Easter Activities Materials:
Oil pastels
Paper
Construction paper
(or any stiffer paper)
Hair Spray or an art spray
What to do:
Draw a cross on construction paper
Cut the cross out*
Color the edges of the cross with the oil pastels
Place the cross on a piece of paper and hold it in
place
Using your finger, gently rub the oil pastels from
the cross onto the paper, making it come out like rays
Remove the cross
Spray with hair spray or an art spray to prevent
smudging
Let dry
Using your finger, gently rub the oil pastels from
Purchased crosses at Dollar Tree! Kids can decorate with paints.
the cross onto the paper, making it come out like rays
Remove the cross
Spray with hair spray or an art spray to prevent
smudging
Let dry
We have cardboard crosses in the PREP supply cabinet.
Materials Required:
watercolor paper or heavy sketch paper, tempera
paint in green, blue and red, paintbrush, painter's
masking tape, scissors, glue stick, Black marker,
red paper (optional)
Using a pencil mark off horizon. In this project we used
rolling hills.
Using the painter's masking tape (low tack masking
tape) we cut pieces in half and create crosses. You
can help cut the tape for the kids or let them give it a
go. I find that some get quite frustrated cutting the tape
while others enjoy doing it themselves. I asked the
kids to mask off at least 3 crosses. They can do more
as long as it was an odd number (3,5,7...). Odd
numbers just look better visually.
Start painting. We started with the sky. We wet the
paper with plain water to the horizon line and then
added our paint starting at the top. This is called a
graded wash and mimics the sky in real life. It will be
darker at the top and will get lighter as it approaches
the horizon.
Using the green paint paint in the rolling hills. paint
right over the tape.
We mixed a little brown with our green to get a darker
shade of green and to add some depth to our hills.
To further add some texture to your painting you can
sprinkle on some salt when the paint is just about dry,
right before it loses its shine.
Let dry. Don't remove the salt until it is completely dry
or it will smear.
Cut out some poppy shapes from red construction
paper and then using your black marker put in the
centers. You need quite a few poppies if you want
drifts of flowers.
When your painting has dried rub off the salt. I usually
hold it over the sink to do this step. Now the
magic....remove the tape to reveal the white crosses.
Using a glue stick, attach the poppies to your painting.