Spring time bunnies

This super cute bunnies are a great spring / Easter time project.

My grade 2 students loved this one, but even my middle school (girls) asked me to do it with them.

I found patterns all over Pinterest to make a similar outline. You can do any animal you like, just outline (I traced a few on cardboard, then asked my students to trace the cut out on brown cardboard) and then add lines inside, trying to make the lines evenly spaced (about 1 inch each, very lightly with a pencil).

I then handed brown markers and asked students to outline again, then to fill each space with a different pattern (in my case we went through the concept of patterns), making sure the pattern is not repeated (creativity) and that it fills in the whole space. Students go filling line by line with different lines and shapes. Once done, they can fill in the eyes and outline the nose with a black marker.  I asked them to leave a dot in the eyes to make it look like reflected light.

Once that part was finished, I prepared palettes with 2 shades of pink, red, green and white paint (you may use temperas or acrylic, though acrylic a bit risky with grade 2s, just supervise well). I demonstrated how to make swirl roses, you simply make a circle with one shade of pink or red, then add a dot of paint in the middle in a different color (a different shade of pink, white or red).  Once you have many in different spots, you can use a Q tip to swirl the paint from the center out.  Leafs and polka dots can be added with the other side of the Q tip and green paint if desired.

Enjoy.