Thank you Kristin at For the Love of Art for sharing this lesson. My 7th grade students had fun using it for their Mother's Day cards! Splatter paint is always a hit, and so fun for me to find another project where it can be incorporated:)We used oil pastels on 6x8"construction paper for the concentric heart drawings. Then before cutting and weaving, I gave students 2 pieces of small scratch paper and had them draw one heart on each. Then we went through the process of cutting one of the papers in vertical strips up to a line that was drawn horizontally near the top of the paper. (Approximately 1/2 inch from the top.) Then second piece of paper was cut into horizontal strips. Those strips were then woven through the vertical strips, and then came the whining..."Mrs. Smith, I can't see a heart, this doesn't look good." At which I reminded them they were working with scratch/practice paper and the "REAL" one decorated with many colorful hearts will look great. I love the way they turned out. Some kids have a hard time accepting art that's abstract, and they had a hard time seeing the beauty in their woven heart. The more we do this kind of art though, the better their appreciation becomes. (Prayers said, fingers crossed.)
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