Last days of winter

With all this warm weather (minus today's icy drizzle) spring is really in the air. There were a few of winter books though we had to finish. So we decided we'll squeeze in one more winter art project.

We read Over and Under the Snow by Kate Messner and talked about lives of animals in winter. The artwork in this book is really nice, it shows very nicely how animals spend winter under the snow.
 



This book prompted us to talk about our winter, how we spent it (lots of fun times outside and inside). We decided to keep a "window" opened to winter with a special round drawing. The idea for this project came from Discovering Great Artists: Hands-on Art for Children in the Styles of the Great by MaryAnn Kohl. We drew a big circle on a white sheet of watercolor paper tracing a pot lid. D. cut out this circle and drew his favorite moment inside using oil pastels (sledding downhill with friends). We then glued our circle drawing on a piece of black construction paper, D. also added snowflakes around drawing.