Warm & cool peacocks - grade 2/3

 

This is an amazing project that I found on SmART Class. Ever since I saw it in March, I have been dying to try it out. Here's how we did it.

Day 1: Students were given 2 sheets of paper, one large (11x17) and one small (8.5x11). They had to paint one of the papers with warm colors, and one with cool colors. Students also had to paint their hand (black, with red tips and an orange thumb) and stamp it onto a new sheet of paper. They used black paint to touch up any parts that didn't stamp well, and to draw the neck.

Day 2: Students used a tracer to trace their feathers (5 of them) on their large sheet. The small sheet was cut into circles, which were glued onto the feathers. I made a photo copy of an eye shape, and students got to color it with oil pastels and cut it out.They added white feathers to their peacock hand, and colored a line through the beak with pastels. 

Almost all of the kids were done within the two hour period. 

I LOVE THEM! So hard to believe these were done by 2nd and 3rd grade students!

Cooool Giraffes - grade 3/4

Back to work today! It went so well, and it was great seeing the kids again. Since I'm still playing catch up, here's a project I did in early December, with a grade 3/4 class. I was inspired by this post but changed it a bit to study cool colors, which goes well with grade 3 curriculum.

We did a group draw of the giraffe - I gave them a piece of paper with only the nose drawn on it, which ended up ended up being the best thing ever. All of the giraffes ended up being similar but different, with the same dimensions. When they were done the giraffe, they painted them with cool watercolors.

Next, they painted a plain piece of white paper using cool tempera colors and silver glitter paint. When everything was dry the next class, they cut out the giraffes and glued them to the background. Then, they added details, like hats, necklaces, earrings, and sunglasses, to make the giraffes look "cool"-er.

LOVE how these turned out!

Also just a mini celebration - today marks the most views my blog has had in a single day! And it's only 5pm! Very inspiring. Thanks to everyone who continues to visit and follow the blog!