Easter Egg Fun

The first peer group to present to the class did an activity called "Easter Egg Fun" where we learned about color, shape, and line. We began by doing some practice on scratch paper of using markers, colored pencils, or crayons to draw in Easter eggs using the three elements of design that were focused on. Then, we cut out three larger eggs on construction paper and used paint to design one egg using color, one using line, and one using shape. One egg had to incorporate the color of paper inside the Easter egg we found on a hunt at the beginning of class; mine was pink, so I devoted my egg on color to different shades of pink. The egg with line included zig zags, wavy, straight, round, and diagonal lines. My final shape egg used varieties of circles.

 

As an extension activity, I would have the students cut out one giant egg and have them incorporate all three elements to create a detailed and unique Easter egg. Students would enjoy the large space to paint on and could use a variety of colors, shapes, and lines to create a very intricate egg.