One of our classroom ways of counting the days until Jesus' birth was to move Mary and Joseph closer to Jesus everyday. We started with 25 stones and were down to 4 on Friday. Christmas is so close!
Thanks to the artist at Deep Space Sparkle for the step by step instructions to assist my little artists on this multi-step, multi-medium project.
The students learned how to draw three different types of trees and worked on their placement to show perspective....which ones looked closer and which looked further into the background.
The students used a variety of shades of blue paint to add colour and then white to add details to the trees. While the paint was drying, the students chose one of the main characters: Maria, the Nutcracker, the Mouse King or the Sugarplum Fairy, and added details to the barebones outline.
The characters were coloured with felt pens, cut out and then pasted in whichever area of the background the students choose. The results were quite stunning!
These are some of the Grade Two students at our Advent Mass. They sang so beautifully. I am blessed to hear their voices raised in song and praise!
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