A lovely project brought back out from the depths of my production example collection......stars in the night sky! I worked with the students a little differently this time.....here is what we did:
Day #1: For about 10-15 minutes, we practiced drawing stars on a worksheet I made. When confidence was built up, I gave each student a piece of 12x15 blue construction paper for the background. To begin the composition, I had them trace and cut out three large stars from white paper and glue them down onto the blue paper. White oil pastels were used to add 3-5 hand-drawn stars and a moon (if desired) in the empty space.
Day #2: We outlined our stars and moon using colored oil pastels, added some dashes for a twinkling effect and even colored on top of the white paper stars. Some students added in planets and other details. Black tempera cake was used on top of the background to create a resist look. Love these!
I love these too! I may have to do them with my first graders--maybe as a background to my owl project?!
ReplyDeleteIt would be an awesome background for owls! Would really pack a punch!
DeleteThese are super cool! I bet the kids loved learning how to draw stars -- they are always so amazed when they learn how to do that. :)
ReplyDeleteThey do feel such a sense of accomplishment when they learn how to draw stars!
DeleteThese are great. Have you tried stars with Kindergarten or do you wait for 1st grade?
ReplyDeleteYears ago I did try stars with kindergarten, but I wouldn't do it again unless it was towards the end of the year when they are older :)
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