This week in class we discussed the work of Eric Carle. One of my all times favorite books of his is The Very Hungry Caterpillar. To create work similar to Carles, we first took big sheets of blank white paper, and swirled, mixed, and textured the paper with paint. Then, we made a rough draft of what we wanted our storybook to look like. Next, we cut shapes out of the colored paper to make our storybook scene. My story was about a butterfly named Sandy who was trying to make her way to the beautiful enchanted forest. This was a great project, and brought back many elementary memories of reading Eric Carle's books!
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| "Sandy was speechless when she finally made it to the beautiful enchanted forest!" |
An extension activity would be having students create an entire story book using Eric Carles technique. As a teacher, you could assign a specific topic such as "A Moment That Changed My Life". This would be a great way to learn interesting details about the students in your classroom.
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