students to show their interests. You could do this at the beginning of the year when students are familiar with each other. Students can draw the in middle what they like to do and it can serve as an introduction.