This week in art our task was to create a lei. After learning some of the language and history, it was time to create our own leis for May Day. We then learned about the four different techniques used with watercolors and then we were given time to practice these techniques. Then we created a design on watercolor paper and we had to use at least two techniques. After that we had to cut out flowers from construction paper and also from our watercolor paper. We had to have a total of 24 flowers. Then we began putting the lei together. We had a piece of string and a bobby pin. We strung the flowers on the string and the cut pieces of straws as the stems. After we were finished creating our lei, we were asked to give it to someone special in our lives.
An extension activity for this lesson would be dividing the class into groups and giving them each a topic about the history of Hawaii and some popular traditions. They would do research and put their information into a presentation that would be shared with the class.
No comments:
Post a Comment