Near the end of the year, I asked the 4th graders what they wanted to do as one of their last art projects. They mentioned several ideas, a few included owls and pillows. I combined those ideas.
For the lesson, we talked about 3 interesting facts about owls: they're nocturnal, silent flyers, and have crazy head-rotating abilities. Then after a demo, they set to work.
First they took two pieces of brown paper (I provided 2 shades to choose from), used a pencil to draw an owl shape, then cut both pieces simultaneously. They then painted their owls. The next week, they stapled their owls half way, stuffed it with newspaper, then used marker and paint to add or finish any details. I had to emphasize to the second class to paint after they finished stapling, as the first class got plenty of paint on the staplers.
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