Colorful Dream Houses in Kindergarten

For a recent Kindergarten art project, students were encouraged to make their own dream house after we read The Big Orange Splot. In the book, Mr. Plumbean gets a big orange spot on his house but instead of painting over it and making his house look like all the other houses again, he adds to the splot and creates the house of his dreams. He inspires his neighbors to create the house of their dreams too and soon all of the houses on the block are unique reflections of the people inside them.

Kindergartners created their own unique houses by first drawing different lines to create the outlines of their houses. Then they cut out their creation and added areas of color with crayon. Next, the artists applied watercolors over the line and crayon areas, utilizing the watercolor resist technique. To finish, they glued their house to a background. What a creative community!

Published October 23, 2015 Print