October 11, 2013

Eric Carle Inspired Collage


Our district has been doing intercession for the past two years during our fall & spring breaks(we now get 2 weeks off for each).  This year I was about to teach (the extra money is a perk!).  I also was able to select the theme...and I thought Eric Carle would be great with the diversity of his books!!  

The fall session consisted of K-2 students.  I had each group for 45 min.  Day one we looked at examples of Eric Carle's work....and painted the background & tree branch paper.  On day two the painted the leaf colors.  We used found objects to print on top to create patterns/textures.  On day three we took all the components and created our branch pictures.  

















5 comments:

  1. Great idea! We have just finished our weather unit- these would have fitted in perfectly. I'll be saving this one :)

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  2. I love the idea of random stampings on top of the painting to create texture. Why did I never think of that! : )

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  3. Wonderfull collages, best regard from Belgium

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  4. Best regard to your wonderfull blog Gorgeous.

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