Art Curriculum- Week 23- Easter Egg "Reveal" Card

Week 23- Easter Egg "Reveal" Card

Category: Spring/Easter

What you will need:

-construction paper (red, yellow, blue, green, pink, purple)

-rainbow construction paper (optional)

-tape

-staples

-thin cardboard (or cardstock, a very stiff paper will do)

-black marker

-ruler

-glue sticks

-exacto knife

-printer

Time: 2-3+ hours - this project requires a lot of prep work and after work - it's a more challenging activity and has some delicate parts - patience might be needed along with those staples!

This is another original Ellana project! However I was inspired by multiple sources and activities I've seen over time.

A theme I am using all of March, with the intent of wrapping it all up in time for Easter, is "The True Colors of Easter." To view a post I wrote up with the list of the main colors I'm using and their significance click here.

Prep:

• As pictured in (1) fold the rainbow paper in half and cut along the fold so that you have 2 equal pieces of paper - do the same for your construction paper - the rainbow paper should be trimmed so that the construction paper becomes a border as pictured below in (2)
• (3) That takes care of one half of the paper, the other half cut out an egg shape
• (4) Use a ruler to draw lines (these will be filled with zentangles by the kids) - for the younger ones I did straight lines; for the older ones I made them lop sided and zig-zaggy for a cool effect

• Type up a variety of bible verse you would like to use. I tried to fit the verses into the 3"x3" margins. I used Microsoft Word. By setting my page to 3 Columns that helped get the proper width for the text. Run them off and cut them into shape, I aimed for square as much as I could.
• I used scissors (if you have an exacto knife this would be the time to break it out) to cut a square in the center of my construction paper. 4"x4" is a rough estimate so that your verse has a small border. You can alter this as you like.
• At this point you could almost stop here with the card by decorating the border (3rd rectangle below to the far right) with stamps or hand drawn illustrations. It looks very nice already.

Project:

• Have the kids fill in their eggs with zentagles (I've attached some links below to some of our previous projects with zentangles)
• I then gave them their prepped pieces of construction paper after we reviewed our Easter Colors.
• Use lots and lots of glue on the paper. Then press the rainbow paper on top to form the back.
• Flip it over and glue the bible verse in the center of your little rainbow window

After Project: This is where it's very hard to explain without demonstrating it. To make the tab I suggest thin cardboard or card stock. It needs to be stiff material of some kinds, otherwise your egg will flop all over the place. :)

• Use the exacto knife to slice a slit in the left side of the "frame"
• Cut a strip of cardboard to fit the slit. Try and make it longer than you think you will need. It can always be trimmed. Tape one end to the far left side of the egg (with the back side facing up) - flip the egg over so the zentangle is in front - push the other end under and through the slit.
• Cut a short piece of cardboard. It should be skinny, but wider than the strip (pictured below) that way the egg won't fall out of the frame.
• If you would like to see a demonstration of this- here's a short video that explains the pull tab in a much clearer way. --> How to Make a Pull Tab It's part 1 of 2. But neither video is very long, this is the concept I used to create these cards.

TAA DAA.

Zentangle eggs that roooolllllll aside to reveal---!!!

------ A lovely Bible verse! :) To remember the true reason for Easter.

• As an extra aside, some of the kids wanted to write a "letter" to the person they were planning on giving their cards to. On the back of the card some drew, and some just wrote "happy easter."

Overall: You might need a bit more time on your hands than you have available if you're looking for a quick morning project. This took me a good portion of the morning to prepare. However it's a fun activity to prepare, and it can easily be turned to more formal purposes.

Related blog posts:

-Zentangle Valentines
-Zentangle Snowflake
-Zentangle Artwork

-The True Colors of Easter

(logging 3 hours for prep and execution - more prep than actual project time for the kids)