House Collage

It is common for students to draw a strip of sky at the top of the page and a strip of grass at the bottom so for them to understand the activity they must understand horizon. This could be done by taking students outside and letting them see that the aground meets the sky. Other work to do before this activity includes teaching students different paper skills such as layering, cutting, curling and ripping as well as teaching about different types of paper.

Materials

A2 piece of paper

Blue and green food dye

Paint brush

Paper towel

different types and colours of paper

Scissors

Procedure

-Paint the bottom third of the A2 paper with the green food dye and blot off excess dye using paper towel.

-Paint the top two thirds of the paper using the blue food dye and blot of excess using paper towel. Leave to dry.

- Talk with students about the shapes of houses for example squares, rectangles and triangles.

Ask students to create a collage of houses using different collage techniques and different types of paper. Tell students to be creative adding windows, doors, animals and plants to their collage.

Above are some collage techniques