Swirls and Smiles
Beautiful poetry, art, and music are such wonderful ways to express your ideas and feelings. For brilliant Swirls and Smiles, explore the amazing technology of Crayola® Overwriters.
1. Read poetry or listen to music that describes emotions such as anger, love, fear, anticipation, frustration, sadness, or happiness. What words do poets use to convey their feelings? How do musical melodies, beats, and words evoke a mood?
2. Find a poem or song that expresses your feelings. Or you could write your own poem or music describing an emotion that you have experienced. Challenge yourself to use new and interesting words and melodies.
3. In the visual arts, each color seems to have its own unique personality. How do colors such as pink, red, black, white, blue, and yellow affect your moods? Could line, shape, form, and/or texture also be used to convey feelings?
4. Apply the elements of the visual arts (color, line, shape, form, texture) to create a drawing that portrays the emotions in your poem or music. With Crayola Overwriter Under Color markers, create a background of darker hues.
5. Use your imagination to create vibrant patterns, swirls, symbols, and dots with the brighter Over Colors. How much of each color will best reflect the mood?
Adult supervision is required for any arts & crafts project. Observe children closely and intervene as necessary to prevent potential safety problems and ensure appropriate use of arts and crafts materials. Some craft items, particularly beads and buttons, are potential choking hazards for young children. Avoid use of such small parts with children younger than 3 years. Craft items such as scissors, push pins and chenille sticks may have sharp points or edges. Avoid use of materials with sharp points by children younger than 4 years. Read all manufacturers' safety warnings before using arts and craft supplies.
- Students write a short story as if they were a color, such as "Mr. Blue," and draw a picture to enhance their stories.
- Students investigate and create a poster on how colors are used in nature both by inanimate and animate things for camouflage, habitats, and warnings.
- Students write an acrostic poem that highlights aspects of a chosen color. An example would be RED:
Roasted peppers
Energy
Daring
Enticing Tessellations
The Liberty Bell Rings for Freedom
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