Art Curriculum- Week 24- Easter Lilies DIY

Week 24-Easter Lilies DIY

Category: Spring/Easter

What you will need:

-egg cartons
-white paint (tempera or acrylic)
-pipe cleaner (yellow for traditional lilies, I opted for sparkly)
-scissors
-brushes (stiffer bristles are easier to work with)

Time: 2 hours (prep and execution)

I found this project on Mr Printables.

Prep:

• Cut your egg carton into stripes down the indent. Then cut and separate the hills. (Tip): Don't worry if your "hills" don't look like mine. Each brand and carton often has different proportions. Some are long and thin and other are rounded and stubby. Try and find a carton where the hills are angular with 4 sides.
• Trim the excess fluff and tears. The flat I used held 2 1/2 doz eggs but I was unable to use the edges.

One unpainted flower

Activity

• Give the kids white paint and a brush. Tell them to cover all of their flowers in white paint.
• Cut the pipe cleaner a little longer than the desired length for a stem. Curl one end around a pencil to form the stamen of the flower.
• Poke a hole through the bottom center of the flower and push the straight end of the pipe cleaner through until it gently stops against the curled end. I used a thermometer to poke my holes. A couple of the kids were able to curl their own stamens.
  
• We also reviewed our Easter Colors. I made a separate blog post on the meaning behind the colors of Easter. Each kid had to tell me the meaning behind the color of pipe cleaner they wanted. :)

Overall: A lot of prep work because of the egg cartons. But fairly easy and the turnout is very pretty!

Related Blog Posts:

-Easter Colors
-Easter Crosses (Out of Egg Cartons)
-Easter Egg "Reveal" Card

(logging 2 hours for prep and execution)

The True Colors of Easter

The True Colors of Easter

Hey guys, GUESS WHAT?

I might have laughed a little too hard at this but I have the luxury of absolutely adoring winter and everything it brings: Snow, cold, winter skies, and Christmas cups still being socially acceptable.

Haha but what else is around the corner? Easter!

Believe it or not in a month we'll be celebrating by eating boiled eggs and dressing in cheery pastels. Whether or not we'll be celebrating indoors or outside remains to be seen.

To prepare for Easter, the month of March in my art curriculum is devoted to Easter and Spring themed projects. Our first project earlier this week was creating a beautiful cross using egg cartons. --> Easter Cross

For each project, we will be attempting to use a specific set of pastel colors commonly found during the Easter season.

Here is the list that we will or might be using this months:

• Purple: Purples often represents royalty. Jesus is often called the "Prince of Peace" and is the Son of God making him royalty.
• Blue: Represents the sky for the night the Son of God came to Earth.
• White/Silver: Represents purity. Jesus lived a perfect, pure life.
• Black: Represents our mourning for Jesus' death on the cross for our sin.
• Red: Represents Jesus' blood that he shed on the cross for us.
• Yellow/Gold: Represents light. The presence of God and Jesus' rising from the dead. Gold represents precious things such as gold and jewels and reminds us that Jesus is the most precious thing of all.
• Pink: Represents joy/happiness at Jesus' rising from the dead.
• Green: In Jesus' death we have New Life. Just as in spring when the world comes alive again with green leaves and glowing flowers we have come alive in God's word and sacrifice.

Keep in mind, this is a simplified version and not a complete list of the symbolic colors. It is the gist of how I explain it to the kids. We will be reviewing these colors all through March in our Easter projects.

To view more complete or alternate lists, here are the resources I used to compile my own form the Easter colors:

Colors of Easter

Colors of Easter - Poem

Meaning of Church Colors - Extensive List