
Spring: Pollinator Project: Lesson 8
Painting pollinators in mixed media
Painting pollinators in mixed media
Warm-up: 10-15 mins
- Invite children to discuss the details of various pollinator plants and flowers growing at the school, focusing on colours, buds, leaves, berries, etc.
Introduction: 10 mins
- Introduce the range of materials to be used for this lesson: lollipop sticks, coloured tissue and paper, glue, scissors and any other available materials. The class will discuss creative possibilities, “how could we create lavender flowers using the tissue paper?”, or “How can we cut paper to look like a buttercup?”
Development: 40 mins
- Ask students to create freestanding plants and flowers using a range of tissues and paper.
- Help children pierce small slits in the top of the shoebox for the lollipop sticks to slide down. The detailed flowers and plants, created with paper and tissue, can then be glued onto the sticks. The painted scene will have a range of perspectives and detail.
Conclusion: 10 mins
- Invite students to share their work as a studio tour in the classroom. - Encourage children to give a title to their 3D painting.
- Invite children to discuss the details of various pollinator plants and flowers growing at the school, focusing on colours, buds, leaves, berries, etc.
Introduction: 10 mins
- Introduce the range of materials to be used for this lesson: lollipop sticks, coloured tissue and paper, glue, scissors and any other available materials. The class will discuss creative possibilities, “how could we create lavender flowers using the tissue paper?”, or “How can we cut paper to look like a buttercup?”
Development: 40 mins
- Ask students to create freestanding plants and flowers using a range of tissues and paper.
- Help children pierce small slits in the top of the shoebox for the lollipop sticks to slide down. The detailed flowers and plants, created with paper and tissue, can then be glued onto the sticks. The painted scene will have a range of perspectives and detail.
Conclusion: 10 mins
- Invite students to share their work as a studio tour in the classroom. - Encourage children to give a title to their 3D painting.