It's warm blanket time!

 Days are getting shorter, nights are getting colder. Time for a warm blanket!

What do you need:

1. colored paper for background (achtergrond)
2. brown paper 
3. leftovers of colored and white paper 
4. white drawing sheet cut in square 
5. watercolor paint + brushes
6. crayons
7. black marker
8. scissors and glue

Divide thhis lesson over more moments. Consider in advance whether you will give students a mold of the bear's head or whether they will have to draw it themselves. 

Folding and painting: 

For the blanket: fold the white sheet into 16 squares. Paint each square in a different color. Let dry. Draw stripes with a crayon on the folds of the squares just like on a patchwork blanket. 

Cutting:

• draw a bear's head on brown  paper and cut out, or trace the bear head template and cut out. 
• for the legs four ovals out of brown paper. 
• for the snout a circle out of colored paper. 
• for the ears two half circles out of colored paper. 
• for the eyes two small circles out of white paper. 

Pasting and drawing:

• stick the hind legs on the colored sheet. 
• stick the blanket so that the legs come out from underneath.
• stick the head halfway onto the blanket and the front legs underneath.  
• stick snout, eyes and ears on the head.
• draw nose, whiskers and pupils with a black marker. 

Artwork made by students of grade 1.  

Techniques: folding 16 squares, cutting shapes, pasting. 

Elements of art: shape, color.