Art

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 media type="custom" key="3603440" =Classroom Bulletin Board and Art Projects = ===Objective: Decorate your classroom or bulletin board with items from the Life Cycle. === = =  Click below to see pictures of the bulletin board project. [|Bulletin board and art project pictures]

Activity: Making a chrysalis
Paper mache a very small blown up balloon. After it dries paint it gray or brown. Attach it to a tree stick. A less time consuming way to do this is to crumple up a piece of a brown paper and attach it to a tree stick.

Activity: Making a caterpillar
Cut the egg carton into three-cell sections. Paint with various colors. After drying, attach eyes, and pipe cleaner antennae. Click below to see an unpainted example. [|Egg Carton Caterpillar]

Activity: Making a butterfly
Take coffee filter and use drip various watercolors or food coloring onto it. After drying, scrunch the middle and secure with a clothespin. Attach pipe cleaner antennae to clothespin. Glue small pom-poms on the top of the clothespin. Click below for a finished example. [|Coffee Filter Butterfly]

Activity: Life cycle mobile
Click on the link below to see how to make make the life cycle mobile. [|Life cycle mobile]

More Art Activities
Click on the link below for some more creative art ideas. [|Very Hungry Caterpillar craft ideas]

 <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; color: rgb(0, 0, 255);"> Here is a brief introduction to the Official Eric Carle Website. It can be used to show students how Eric Carle creates his illustrations, and to show the process that they will use to create their own art projects based on the book. - Corine

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The video above was created using Screencast-o-Matic. You can create your own screencast by clicking the widget below. - Corine

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