Loving all the beautiful colors all around us! My students are so excited for this time of year. Pumpkins, beautiful changing leaves, apple cider and field trips to the local apple orchard and grist mill. Students have been creating projects based upon this beautiful time of year.
Painted Paper Trees


One project that I did was to discuss the fall trees and
how tree branches are formed.

Students created painted paper tree tops, then added the trunks and twisted branches with tempera paints. Next, we discussed how leaves blow and travel in the wind. Students used the warm color tempera paints and added dots to represent leaves on their paper.


In the hallway I displayed the vivid painted trees along with real tree branches hanging from the ceilings. (Another class added liquid watercolor painted paper leaves to the branches.) These were a hit at the school.

Materials:
12 x 18 construction paper purples, blues, red.
Painted Paper – various shades for tree tops and ground
Tempera Paints – Warm color Palette and Large and Small brushes
Glue and scissors.
Keep on Creating!
Laura
9 Comments
Elizabeth - Dream Painters
October 20, 2012 at 10:25 pmExcellent – I love the background color choices too 🙂
Marcia
October 21, 2012 at 1:15 amGreat trees! beautiful results. well done. 🙂
Pat
October 21, 2012 at 6:16 amOne of the reasons I love your blog is the orgy of colors! Your projects are so infused with color they jump right off the page and you want to inhale them!
Maro's kindergarten
October 21, 2012 at 10:01 amThey are BEAUTIFUL!!!! Thanks for the inspiration!
Phyl
October 21, 2012 at 7:53 pmI agree with Pat – love those gorgeous autumn colors – and also love that your trees aren't all shaped like letter Y's (my latest pet peeve). I adore rich bright tempera colors!!!
Martina Bisbe
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Miss
November 2, 2013 at 3:49 pmAbsolutely beautiful!
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March 3, 2015 at 10:45 amWouah ! Very very beautiful work ! Thank you very much for this pictures ! Sorry for my english… Greetings from France
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