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3rd graders made cherry blossom collage/prints inspired by Van Gogh's Cherry Blossom painting. We discussed his composition- how he doesn't show the whole tree- just a section of branches and flowers. Students started by drawing and cutting out a branch to glue on a light blue background- this surprisingly took an entire class for most students. The next week we discussed printmaking and cut a flower shape out of sticky backed foam (thank you yet again Rhode Island Recycling Center) which we stuck onto a piece of cardboard to create our printing plate. We also used this time to draw and cut out some birds to include on our brances. The third week students misxed their own shades of pink and painted their printing plates which they used to stamp their flowers. I saw a similar lesson on a blog where the flowers were also collaged. My students really enjoyed the printmaking process!
This was a fall lesson that I did in the beginning of the year with first graders. We began by weaving our baskets and gluing them onto the bottom of a sheet of paper. They then used markers to draw two curved lines to make a handle. The last step was using halved apples to make prints in the baskets. we talked about what colors apples are and painted on the flat side of the apple before pressing onto our papers.
This was a fall lesson that I did in the beginning of the year with first graders. We began by weaving our baskets and gluing them onto the bottom of a sheet of paper. They then used markers to draw two curved lines to make a handle. The last step was using halved apples to make prints in the baskets. we talked about what colors apples are and painted on the flat side of the apple before pressing onto our papers.
