Skill Builders:

-Color Recognition

-Gluing

-Shape Recognition (optional)

-Cutting/Ripping (optional)

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Supply List: 

-Colored Paper

-Glue Bottle

-Collage materials found inside or outside the home

 

Alternative Supply List: 

-Colored Paper can be substituted for white paper, white paper colored with an art material, or any

  surface your child can glue objects to including cardboard, a foam tray, a box, etc.

-Glue Bottle can be substituted for other forms of glue

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Overview: 

This is a process based artwork. During this project children will be collecting collage materials of one color (brown, green, red, yellow, etc.) Collage materials can be traditional art materials (pom poms, popsicle sticks, beads, etc.), recycled materials (paper towel rolls, caps, egg cartons, etc.), found objects in the house (old toys no longer used, magazines, etc.), or found materials outside (sticks, rocks, leaves, etc.) For my example, I am only going to complete the project in one color but you could complete this project with your child in every color imaginable. If you are going to do this project with more than one color you could take your collage materials and sort them into color categories first before beginning, you could take a nature walk and then create color collage with materials from your walk. The possibilities are endless - just have fun with it!

 

Project Directions:

Step One:

Collect collage materials. Look at the overview for a suggested list of materials you could collect or how you could collect them. Review colors as your child selects materials to be used in the collage. 

 

Additional Learning Opportunity:

You could have your child practice cutting or ripping materials to include in their project. For instance, the chosen color could be cut or ripped out of magazines.