My example
I decided to have the kids do self-portraits. Th kids were given a piece of tagboard and told to color the whole thing heavily with crayon. They were told not to draw anything too detailed. Then they did Crayon Resist with watered down Tempera Paint or Water colors.
Four shades of construction paper were provided and they were asked to choose one for their skin. An oval template was placed on the skin color paper and traced. Then a neck and shoulder template was also traced. After cutting out these templates, they pasted them on to the crayon resist background.
They were asked to draw eyes and mouths on white paper. They were encouraged to draw lips, as well as teeth and to make sure their irises were large enough. They pasted the eyes into place, then drew on eyelashes. The mouths were pasted on next , followed with the nose being drawn on.
Next, they used the neck and shoulder template to sketch a shirt and then used tempera paints to color them in. When they dried, they cut them out and pasted them into place. They were given a choice of strips of construction paper in various colors for hair. They also could choose from some yarn I had. Once the hair was in place, they were to draw whatever they wished on the background or to add whatever they wanted. ie: hats, birds, butterflies, planes, etc.
I really loved the results from this project. They were all so unique and colorful. I think this was my favorites project of the year.
Kendall, Kindergarten
Kenny, First Grade
Amanda, Second Grade
