3rd Grade Complimenting Complementary Pumpkins

I always try to find ways to teach color wheel concepts without the typical color wheel worksheets and projects. Students just seem to enjoy it, and remember it, more in a project about something other than the color wheel!

Since it is Halloween season and Fall, I chose to use pumpkins that were complimenting each other (Social skills!) to teach the concept of Complementary Colors. I also try to relate back to real life experiences..."Where do you see complementary colors together?" My best examples are Christmas colors, Bears colors, and Vikings colors, the kids get a kick out of this because they boo at me when I say Bears and Vikings (the little Packer fans that they are). And they are complimenting because complementary colors look good together. Here is the poster I made to go with it!

Here is the artwork!

McDill Elementary, just hung on a strip...

Jefferson Elementary, hung outside of the 3rd grade rooms above the lockers, these walls/boards are very difficult to hang on, they do not hold staples and tacks well, a lot are falling, do not know if I will try this again...

Kennedy Elementary, the best I pulled for the district Art show before I hung these up and got the pictures taken but these are still some of my favorites....

Kindergarten and 1st Grade Windy Day Trees

The best advice I got from one of the other district Art Teachers was that its okay to double up on projects for different grades to keep myself from going insane (I see all 7 grades in 1 day). I don't think I have it in me to do the EXACT same project because I love all the different things that come through my rooms, but here is the case where I did almost identical projects. In both classes we read "Leaf Man" by Lois Elhert (which I always have mixed feelings about her books, the writing is so difficult as far as flow...) and talked about what colors the leaves turn in the fall. 1st grade took it a step further by imagining what it would look like if leaves turned any color possible. Day two for both classes was the same, we read the "The Windy Day" by Anna Milbourne and Elena Temporin, talked about how artists showed wind, and added it to our paper. REALLY loved how these turned out and each school a little different depending on the paper we had laying around...

Kindergarten....

McDill Elementary

Jefferson Elementary

Jefferson Elementary in Office

Kennedy Elementary

This one is probably my favorite and will be going into the fall art display in our district office!

 1st Grade....

McDill Elementary

Jefferson Elementary

Kennedy Elementary

Almost every student that did one of these projects was successful and that makes for one very happy Art Teacher! These will for sure get done again in the future!

2nd Grade Pumpkins!

I can't help myself. I love seasons and holidays too much not to do projects that go with them! I do have a few Jehovah Witness' so I am ready to adapt if it does happen. Thankfully all of my 2nd graders at all 3 schools could take part in the project. My display availability is very different at each school so all three are shown since I loved this project so much. There were so many different personalities to the pumpkins!

Jefferson Elementary School

McDill Elementary School

Kennedy Elementary School

This one looks so sad but I just love it!

"Minecraft" Inspired

Had to stack to save room but I think it added to the cuteness!

This one might be my favorite!

You can see that I love big bulletin boards. Strips are just so boring!