Sun/Moon Project
Materials: paper, pencil, black crayon or black permanent marker, brushes, watercolor paints (yellow, orange, red, green, blue and purple)
Project takes about 45-60 minutes
The purpose of this lesson is to introduce Warm and Cool colors to kids. Tell kids about Warm colors which are close to fire and sun (yellow, orange, red) and Cool colors which are close to ice, winter and night (blue, purple, green).
- place the paper horizontally and draw a big circle (younger kids can trace a paper plate)
- draw a separating line in the middle of the circle (you may add nose if you wish)
- draw two half faces: one for moon and one for sun. Let kids be creative: they may draw happy or sad expressions, add hair, hats, glasses or even hands
- outline everything with a black crayon or a black permanent marker
- let kids decide which parts they want to be white (example: clouds, stars) and tell that those parts should not be painted (washed)
- wash the sun part with warm colors starting from the lightest parts (yellow) so it keeps clean and bright and then do orange and red parts. Remind children to wash the brush each time they change the color
- wash the moon part with cool colors
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