1st grade-positive and negative space pumpkins

We started this projects by The Biggest Pumpkin Ever. This book was perfect because one mouse takes care of the pumpkin during the day in the other mouse takes care of the pumpkin during the night. Pour project has one white side and one black side, kind of like day and night.

Each student received a 9 x 12" piece of white paper and a 9 x 6" piece of black paper. We drew half of a pumpkin on the black paper and made sure the middle part of the pumpkin was on the edge of the paper. We cut out the pumpkin, making sure we cut it all in one piece. We then glue the pieces of black paper together to create one whole pumpkin. Lastly we used construction paper Kranz to Abetos to her pumpkin such as a jack-o'-lantern face, a background, or mice.