First Grade had the awesome opportunity to experience chicks hatching in their classrooms, and I thought this would be a perfect project to connect to what they had learned. We started out becoming experts on texture. We talked about how baby chicks felt and how they looked like they felt. I had the students go on a "Texture Scavenger Hunt" where they made crayon rubbings of all the textures they could find in the art room.
To make the chicks, I had the students use sponges in clothespins and a little white and yellow acrylic paint on light blue construction paper (I found that the yellow tempera paint I have is a little thin and didn't create the intense yellow I wanted). As they were sponge painting, I told the students it was like they were creating a 2-part snowman. Once the paint was dry, the students added the eyes and legs with black marker, the beak with orange colored pencil, the wings with a darker yellow paint, and the grass with green paint.
Thanks to For the Love of Art for the inspiration for this adorable project!
These chicks are adorable.
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