This is a fantastic project to follow up learning about all the amazing and beautiful cave drawings found in Australia. I love crafts that showcase children’s original work and this is a great way to add a little flair to your classroom walls!
Materials:
- Butcher Paper
- Pastels or Chalk
- Examples of Cave Drawings
Suggest Resources for a Unit Study:
Art Project Tutorial:
First of course you'll want to show
your children examples of Aboriginal
art work. Unroll a large sheet of butcher paper
and tape it to your table. (Or better
yet, outside to the sidewalk!) Provide children with colored chalk or
pastels. We used the charcoal and
crayons above but it was SUPER
powdery and messy so be warned :) Illustrate some figures and shapes for children to copy. Encourage them to try to find symbols and other ways to represent people, animals or objects. Let children experiment with the
qualities of the chalk, and make
drawings representing what they've
seen. Show children ways to outline and add dimension to their drawings When your cave drawing is complete,
hang it up in your classroom for the
duration of your unit study. (Hair
Spray keeps the chalk from dusting)
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