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Students begin this lesson by learning about simple shapes and how simple shapes combined can create pictures. They use cardboard geometric shapes to trace their body form and then use oil pastels to add the color to their costumes. This looks just like her princess costume

I just love her earphones! This is a great lesson on Picasso and making mistakes/ from Beautiful Oops. The third grade students are encouraged to explore and attempt different eye, nose, mouth and ear shapes before selecting the one(s) that they choose to use on their artwork.   I'm a huge fan of craypas, except when they end up on the floor.

I've done this lesson for many years with the kindergarten. We start by using rectangles and squares made from foam or cardboard. They trace around the shapes and just for fun we talk like robots for the entire class period.  The next class time the students add their Halloween costumes in Craypas on top of their block shapes. For my students that don't celebrate Halloween we talk about dress up and what they might wear for fun.  At one of the buildings I teach the classroom teacher laminates the pictures and puts them into a book that the students look at for the entire year. Oh, and did you notice Luke Skywalker?

I found this great kraft paper a year ago and I just love the way craypas look on it.  For my young kinders we talked about stamping our wooden shapes by holding them with our fingers and NOT schwishzling them, (made up word for sweeping the black paint all over the paper) instead I tell them to HOP like a bunny with the wooden shapes.  The next week we  have the big discussion on Craypas and how to keep them on the table. I tell them they can use as many as they want but one at a time, placing each one back in its place. If you've ever had to clean up a squished Craypas you know what I'm talking about.