Trees for Earth Day

This is so late, but I have some more projects to share that are even later!

For Earth Day, my first graders did trees on blooming trees. They used marker to draw the tree, then scraps of old tissue paper and manuals that were going to be recycled to make the leaves. When they were finished, they added in flowers and other details. Very simple to do, and so cute!

Earth day hands - grade 3

I used a technique that I found on pinterest, to make hearts using a traced hand. Here's my version of the instructions!

1) Fold a piece of paper in half. Trace your hand as shown on the FOLD of the paper.

2)Cut out around your hand. Do NOT cut the parts on the fold (circled in the photo.) This is what holds your hands together!

3) Open up - now you have your hand hearts!







This was a great lesson that only took a 1 hour block. Students trace their hands, then cut them out to make the heart. Once they were done, they used colored pencils to color in the hands using two different skin tones. They added nails and any details they wanted. Next, they traced the middle of the hand on a new sheet of paper, then cut it out leaving  a cm or so border (this made it easy to glue on the back later.) They colored this heart using Earth colored markers. They taped it behind the hands, glued the hands onto the paper, and they were finished! Love the way these turned out!