Penguins in Antarctica

First we painted a cool color background with tempera paint. I encouraged them to create a pattern. 

I had two tables set up as the "snow stations"...once they had painting all the white space of their background, they could come add dots of snow with wooden sticks and white tempera paint. 

Day Two: Creating Penguins...we did a step-by-step process using construction paper. 

Group Project Option: I did a collaborative Antarctica collage with some other classes for our upcoming art show. This was really fun! Minecraft penguins were pretty popular with the boys. 

"Where's Waldo?" Mural Collage

I am sooooooo excited about this project. I love it. It's practically fail safe...which is awesome.

This is my "end of the year" project for the "beginning of next year"...it just makes sense to have a small project everyone can work on that you can display for the upcoming year. I've done Monochromatic Owls in the past that were adorable...but this year, I started noticing how amazing Where's Waldo books are...for the millionth time. And I left this plan for a sub a couple of weeks before school was out and was so impressed with the results that I decided to keep it going and make it a big mural collage!

Here's the poster I made for the sub...let me say this is an experienced sub that our school loves and uses all the time...so I would not leave this if you plan on using it a sub plan with just "anybody". :)

I planted the "Real Waldo" after all the kids left for summer break. He's not pictured here so you can relax a little.

Here's a great link to coloring page and some Waldo facts...perfect for early finishers or subs to use for extra time activities.

https://www.teachervision.com/tv/printables/Candlewick/WheresWaldo_FactFile.pdf

 

I was inspired by the "Land of the Waldos" page in "The Fantastic Journey" Waldo book.