For one of the last projects of the school year I thought it would be fun if the 2nd and 3rd graders did a self portrait eating a watermelon. We drew the picture together step by step and then they were encouraged to tweak it to make it look more like them. Students could add freckles, design their shirt, add jewelry, freckles and whatever else they could think of to make it unique. Oil pastels were used for coloring and the background was painted. A few also chose to add strips of picnic blanket patterned ribbon on the edges. The other half of this project was for them to write a picnic short story. These were stapled to the back of their work and each student presented to their class. I loved hearing their stories of what they packed for their picnic and the woodland animals they shared it with!
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