"The Dot" Painting Flower Collages

Fabion's 1st graders recently read "The Dot", which is an adorable book you should definitely read if you haven't yet. It's about not getting too frustrated with yourself, because you'll eventually discover what you're really really good at -- a great life lesson, & not just in art! My students then got creative making their own dot paintings. After they dried, we turned them into flower collages by adding petals & stems. For the petals, we folded colorful paper before cutting it, so we even threw a little multiplication into our art lesson! I just love seeing these colorful collages in the Student Art Gallery. They really brighten up these gray wintery days :]