We made this cute rats during Chinese New Year season, with Kindergarten and Grade 1.
We started by painting a white piece of cardboard with gray, pink and yellow.
I divided the page onto three sections, the first one taking 3/4 of the paper, and the left 1/4 I divided in two (you can bring up some math and ask what portion of the paper represents each of the small squares!)
I then asked students to paint the largest piece with gray, and the other two with pink and yellow. It is perfectly fine that they paint unevenly and roughly, we need texture!
Once the paper was dry, I asked them to make one BIG circle and one smaller circle on the gray paper, and then 4 triangles wherever they could fit them in the leftover space. Then we made two big ears on the pink paper and a small nose. Lastly, they made slices of cheese. Cut out and stick on a background paper, let them choose the color they think will enhance their posters. I usually tell students to be careful when sticking their paper and to make sure it looks like one piece of paper, not 2. It shouldn’t be “flappy” or they will ruin the visual impact or “trick” of this artwork.
Once it is well glued on the paper (I always have to check and send them back to fix here and there) we used permanent markers (sharpies or any alcohol based marker) to add fingers, whiskers and eyes. Not pictured here: They added HAPPY NEW YEAR! too.
Enjoy!
1st Class Art 