Falling Leaves

Printer Friendly Version
Grade Level
Kindergarten
Subject
Art
Length of Time
50 minutes to an hour
Description

In this lesson, students will paint over leaves to create a painting of falling leaves.

Goals

Students will learn:
To paint over leaves to make a picture of falling leaves.

Materials Needed

Differernt types of leaves.
Heavy art paper.
Tempra or watercolor paint.
Paintbrush for each student.

Procedure

Take students into the school yard and allow them to collect fallen leaves.
When the students return to the classroom, hand out sheets of heavy art paper.
Have students choose two colors of tempra or watercolor paint to complete the project.
Show students how to place a leave on the paper and paint over it with their paintbrush to make an outline.
Have students choose different kinds of leaves and continue to paint over the leaves until their paper is completely covered with falling leaves.

Grading

Grade students by giving them a small reward and placing a sticker on their painting.

Navigation
Sponsored Links
Lesson Plans
Lesson Plan Subjects
Similar Lesson Plans
  • Color Book
    Students will find different pictures that show different colors. For example, they will look for pictures that show red and glue them to the page that has the word red at the top. Each page will...
  • Hand Painted Turkeys
    Students will have brown finger paint so they can place their right hand in the paint and place it on finger paint paper. Then, they will place their left hand in the paint and on the paper. They...
  • Falling Leaves
    In this lesson, students will paint over leaves to create a painting of falling...
  • Being Thankful
    This lesson plan can be used the week of Thanksgiving. Students will draw a large circle and then smaller circles and lines pointing to the large circle. Inside the large circle, they will write...
  • Christmas Scene and Paragraph
    In this lesson, students will draw a Christmas Scene and then write a paragraph about the...