Mixed-Up Animals
1st Grade
The inspiration for this unit is Eric Carle's silly and imaginative book, The Mixed-Up Chameleon. After reading this book, students played a drawing game to make their own mixed-up creatures. Each student began by drawing one animal body part, until they heard "switch!" which was the cue to swap with a friend and add on. After playing the game, students sketched out their own mixed-up animal.
After the animals were all planned out, we returned to Eric Carle's book to look closer at his illustrations. We remembered from kindergarten that Eric Carle makes his pictures using painted paper collage and adding lots of textures! Below you see students prepping their own painted paper to use in their animal collage. This day included a lot of experimentation with color mixing and using found objects as painting tools.
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| An old doll hairbrush makes a great texture tool! |
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| Translating drawings into collages! |
When the painted paper had dried, it was time to collage the animals. Students were challenged to create the details through cutting and layering the paper. They shared their scraps with others to complete the animals.
Students completed their imaginative creations with yarn, buttons, beads and other embellishments! See some photos of them on display below!
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