I started this lesson out by passing out a piece of construction paper. I told students to pick a crayon: brown, tan, gray, black, etc. On the board I demonstrated how to draw a tree as the students did each step along with me.
1. Draw two parallel, vertical lines that go from the bottom to about the middle of the page.
2. Curve the lines outwards, away from each other
3. Use "V's" to create lots of branches.
Obviously, I am not going into too much detail on here since I'm sure other art teachers already know how to draw a tree!! If not, there are many tutorials online.
For the tissue paper, I used red, orange, and yellow. Each student was to use all three of these colors. I only instructed students to put leaves around the bottom of the tree and on the branches of the tree. Some students, however, wanted to make falling leaves. This I allowed. Any time that a students wants to be creative with their art, my heart leaps with joy and I nearly shout "YES, DO THAT!"
Here are the steps for applying tissue paper:
1. Rip off a small piece of tissue paper.
2. put a pencil (eraser end) down in the middle of the ripped tissue.
3. crinkle the excess tissue up, around the pencil. Hold it like that.
4. Put a dot of glue where you want the "leaf" to go.
5. Push the tissue/pencil down onto the glue, let go, and lift up! Don't flatten the tissue!!
These turn out REALLY nice. I did these with my students during student teaching. It's definitely a lesson I want to keep doing!
Here are the final products displayed in the hallway!!
Some students added tire swings, birds, etc. I love them all!
Close-up view!
Aren't these great?!
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