4/17/14 10:36 AMCaterpillar Tissue Paper Collage - Eric Carle - Art and Language Arts - KinderArt

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VERY HUNGRY CATERPILLARLevel: Primary, Junior

Grades: K-5 | Age: 5-11 | Written by: Vivian Redfern [Vivian is an Art Educator from District 41, McCook, NE.]

Students will read The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle. They will then create caterpillar pictures usingtissue paper collage techniques.

Manipulating paper.

tissue paper - all colorsthinned white gluepaper

This lesson is a literature/art lesson.

Introduce the art of Eric Carle to the students by reading them one of his books, asking them to pay closeattention to his illustrations.

Introduce the vocabulary word illustration and tell them that illustrations are created by artists.

Ask them how they think Eric Carle makes his pictures?

Introduce the word collage and tell them how Eric Carle uses collage techniques to illustrate his art.

Next, demonstrate how to create a tissue collage.

Cut ovals from tissue paper and paint glue on the paper to paste the tissue down.

Then paint over the top of the tissue to glue it down well.

While demonstrating, talk about overlapping, what colors mix nicely together.

Make a caterpillar and leave it unfinished because by then the kids have the idea and can't wait to get started.

Let the students try and walk around the room encouraging them.

About Eric Carle:

Eric Carle is acclaimed and beloved as the creator of brilliantly illustrated and innovatively designed picture booksfor very young children. Find out more by visiting the links below.

The Very Hungry Caterpillar With its lovely, humorous illustrations and wonderful narrative about a hungry caterpillar growing up tobe a beautiful butterfly, Eric Carle's story touches anyone who still has some growing to do.

The Official Eric Carle Website

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http://www.eric-carle.com/

The Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Arthttp://www.picturebookart.org/

Eric Carle - Picture WriterIn this video, the beloved artist-storyteller invites you and your children into his very own studio wherehe reads from: The Very Busy Spider, The Very Quiet Cricket, Draw Me A Star and shows how step bystep he prepares his colorful tissue papers and creates brilliant collage pictures.

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