2nd Grade- Weaving Still Life

During our last lesson, second graders drew still lifes from observation. I wanted to continue with the idea of still lifes but in another form. So for this project, we created a still life using mixed media. This was a 2 day project

Day 1-
We took at 9 x 12 inch piece of brown paper and folded it hot dog style. Students then cut slits from the folded edge of the paper to about one inch from the open edge. I have students use a ruler to make sure the lines are straight. We then take a 6 x 12 inch piece of light brown paper and cut it into 6 strips of paper, each one is 1 x 12 inches. We then weave the light brown paper through the dark brown. The first strip with be over-under-over-under, therefore, the second one will have to be under-over-under-over, for it to look like a checker board.  After our basket is woven, we cut the two bottom corner so they are curved.
We then glue a 18 x 6 inch manila paper to a 18 x 12 inch paper for our table. Lastly, we glue the basket so it is sitting on the table.

Day 2-
Students decorate a triangle for their piece of cloth that is hanging out of the basket. While they are doing this, I call over individual table to pick out at piece of 9 x 12 inch colored paper for their flowers. They glued the triangle to the edge of the basket. We then traced a yogurt cup six times and cut it out for the flowers. We cut slits along the edge of the flower to make the petals. Then we glued down the flowers and put buttons in the centers. Lastly, we drew the shadow with a black crayon.