stART: One Fish, Two Fish
Since we started the week with a Seuss-inspired Muffin Tin, it seemed only fitting to do an art project inspired by One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish.
First, we decided to make some zany creatures like the Yink and the Nook.
I set out a variety of collage materials – toilet paper tubes, plastic cups, googly eyes, pom poms, popsicle sticks, plastic lids – and two very full bottles of school glue.
The kids had a marvelous time choosing things and squeezing out obscene amounts of glue all over the place!
In fact, they enjoyed this so much that we have left the table of collage things out all week. I have had one or two moments where I realized GoGoGirl was Gluing Without Supervision, but we avoided any serious spills or gluing-the-lizards-to-the-couch incidents.
Here are just a couple of the kids’ creations. The house is slowly filling with aliens, robots, animals, monsters, farmers, and “girls from China who snore” – that’s GoGoGirl’s cupcake liner creation below.
In addition to this fun free-form art, I also did a week-long project with the kids.
First, we made handprints with paint.
When they were dry, we cut them out.
Another day, we used bubble wrap dipped in paint to create the background of the mural.
The kids love to play with the bubble wrap and pat it down onto the paper. Sometimes GoGoGirl gets a little over-enthusiastic and starts to smear it around, but with some encouragement she goes back to the gentle patting that makes nicer prints.
Another day, after the background was dry, we glued the handprints on and gave them some googly eyes. KarateKid decided to cut out some green paper for seaweed and make a really neat sea anemone in the middle. Here is our finished mural:
One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish
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February 4th, 2010 at 10:31 pm
We got the packet of art and photos today — thank you! I am, however, in the dark as to the identity of the being in one of the drawings who is laughing like you do, “Hee, hee, hee.”
February 4th, 2010 at 11:55 pm
How cute! Does your library do Dr. Seuss day? When ours does they have this funny guy come out, he wears a Seuss hat and sings silly songs like one fish, two fish.
February 5th, 2010 at 10:04 am
We need to try painting with bubble wrap. Looks like a fun activity. It makes a great water background.
February 5th, 2010 at 10:38 am
I love how the bubble wrap painting turned out. I need to try that!
February 5th, 2010 at 4:00 pm
Awesome!! I wish I had a fraction of your creative energy.
February 5th, 2010 at 4:31 pm
Great projects! I especially like the “girls from China who snore” – very cute! And, the ocean scene really turned out amazing, it’s very inspiring.
February 5th, 2010 at 8:04 pm
OMG! I over the fish! What a great idea! I really enjoy reading your blog!
February 5th, 2010 at 11:58 pm
Your kids are adorable!
Great activities, I love those hand print fish with the bubble wrap background!
February 6th, 2010 at 4:56 pm
I LOVE all of these amazing ideas to go with your book. Those creatures are adorable and the fish scene is so creative. It looks like the kids had a great time creating their projects too! Thank you for linking up to stART :0)
February 7th, 2010 at 12:07 am
I love that underwater scene! I’m adding this to our list of things to do the next time we talk about the ocean.
February 8th, 2010 at 5:57 pm
Too funny about Girls from China who Snore – your daughter has an awesome imagination. I love your One Fish Two Fish collage – it looks really pretty.