Wednesday, December 21, 2011

Dream Snow Snowman Paintings





In Art class, first graders read the book, Dream Snow by Eric Carle. Students created art like Carle by painting snow over their snowmen on a transparency like Carle did in his book. Students learned how Carle creates his art and also learned the difference between authors and illustrators.
I do this lesson every year and it always turns out so cute!

8 comments:

  1. So beautiful! I need to check out this book. How many sessions did this lesson take?

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  2. These are beautiful! Can't believe I haven't heard of Dream Snow. Thanks for the great post. I'll have to try this!

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  3. These are so cute- I actually have this book but never thought of this type of art project. Thanks for sharing!

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  4. Rina, They took 2 art class, one hour each class!

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  5. These are great! I plan on trying them very soon with my Kindergartners! Is there a secret trick to getting the kids to draw the circles nice and large so that the snowmen don't end up too small?

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  6. What kind of paint did you use on the transparency? And how did you attach it to the paper?

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  7. Can you please share your steps in creating the project. Did you paint the background first on one day, and then paint the snowmen over it on a second day?

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  8. Can you please share your steps in creating the project. Did you paint the background first on one day, and then paint the snowmen over it on a second day?

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