A great side effect of any art project involving cut paper are the scraps. This week, my center had a door decorating contest, and my class created a literacy-themed autumn scene using all manner of paper products. I might have gone a little too far in a few places, but it was worth it:
My favorite part of creating the door was making finger-painted leaves, as seen below:
In order to get the desired effect we drew leaf outlines on one side of the paper and let our kids finger paint as a group on the opposite side.
Once the paint was dry I cut out the leaves and found myself with a giant pile of beautiful scraps.
I decided to put the scraps to good use and give my kids the opportunity to make some Matisse-inspired paper collages.
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