Who wouldn’t want to live in a fairy tale world of color? Students in 2nd grade created these beautiful castles made of painted paper.
Week one: We looked at various castles and discussed analogous colors for a sky.
Students then created painted paper backgrounds.
The children loved the process of using vibrant watercolors on watercolor paper. They notice how the colors melted into one another and when dried created swirls and lines in the paper.
Week Two: Students used painted paper to create a symmetrical castles with towers and a main hall.
Creating the Castle
6 x 9 inch paper folded vertically then cut in half makes the towers. Another 6 x 9 inch piece of painted paper for the main hall. I showed students how to make “pumpkin teeth” at the top of the 6 x 9 paper to illustrate the front wall of the castle.
Adding the Details
Details such as windows, a drawbridge door, flags and torches were also discussed. Some students really added fun details like clouds, a sun, moats and trees and bushes.
Scrap Box of Painted Paper for fun details
Let your creativity soar when creating your own fairy tale castle.
Materials Needed:
Liquid Watercolors
watercolor paper
painted paper
glue
scissors
Keep on Creating!
6 Comments
Mary
January 5, 2012 at 5:33 pmLove the textures on the castles and the watercolor skies. What a fun project!
alanay
January 5, 2012 at 5:49 pmçok beğendim.aferin onlara.tebrikler..
Phyl
January 5, 2012 at 11:16 pmSo funny that you and Patty (Deepspace Sparkle) posted similar castle lessons within a couple of hours of each other! Great minds think alike, and we art teachers have parallel brains it seems.
Paintedpaper
January 5, 2012 at 11:52 pmPhyl, I know! I said the same thing on her facebook page!
Miss
January 7, 2012 at 6:36 pmReally cute and whimsical- love them!
Pat
January 8, 2012 at 7:05 amI just adore painted paper and the kids have so much fun creating their own. I really like how you have the kids create the paper for this project and the castles turned out great!