remembrance day

Well this is the Remembrance Day project I have come up with for this year "Mixed Media Poppies". Tape off your watercolor or white sketch paper for that nice finished edge and then paint in your background color with disc tempera. While the paint is still wet cover with a layer of plastic wrap and smoosh it slightly. Leave in place until dry. While your background is drying work on your poppy papers. You want a few types. In this one I'm using thicker liquid tempera and patting it in with…

Second grade studied perspective to create these stunning poppy paintings. They first drew a horizon line on either light blue or light gray paper. Next, they painted red "lips" starting at the bottom with the largest and ending at the horizon line with the smallest. Once dry, they used black oil pastel to add the black centers. Using light green and dark green oil pastel, they drew lines to represent the grass and stems. To add just a small amount of detail, they painted (or drew with oil…

Kids will be inspired by Georgia O'Keeffe and her beautiful flower paintings to create these gorgeous chalk pastel poppies! This art project also makes a perfect Remembrance Day craft idea.

Memorial Day Veterans Day Poppy

Sorry I haven't been around much but I have been preparing for a conference..as well as planning for our annual Christmas Craft Day. So enough excuses here is a second Remembrance Day project. A mixed media Peace painting. This combines painting with some computer work and a little poetry so it's a great choice for Grades 3 - 6. Materials Required: dove template watercolor paper watercolor paint plastic wrap re positional contact paper fine markers or black pens glue printed computer work…

Visual Arts is definitely not my forte, but I do however enjoy it. I know some teachers hate glue and supplies and anything that can make a...

Our Remembrance Day art started with reading the book A Poppy is to Remember. We talked about the importance of November 11th and about th...

Every year I come up with a new Poppy project for Remembrance Day. This is the 2012 version. The poppies can be made in three ways, usin...

FREE Kinder Read Alouds - Remembrance Day - by A Pinch of Kinder - Yukari Naka

A number of teacher bloggers have linked our wide variety of Remembrance Day lessons! I am honoured to be a part of this group, and highly recommend that you check out their blog posts! Remembrance Day or Veterans Day is on November 11th. Last year, I wrote about Remembrance Day stories for young children that helps them understand the history and stories of veterans, their families, and those who have lost loved ones in war. Stories can also give kids a way to make a connection between…