Flower Pots

This Flower Pot project is a fun project that I like to do when my class is learning about plants. It is kind of messy but worth it. I love to see how students put their own special spin on the project to make their art more personal and unique. 

Here are the directions for doing this project.

Materials:

- Blue, green, and brown tempera paint

- Other tempera paint colors for the flowers

- 8" x 11" White cardstock or construction paper 

- 9" x 12" Yellow or other color construction paper 

- 9" x 12" construction paper to use as a work mat 

- Paint brushes

- Containers for paint (I like to use pie tins)

Directions:

Be sure to prep your materials beforehand, especially if you are doing this whole class. When you put the paint in the containers you will want to water it down a little if it is too thick. Place the blue paint and paint brushes out for students to use. 

Once all of your supplies are ready then you can provide students with the work mat and white paper. Have students write their name on the back of the paper before they get started. Then have them paint the whole page blue. My students know that I have a "no white" rule. They need to make sure that there is no white showing when they are done.

The paint needs to dry for a couple of minutes, so as students finish I have them go to the carpet and read while they wait. This project does require quite a few paint brushes if you are doing this activity whole class, so you will want to wash out the paint brushes while the blue paint is drying. You can also remove the blue paint and put out the other paint.

After the paint has pretty much dried you can have students go back to their seat. Then show them different ways to paint a flower pot/vase (round, square, or triangular). You will also want to show them how to add the stems, leaves, and flowers. I usually only have my students use two colors. The middle of the flower is one color and then the petals are another color. Show your students different ways in which the flower petals can be made. I usually show them how to either brush out a petal or dab the brush down to make the petal. Students always tend to do what works for them and what they like, so it doesn't really matter. 

Let the painting dry before mounting them onto the colored construction paper. Once they are dry enough to stack I like to place some books on top of them to flatten them out. Then I glue them onto the mounting paper and write their name at the bottom of the page. I then of course hang them up for all to see. 

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