Celebrate Mother’s Day with Mother Nature. Collect colors and shapes found in nature to create a special portrait for mom’s special day.
What You Need:
- Paper
- Glue
- Items found in nature such as leaves, flowers, sticks, rocks, etc.
What You Do:
- Go for a walk around your yard, park, garden or neighborhood and collect a basket of leaves, acorns, flowers, sticks, etc.
- Think about someone you want to create in a portrait.
- Thinking of that person, look for shapes in nature that are similar to your subject’s face and hair.
- Arrange items you’ve found in nature to look like your subject.
- Glue onto paper and let dry.
Words to Use:
- Portrait- a painting, drawing, or photograph of a person
- Self-Portrait- a drawing, painting, or description that you do of yourself
- Subject- the thing or person that you show when you paint a picture, take a photograph etc.
- Arrange- to put a group of things or people in a particular order or position
- Composition - the way in which the different parts that make up a photograph or picture are arranged
What to talk about:
- What shape do see when you look at eyes? Nose? Mouth?
- Where is my nose? Eyes? Mouth? Where are yours?
- What shapes do you see in your natural items? How are they similar to parts of a face?
- What textures and colors do you find in nature?
Change It Up:
- Use a paper plate or draw an oval for younger children. You can make little marks for eyes, nose and mouth to help guide them around parts of the face.
- Pull out a mirror and try self-portraits.
- Encourage older kids to dig deeper and create layers.
Learning Connections:
- Creativity
- Imagination
- Visual-Spatial Thinking
- Fine Motor Development
- Connecting with Nature
Curriculum Connections:
NC Standard Course of Study
- Visual Art: K.V.2..3, K.V.3.2, K.CX.1.5, 1.V.2.3, 2.V1.2, 2.V.2.3
- Math: NC.K.G.1, NC.K.G.2, NC.K.G.3, NC.1.G1