Simple Art Minutes

I have purchased rolls of adding machine paper for our soon to be added art minutes. During the day the kids seem to always reach a point where they just start to drift off. The school work starts to take hours instead of minutes if I don't somehow reel them back in. If I give them a break from their work and let them go off to play, more often than not, the work is done for the day and all is lost. That isn't an option. I am now going to ask them if they need a minute away from their work. If they do, they can get up, stretch, jump, and wiggle about for a minute. Then they can go get their paper roll. They will have a minute or two to draw something, anything. At the end of their minute or two, I will collect the paper and they go back to their work. The paper will be rolled back up and placed back into its spot until next time. At that time they just continue what they were drawing. It can be a continued cartoon, or a landscape that just keeps evolving. It is up to them. Simple art minutes to get their imagination going and their minds working, to jump start a tired brain. If this doesn't work I can always try coffee.