Hidden Picture

This project was extremely fun. Using 3D glasses we created our own 3D pictures, with hidden animals. It would be a great project for kids and they would truly enjoy it. You must use blue to get the original animal to show through  in 3D view and then must use several ways and warm colors to hide the animal.

An extension of this activity could be allowing the children to expolore the animal in their picture. They could research the animal and write a short description or paper on it.

Eric Carle Picture Book Example

Under the deep blue sea, all the sea creatures were happy, until the big black boat came moving in.

In art class we explored colors and textures through using paint. Eric Carle creates collages with different colors and paints, to create beautiful picture books. I used this method to create my own under water theme picture book page.

An extension to this activity could be for them to finish writing the book or story they created in the picture. They could also make the rest of the picture book pages and write the story or simply finishing writing the story in a work document.