Art Curriculum- Week 5- Stained Glass Leaves

Week 5- Stained Glass Leaves
Last week's lesson involved coloring and creating a self-portrait. To view it click here.

Artistic Movement: Impressionism (loosely - you can tie it in with the vibrant colors and impression of warmth and vivid happy feelings the colors are associated with)

What you'll need:

-Copy paper
-baby oil/cooking spray/canola oil (any one will do, baby oil is the most popular choice but we managed with cooking spray just fine)
-crayons
-cotton balls
-paper towels

Time: 45 minutes + 15 minute recap of previous weeks

The purpose of this lesson was to have fun and it required them to use their cutting skills.

I looked up leaf templates and coloring sheets, then I copied and pasted the ones I liked into a word document. I had 3 leaves per page. Then I ran off 6 copies of each so each kid would have 9 to color and cut.

Because some of them are young and most of them haven't built up much patience I tried to pick the some of the simpler shapes with toothed edges.

I picked out red, orange, and yellow crayons and spread them in the center of the table for them to use.

In order for the stained glass effect to work properly you have to press hard with the crayons to get a thick coat on.

After everyone finished coloring they cut out their leaves.

Finally each kid got a paper towel that they placed their leaves facedown on one at a time. Then I went around as needed with the canola cooking spray, spritzed the leaf, and then the kids would rub the oil over the leaf with a cotton ball.

Once quick spritz was usually enough, you can spread the oil far with more pressure from the cotton ball.

TIP: For extra vibrant color rub oil on both sides of the leaves

Finished! Just tape the leaves to the windows in whatever pattern fits your fancy! :)

Overall: This was a more time consuming project. Every child will go at their own pace. Continuously give encouragement and advice to color hard!

Related Posts:
-Week 4- Self Portrait
-Week 3- 3D Cube
-Week 2- 1 Point Perspective

(logging 1 1/2 hours for prep and execution including recap of past weeks)